William Julius Wilson
1935
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country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
occupation: sociologist, university teacher, writer
award received: MacArthur Fellows Program, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, National Medal of Science, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, Talcott Parsons Prize, W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship award, honorary doctor of the University of Miami
position held: President of the American Sociological Association
William Julius Wilson (born December 20, 1935) is an American sociologist, a professor at Harvard University, and an author of works on urban sociology, race, and class issues. Laureate of the National Medal of Science, he served as the 80th President of the American Sociological Association, was a member of numerous national boards and commissions. He identified the importance of neighborhood effects and demonstrated how limited employment opportunities and weakened institutional resources exacerbated poverty within American inner-city neighborhoods. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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