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ANMOL CHADDHA Department of Sociology achaddha@fas.harvard.edu Harvard University 617.909.8877 33 Kirkland Street scholar.harvard.edu/achaddha Cambridge, MA 02138

Education

Harvard University, Ph.D. Sociology & Social Policy, expected May 2013 Dissertation: The Welfare Functions of Credit and Debt in an Era of Rising Inequality

(Committee: William Julius Wilson, Chair; Lawrence Bobo; Bruce Western; Jason Beckfield) PhD Field Exam (with Distinction): “Political Economy of Race and Urban Inequality” (Committee: William Julius Wilson, Chair; Lawrence Bobo; Bruce Western)

Harvard University, A.M. Sociology, 2010 General exams: race/ethnicity, political sociology, social stratification, organizations University of California, Berkeley, B.A. High Distinction, Economics, 2002

Research Interests

Inequality/stratification, urban sociology, race and ethnicity, political sociology, social policy, political economy of inequality

Publications

Chaddha, Anmol and William Julius Wilson. 2011. “‘Way Down in the Hole’: Systemic Urban Inequality and The Wire.” Critical Inquiry 38(1): 164-188.

Reprinted in: Brody, David C. and Peter A. Collins., ed. 2012 (forthcoming). Crime, Justice and Politics as seen through ‘The Wire.’ Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

Chaddha, Anmol and William Julius Wilson. 2011. “The Wire’s Impact: A Rejoinder.” Critical Inquiry 38(1): 227-233. Wilson, William Julius and Anmol Chaddha. 2009. “The Role of Theory in Ethnographic Research.” Ethnography 10(4): 549-564. Chaddha, Anmol and William Julius Wilson. 2008. “Reconsidering the ‘Ghetto.’” City & Community 7(4): 384-388. Chaddha, Anmol, William Julius Wilson, and Sudhir A. Venkatesh. 2008. “In Defense of ‘The Wire.’” Dissent. Summer: 83-86.

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Papers in Progress (for Publication)

“Relying on Debt in Place of Social Assistance: A Longitudinal Analysis” “Industrial Transformation and Racial Earnings Inequality in Metropolitan Areas”

Fellowships and Honors

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2007-2012

Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & 2007-2012 Social Policy, National Science Foundation IGERT Program. Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University 2008, 2010

Research Affiliations

Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University 2011-12 Visiting Scholar, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town, South Africa 2010

Research Experience

Research Assistant to William Julius Wilson, Department of Sociology, Harvard 2007-2013 University

Research Assistant to Tamara Kay, Department of Sociology, Harvard University 2009-10

Project: “Partners in Development: Transnational Collaborations Among Economic Development Organizations.”

Teaching

Co-Instructor (with Prof. William Julius Wilson), Urban Inequality and ‘The Wire’, 2010 Harvard University

Teaching Fellow, Social Structure and Culture in the Study of Race and Urban 2009, 2010

Poverty, Harvard University (Instructor: Prof. William Julius Wilson) Teaching Fellow, Economics: A Critical Approach, Harvard Summer Program in 2009

Venice, Italy: Università Ca’Foscari di Venezia (Instructor: Stephen Marglin) Teaching Fellow, Economics: A Critical Approach, Harvard University 2008 (Instructor: Prof. Stephen Marglin)

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Presentations

Chaddha, Anmol. 2012. “Relying on Debt in Place of Social Assistance.” Aage Sørensen Memorial Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. Chaddha, Anmol. 2010. “Complex Urban Problems and Systemic Inequality.” Creating Good Lives conference, Glasgow, Scotland.

Academic Service

Junior Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology, Harvard University 2009-10 Coordinator, Workshop on Race, Culture, and Inequality, Department of Sociology, 2008-09

Harvard University

Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Sociology, Harvard University 2008-09

Colloquium Committee, Department of Sociology, Harvard University 2007-08

Related Professional Experience

Policy Research Associate, Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law 2004-06 Research Associate, Applied Research Center 2003-04 Research Associate, California Works Foundation 2002-03