Author

Books by Sudhir Venkatesh

Sudhir Venkatesh is a sociologist and professor at Columbia University, where he has worked in the departments of Sociology and African American Studies. He conducted the fieldwork for Gang Leader for a Day as a graduate student at the University of Chicago under the supervision of William Julius Wilson. His academic work focuses on urban poverty, race, and informal economies. He has also written American Project, a more formal academic account of the Robert Taylor Homes, and Floating City, a study of New York's underground economies.