Sudhir Venkatesh, Columbia University

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Professor Sociology New York City, New York sv185@columbia.edu Office: (212) 854-4281

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Gangs Illegal economies in United States Public housing Urban neighborhoods in Paris Urban neighborhoods in United States

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Venkatesh’s research is rooted in the ethnographic investigation of urban neighborhoods in the New York, Chicago and Paris. One of his recent books, Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor, is an ethnographic study of illegal economies in Chicago. His forthcoming book, Gang Leade...

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Bio/Research

Venkatesh’s research is rooted in the ethnographic investigation of urban neighborhoods in the New York, Chicago and Paris. One of his recent books, Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor, is an ethnographic study of illegal economies in Chicago. His forthcoming book, Gang Leader for a Day, is a reported memoir. He is currently completing a long-term project on sex work in New York and Chicago with the economist Steven Levitt.

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