Elijah Anderson is an American sociologist and Stockholm Prize laureate for his research in criminology, currently the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of Black Studies at Yale University, where he directs the Urban Ethnography Project; he is one of the leading urban ethnographers and cultural theorists in the United States. He taught at Swarthmore College before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty, where he taught for thirty two years, rising from assistant professor to the Charles and William Day Distinguished Professor by 1995, before joining the Yale faculty in 2007 and being named Sterling Professor in 2018.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountMississippi Delta, United States 1 Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountOne of the leading urban ethnographers and cultural theorists in the United States, known for the concepts of the code of the street and the cosmopolitan canopy developed through ethnographic studies of race, violence and civility in American cities. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountCode of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City (1999) 1 Connections
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Elijah Anderson is an American sociologist and a Stockholm Prize Laureate for his pioneering research in criminology.
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is an American sociologist and a Stockholm Prize Laureate for his pioneering research in criminology
Biography section: birthplace
Anderson was born in the Mississippi Delta
lead section: contribution
He is one of the leading urban ethnographers and cultural theorists in the United States.
Biography section: notable work
another classic work entitled Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City (1999)
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birth_date = 1943
Associated With: Yale University, Article text
He is currently the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of Black Studies at Yale University, where he directs the Urban Ethnography Project.
Associated With: University of Pennsylvania, Article text
Previously, Anderson taught at Swarthmore College (1973-75) as an assistant professor of sociology before joining the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, where he taught for thirty-two years, rising from assistant professor to associate professor with tenure in 1981, to full professor as the Max and Heidi Berry Term Professor in 1989, the Charles and William Day Professor in 1991, and the Charles and William Day Distinguished Professor in 1995.
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