Christopher James Wildeman (born October 26, 1979) is an American sociologist and Professor of Sociology at Duke University. Wildeman is known for researching the effects of incarceration on children's health, homelessness, and racial inequality.

Biography

Wildeman was educated at

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(B.A. in Philosophy, Sociology, and Spanish, 2002) and

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

(M.A., 2006; Ph.D., 2008). Both of his graduate degrees were in sociology and demography, and his Ph.D. was supervised by

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, and

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. For two years (2008–2010), he was a postdoctoral affiliate at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

's Population Studies Center, after which he joined the faculty of

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

as an assistant professor of sociology. In 2013, he became an associate professor at Yale, and in 2014, he joined the faculty of Cornell as an associate professor. Since 2016, he has also been a research affiliate at the

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Selected publications

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wildeman, Christopher James Living people 1979 births American sociologists Cornell University faculty Dickinson College alumni Princeton University alumni