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Why white people see black boys like Tamir Rice as older, bigger, and guiltier than they really are

December 28, 2015

Washington Post | Details findings of study by Phillip Atiba Goff, visiting scholar in the Malcolm Wiener Center. View the research, "The Essence of Innocence: the Consequences of Dehumanizing Black Children," published by the American Psychological Association. Goff presented this work in the Inequality Seminar in spring 2014.

Why you should care about other people's kids

March 19, 2015

PBS Newshour: Making Sen$e | Interview with Robert Putnam

Will Maine share in health reform's success?

July 21, 2015

Bangor Daily News | By Theda Skocpol

Will Medicare and Medicaid predict Obamacare's future?

May 23, 2015

Modern Healthcare |Theda Skocpol

Will the Robot Economy Endanger Equality?

October 27, 2015

WBEZ Chicago | Guest: Andrew Leigh (Ph.D. '04)

Will Welfare Reform Increase Upward Mobility?

March 26, 2015

Forbes | By Scott Winship (Ph.D. '09)

William Julius Wilson

Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Emeritus

Research interests: Sociologist. Urban poverty, neighborhoods, joblessness, concentrated disadvantage, race and inequality, and social policies to address these problems.

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