Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh

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Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh is an American sociologist and urban ethnographer born in India.

Venkatesh moved with his family to Southern California suburb of Irvine.[1] There he was active in sports and excelled in his academic studies while attending University High School. [1] He trained at the University of Chicago with William Julius Wilson and studied the Robert Taylor Homes, a housing project in Chicago about which he wrote a book, American Project.

He is a professor of sociology and African-American studies at Columbia University. He is also the director of the Charles H Revson Fellowship.

In his work, Venkatesh has documented criminal gangs and the drug trade, and has written about the dynamics of the underground economy, contributing his findings to the research of economics professor Steven Levitt.

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[edit] Books

  • American Project. The Rise and Fall of a Modern Ghetto, Harvard University Press, 2000
  • Off the Books. The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor, Harvard University Press, 2006
  • Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets , Penguin Press HC, 2008

He has also contributed to Steven Levitt's Freakonomics in a chapter entitled, "Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?"

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Rivera, Ryan (2008-05-05). Gang leader for a day? An academic took the plunge. Orange County Register. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.

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