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Matthew Desmond

American sociologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1979 · age 47

Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist. He is the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, where he is also the principal investigator of the Eviction Lab. Desmond was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2022.

Matthew Desmond is read about 58 times a day, in 8 languages.

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2017PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith AwardAwardPulitzer Prize for General NonfictionAwardSilver Gavel AwardAwardThe Hillman Prize for Book JournalismAward2016National Book Critics Circle Award in NonfictionAward2015MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1979Born

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PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award2017
Silver Gavel Award2017
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction2017
The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism2017
National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction2016
MacArthur Fellows Program2015

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He was formerly the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.

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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
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Born 1979 · age 47

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