Sudhir Venkatesh
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (born 1966) is an American sociologist and urban ethnographer. He is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology & African-American Studies at Columbia University, a position he has held since 1999. In his work, Venkatesh has studied gangs and underground economies, public housing, advertising and technology. As of 2018, he is the Director of Signal: The Tech & Society Lab at Columbia University.Venkatesh is the author of the book, ''Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes To The Streets'', published by Penguin Press in 2008. Venkatesh is also the host of ''Sudhir Breaks the Internet'', a podcast published by Freakonomics Radio Network. Additionally, Venkatesh is a public writer and documentary filmmaker, and has held positions at Facebook and Twitter. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London | Harvard University Press | 2008eBook