#  Anthony Abraham Jack 

PhD in Sociology, 2016

Associate Professor of Higher Education Leadership at Boston University

Associate Professor of Sociology (courtesy), Boston University

 

 

 



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Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, 2016-2019.

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Anthony Abraham Jack's first book, [The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674976894), reveals how―and why―disadvantaged students struggle at elite colleges, and explains what these schools can do differently if these students are to thrive. Harvard University Press (2019). *C. Wright Mills Award, Finalist, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2019.*

 *Pierre Bourdieu Best Book Award, Honorable Mention, Section on Sociology of Education, American Sociological Association, 2020*

 *Michael Harrington Award, Poverty, Class, and Inequality Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2020.*

 *Mirra Komarovsky Book Award, Eastern Sociological Society, 2020.*

 *Outstanding Book Award, Social Problems Theory Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2020.*

 *PROSE Award, Finalist, Education Practice, Association of American Publishers, 2020*

 *Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize, Harvard University Press. Awarded for outstanding first-book by Harvard University Press, 2019.*

 *CEP Mildred García Award for Exemplary Scholarship, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2019.*

 *Critics’ Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association, 2019.*

 *Named one of NPR Book's Best Books of 2019.*

 *Amherst College Harold Wade Jr. ‘68 Fellowship, Amherst College, 2016-2019.*

 *National Center of Institution Diversity Emerging Diversity Scholar, University of Michigan, 2016.*

 *Tribute to Black Men Faculty Award, Association of Black Harvard Women, Harvard University, 2015.*

 *Graduate Student Paper Award, Education Problems Division, Society of the Study of Social Problems, 2015.*

 *Star Family Prize for Excellence in Advising Award, Harvard College, 2015.*

 *Charles V. Willie Minority Graduate Student Award, Eastern Sociological Society, 2015.*

 *Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award, Section on Children and Youth, American Sociological Association, 2014.*

 *David Lee Stevenson Award for best Graduate Student Paper, Honorable Mention, Sociology of Education Section, American Sociological Association 2014.*

 *Harvard College Race Relations Adviser Award, 2013*



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Alumni department
    
     [Sociology](/alumni-department/sociology)
- ## Alumni year
    
     [2016](/alumni-year/2016)
- ## Roles
    
     [PhD Alumni](/alumni)