Sudhir Venkatesh
Sociologist and urban ethnographer
Sudhir Venkatesh is an American sociologist and urban ethnographer at Columbia University. He is the author of Gang Leader For A Day.
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American Born 1966 in Chennai, India
About Sudhir Venkatesh
Sudhir Venkatesh was born in 1966 and is a professor of sociology and African-American studies at Columbia University, a post he has held since 1999. He earned his doctorate in sociology at the University of Chicago. His research has covered gangs, underground economies, public housing, advertising and technology. Gang Leader For A Day was published by Penguin Press in 2008. His earlier books include American Project, about life in Chicago public housing, and Off the Books, about illegal economies in Chicago. He has worked as an adviser to the Department of Justice, and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Post. He is also a documentary filmmaker and hosts the podcast Sudhir Breaks the Internet.