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Christopher Wildeman

Chris Wildeman

Contact Information

Department of Sociology
Yale University
Office Location : 493 College Street Room: 409 New Haven CT 06511-8933 USA
Office Location : 493 College Street Room: 409 New Haven CT 06511-8933 USA
Postal Address (all other mail) : P.O. Box 208265 New Haven CT 06520-8265 USA
Phone : +1-203-436-4181
Facsimile : +1-203-432-6976
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Assistant Professor of Sociology

Christopher Wildeman is an assistant professor of sociology, a faculty fellow at the Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE), and a resident fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) at Yale University. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from Princeton University in 2008. As a graduate student, his research received the Dorothy S. Thomas Award from the Population Association of America and graduate student paper awards from three sections of the American Sociological Association. From 2008-2010, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar and postdoctoral affiliate in the Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Michigan. His research and teaching interests revolve around the consequences of mass imprisonment for inequality, with emphasis on families, health, and children. He is also interested in showing how the composition of children in the foster care system has changed over the last ten years. Some of his current research considers the effects of parental incarceration on child homelessness, the consequences of mass imprisonment for population health and health inequities, the implications of mass imprisonment for inequality among American children, and changes in the cumulative risk of foster care placement for American children. These projects have been funded by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research.

Selected Publications