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'''Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh''' (born 1966) is an | '''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 continuously since 1999. In his work, Venkatesh has studied gangs and underground economies, public housing, advertising and technology.<ref name="one">{{cite web |title=Sudhir A. Venkatesh - Department of Sociology |url=https://sociology.columbia.edu/content/sudhir-venkatesh}}</ref> As of 2018, he is the Director of Signal: The Tech & Society Lab at Columbia University.<ref name="signal">{{cite web |title=SIGNAL: The Tech & Society Lab @ Columbia University |url=https://signal.sociology.columbia.edu/}}</ref> | ||
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.<ref name="one" /> Venkatesh is also the host of ''Sudhir Breaks the Internet'', a [[podcast]] published by [[Freakonomics Radio]] Network.<ref name="two">{{cite web |title=Sudhir Breaks the Internet - Freakonomics Freakonomics |url=https://freakonomics.com/sudhir-breaks-the-internet/}}</ref> Additionally, Venkatesh is a public writer and documentary filmmaker, and has held positions at [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]]. | 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.<ref name="one" /> Venkatesh is also the host of ''Sudhir Breaks the Internet'', a [[podcast]] published by [[Freakonomics Radio]] Network.<ref name="two">{{cite web |title=Sudhir Breaks the Internet - Freakonomics Freakonomics |url=https://freakonomics.com/sudhir-breaks-the-internet/}}</ref> Additionally, Venkatesh is a public writer and documentary filmmaker, and has held positions at [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]]. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Raised in Irvine, California, Venkatesh received a [[B.A.]] in [[mathematics]] from the [[University of California, San Diego]] in 1988.<ref>[http://www.berlin-school.com/nc/people/profile/of/sudhir_venkatesh/] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417024413/http://www.berlin-school.com/nc/people/profile/of/sudhir_venkatesh/ |date=17 April 2011 }}</ref> Venkatesh describes his switch from mathematics to sociology in graduate school as a result of conducting ethnographic fieldwork in Chicago's inner-city neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venkatesh |first1=Sudhir |title=Gang leader for a day: a rogue sociologist takes to the streets |date=2008 |publisher=Penguin Press |location=New York}}</ref> In 1997, he earned a [[Ph.D.]] in Sociology from the [[University of Chicago]], where he studied under Professor [[William Julius Wilson]], focusing on the [[Robert Taylor Homes]], a housing project in [[Chicago]]. | Raised in Irvine, California, Venkatesh received a [[B.A.]] in [[mathematics]] from the [[University of California, San Diego]] in 1988.<ref>[http://www.berlin-school.com/nc/people/profile/of/sudhir_venkatesh/] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417024413/http://www.berlin-school.com/nc/people/profile/of/sudhir_venkatesh/ |date=17 April 2011 }}</ref> Venkatesh describes his switch from mathematics to sociology in graduate school as a result of conducting ethnographic fieldwork in Chicago's inner-city neighborhoods.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venkatesh |first1=Sudhir |title=Gang leader for a day: a rogue sociologist takes to the streets |date=2008 |publisher=Penguin Press |location=New York}}</ref> In 1997, he earned a [[Ph.D.]] in Sociology from the [[University of Chicago]], where he studied under Professor [[William Julius Wilson]], focusing on the [[Robert Taylor Homes]], a housing project in [[Chicago]]. | ||
==Freakonomics Radio Network== | ==Freakonomics Radio Network== | ||
In September 2011, Venkatesh was featured on ''[[Freakonomics Radio]]'' episode 42, "The Upside of Quitting."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Upside of Quitting (Ep. 42) - Freakonomics Freakonomics |url=https://freakonomics.com/podcast/new-freakonomics-radio-podcast-the-upside-of-quitting/}}</ref> Venkatesh was also a Freakonomics blog contributor in 2008, authoring a nine-part blog series titled, "What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire", in which he reported on the experience of watching episodes of popular crime drama television series ''[[The Wire]]'' with gang members he knew through his research.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Wire Archives - Freakonomics Freakonomics |url=https://freakonomics.com/tag/the-wire/}}</ref> In 2021, he began hosting the podcast ''Sudhir Breaks the Internet'', which focuses on the tech industry, particularly social media companies. | In September 2011, Venkatesh was featured on ''[[Freakonomics Radio]]'' episode 42, "The Upside of Quitting."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Upside of Quitting (Ep. 42) - Freakonomics Freakonomics |url=https://freakonomics.com/podcast/new-freakonomics-radio-podcast-the-upside-of-quitting/}}</ref> Venkatesh was also a Freakonomics blog contributor in 2008, authoring a nine-part blog series titled, "What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire", in which he reported on the experience of watching episodes of popular crime drama television series ''[[The Wire]]'' with gang members he knew through his research.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Wire Archives - Freakonomics Freakonomics |url=https://freakonomics.com/tag/the-wire/}}</ref> In 2021, he began hosting the podcast ''Sudhir Breaks the Internet'', which focuses on the tech industry, particularly social media companies. | ||
==Academic career== | ==Academic career== | ||
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Since 2013, Venkatesh has been writing about the advertising industry, both in academic journals and the popular press. His current research examines the strategies platforms use to handle negative behavior.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tyler |first1=Tom |last2=Katsaros |first2=Matt |last3=Meares |first3=Tracey |last4=Venkatesh |first4=Sudhir |title=Social media governance: can social media companies motivate voluntary rule following behavior among their users? |journal=Journal of Experimental Criminology |date=2021 |volume=17 |pages=109–127 |doi=10.1007/s11292-019-09392-z|s2cid=214473041 }}</ref> Venkatesh served as the Academic Director of the [[Berlin School of Creative Leadership]], a global Executive MBA program for the advertising industry, from 2011-2012.<ref name="seven">{{cite web |title=Sudhir Venkatesh - ISERP |url=http://www.iserp.columbia.edu/people/sudhir-venkatesh}}</ref> As of 2018, Venkatesh is also currently a Co-Director of the Social Media Governance Initiative, a joint effort between the SIGNAL Lab at [[Columbia University]] and [[Yale University]]'s Justice Collaboratory with the goal of ensuring that digital technologies foster healthy online interaction.<ref name="signal" /> | Since 2013, Venkatesh has been writing about the advertising industry, both in academic journals and the popular press. His current research examines the strategies platforms use to handle negative behavior.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tyler |first1=Tom |last2=Katsaros |first2=Matt |last3=Meares |first3=Tracey |last4=Venkatesh |first4=Sudhir |title=Social media governance: can social media companies motivate voluntary rule following behavior among their users? |journal=Journal of Experimental Criminology |date=2021 |volume=17 |pages=109–127 |doi=10.1007/s11292-019-09392-z|s2cid=214473041 }}</ref> Venkatesh served as the Academic Director of the [[Berlin School of Creative Leadership]], a global Executive MBA program for the advertising industry, from 2011-2012.<ref name="seven">{{cite web |title=Sudhir Venkatesh - ISERP |url=http://www.iserp.columbia.edu/people/sudhir-venkatesh}}</ref> As of 2018, Venkatesh is also currently a Co-Director of the Social Media Governance Initiative, a joint effort between the SIGNAL Lab at [[Columbia University]] and [[Yale University]]'s Justice Collaboratory with the goal of ensuring that digital technologies foster healthy online interaction.<ref name="signal" /> | ||
[[Fast Company]], an American business magazine, has published four articles by Venkatesh on the topics of advertising and technology: "Thinking Small: 3 Ways To Remain Creative In A World Of Big Data", "Can Advertising Bring Back The Rust Belt?", "How To Use Conflict To Unlock Creativity", and "The Science Of Awards: Your Data-Driven Guide To Winning At Cannes."<ref>{{cite web |title=Thinking Small: 3 Ways To Remain Creative In A World Of Big Data |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3047357/thinking-small-3-ways-to-remain-creative-in-a-world-of-big-data}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=Can Advertising Bring Back The Rust Belt? |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3016797/can-advertising-bring-back-the-rust-belt}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=How To Use Conflict To Unlock Creativity |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1682575/how-to-use-conflict-to-unlock-creativity}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=The Science Of Awards: Your Data-Driven Guide To Winning At Cannes |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1682896/the-science-of-awards-your-data-driven-guide-to-winning-at-cannes}}</ref> | [[Fast Company]], an American business magazine, has published four articles by Venkatesh on the topics of advertising and technology: "Thinking Small: 3 Ways To Remain Creative In A World Of Big Data", "Can Advertising Bring Back The Rust Belt?", "How To Use Conflict To Unlock Creativity", and "The Science Of Awards: Your Data-Driven Guide To Winning At Cannes."<ref>{{cite web |title=Thinking Small: 3 Ways To Remain Creative In A World Of Big Data |date=16 June 2015|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3047357/thinking-small-3-ways-to-remain-creative-in-a-world-of-big-data}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=Can Advertising Bring Back The Rust Belt? |date=4 September 2013|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3016797/can-advertising-bring-back-the-rust-belt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=How To Use Conflict To Unlock Creativity |date=15 June 2015|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1682575/how-to-use-conflict-to-unlock-creativity}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Science Of Awards: Your Data-Driven Guide To Winning At Cannes |date=3 May 2013|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1682896/the-science-of-awards-your-data-driven-guide-to-winning-at-cannes}}</ref> | ||
===Public housing=== | ===Public housing=== | ||
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===Gangs and underground economies=== | ===Gangs and underground economies=== | ||
In 2008 Venkatesh authored a book titled, ''[[Gang Leader for a Day]]: A Rogue Sociologist Takes To The Streets''. The book chronicles the life of urban poor in Chicago, particularly the Robert Taylor Homes and the gang, the Black Kings, whose leader J.T. he befriended (J.T. was renamed in the book for anonymity). He found that most foot soldiers in drug gangs make only $3.30 an hour. The year it came out, ''Gang Leader for a Day'' was awarded Best Book awards from ''The Economist'' and Slate.com. In 2015, [[Facebook]] CEO [[Mark Zuckerberg]] selected the book for his "A Year of Books" book club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Book Club Gang Leader For A Day |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-book-club-gang-leader-for-a-day-2015-2}}</ref> In 2017, it was reported that AMC Networks would be developing a drama series adaptation from the book.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Burns & Radar Developing 'The Line Between' Thriller Novel For Television |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/edward-burns-radar-developing-the-line-between-thriller-novel-for-television-1202538907/}}</ref> | In 2008 Venkatesh authored a book titled, ''[[Gang Leader for a Day]]: A Rogue Sociologist Takes To The Streets''. The book chronicles the life of urban poor in Chicago, particularly the Robert Taylor Homes and the gang, the Black Kings, whose leader J.T. he befriended (J.T. was renamed in the book for anonymity). He found that most foot soldiers in drug gangs make only $3.30 an hour. The year it came out, ''Gang Leader for a Day'' was awarded Best Book awards from ''The Economist'' and Slate.com. In 2015, [[Facebook]] CEO [[Mark Zuckerberg]] selected the book for his "A Year of Books" book club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Book Club Gang Leader For A Day |website=[[Business Insider]]|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-book-club-gang-leader-for-a-day-2015-2}}</ref> In 2017, it was reported that AMC Networks would be developing a drama series adaptation from the book.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Burns & Radar Developing 'The Line Between' Thriller Novel For Television |date=22 January 2019|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/edward-burns-radar-developing-the-line-between-thriller-novel-for-television-1202538907/}}</ref> | ||
Two years prior, Vankatesh authored another book about illegal economies in Chicago, titled ''Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor''. Published by Harvard University Press in 2006, ''Off the Books'' received a Best Book Award from Slate.com in 2006, as well as the [[C. Wright Mills Award]] in 2007.<ref name="cv">{{cite web |title=venkatesh_sudhirCV |url=http://ac4link.ei.columbia.edu/profiles/detail/226}}</ref> | Two years prior, Vankatesh authored another book about illegal economies in Chicago, titled ''Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor''. Published by Harvard University Press in 2006, ''Off the Books'' received a Best Book Award from Slate.com in 2006, as well as the [[C. Wright Mills Award]] in 2007.<ref name="cv">{{cite web |title=venkatesh_sudhirCV |url=http://ac4link.ei.columbia.edu/profiles/detail/226}}</ref> | ||
In a separate research project with [[Steven Levitt]], Venkatesh hired former sex workers to track working street prostitutes in Chicago, finding that they make about $30–$35 an hour, with those working with pimps making more and suffering fewer arrests. A street prostitute was arrested about once per 450 sexual encounters ("tricks"). [[Condoms]] were used in only 20% of the contacts.<ref>{{cite news |title=In the Windy City, prostitutes sleep with police more often than get arrested by them |url=http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2008/01/07/in_the_windy_city_prostitutes_sleep_with_police_more_often_than_get_arrested_by_the |date=January 7, 2008}}</ref> Together, Venkatesh and Levitt co-authored two articles in 2000, "'Are We a Family or a Business?' History and Disjuncture in the Urban American Street Gang" and "The Financial Activities of an Urban Street Gang."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levitt |first1=Steven D. |last2=Venkatesh |first2=Sudhir Alladi |title="Are We a Family or a Business?" History and Disjuncture in the Urban American Street Gang |journal=Theory and Society |date=August 2000 |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=427–462|doi=10.1023/A:1007151703198 |s2cid=142561847 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levitt |first1=Steven D. |last2=Venkatesh |first2=Sudhir Alladi |title=An Economic Analysis of a Drug-Selling Gang's Finances |journal=The Quarterly Journal of Economics |date=August 2000 |volume=115 |issue=3 |pages=755–789|doi=10.1162/003355300554908 |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w6592.pdf }}</ref> | In a separate research project with [[Steven Levitt]], Venkatesh hired former sex workers to track working street prostitutes in Chicago, finding that they make about $30–$35 an hour, with those working with pimps making more and suffering fewer arrests. A street prostitute was arrested about once per 450 sexual encounters ("tricks"). [[Condoms]] were used in only 20% of the contacts.<ref>{{cite news |title=In the Windy City, prostitutes sleep with police more often than get arrested by them |url=http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2008/01/07/in_the_windy_city_prostitutes_sleep_with_police_more_often_than_get_arrested_by_the |date=January 7, 2008}}</ref> Together, Venkatesh and Levitt co-authored two articles in 2000, "'Are We a Family or a Business?' History and Disjuncture in the Urban American Street Gang" and "The Financial Activities of an Urban Street Gang."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levitt |first1=Steven D. |last2=Venkatesh |first2=Sudhir Alladi |title="Are We a Family or a Business?" History and Disjuncture in the Urban American Street Gang |journal=Theory and Society |date=August 2000 |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=427–462|doi=10.1023/A:1007151703198 |s2cid=142561847 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levitt |first1=Steven D. |last2=Venkatesh |first2=Sudhir Alladi |title=An Economic Analysis of a Drug-Selling Gang's Finances |journal=The Quarterly Journal of Economics |date=August 2000 |volume=115 |issue=3 |pages=755–789|doi=10.1162/003355300554908 |s2cid=7154474 |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w6592.pdf }}</ref> | ||
===Academic and research administration=== | ===Academic and research administration=== | ||
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==Public writing and documentaries== | ==Public writing and documentaries== | ||
Venkatesh's editorial writings have appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'', the [[Chicago Tribune]], and the [[Washington Post]]. He writes for Slate.com, and his stories have appeared in [[This American Life]], WIRED, and on National Public Radio.<ref name="twelve">{{cite web|title=- AC3 Link - Columbia University|url=http://ac4link.ei.columbia.edu/profiles/detail/226}}</ref> | Venkatesh's editorial writings have appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'', the [[Chicago Tribune]], and the [[Washington Post]]. He writes for Slate.com, and his stories have appeared in [[This American Life]], WIRED, and on National Public Radio.<ref name="twelve">{{cite web|title=- AC3 Link - Columbia University|url=http://ac4link.ei.columbia.edu/profiles/detail/226}}</ref> | ||
Venkatesh's first two documentary projects relate to his research in public housing. He directed and produced ''Transformation: A History of Public Housing'', a three-part documentary series that aired on [[PBS]] in 2003 and was awarded the Best Documentary Series Award by the [[Associated Press]]. His first documentary film, ''Dislocation'', which aired on PBS in 2005, followed families as they relocated from condemned public housing developments.<ref name="cv" /> His most recent documentary film project, titled ''At the Top of My Voice'', follows a scholar and artist who return to the ex-Soviet republic of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] to promote democracy and safeguard human rights.<ref name="seven" /> | Venkatesh's first two documentary projects relate to his research in public housing. He directed and produced ''Transformation: A History of Public Housing'', a three-part documentary series that aired on [[PBS]] in 2003 and was awarded the Best Documentary Series Award by the [[Associated Press]]. His first documentary film, ''Dislocation'', which aired on PBS in 2005, followed families as they relocated from condemned public housing developments.<ref name="cv" /> His most recent documentary film project, titled ''At the Top of My Voice'', follows a scholar and artist who return to the ex-Soviet republic of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] to promote democracy and safeguard human rights.<ref name="seven" /> | ||
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* [https://slate.com/business/2008/09/what-the-financial-crisis-means-for-high-end-prostitutes.html "But What Does it Mean for Prostitutes? How the financial crisis affects the oldest profession."] Slate.com. September 26, 2008. | * [https://slate.com/business/2008/09/what-the-financial-crisis-means-for-high-end-prostitutes.html "But What Does it Mean for Prostitutes? How the financial crisis affects the oldest profession."] Slate.com. September 26, 2008. | ||
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/opinion/25venkatesh.html "To Fight Poverty, Tear Down HUD."] Op-Ed, New York Times. July 25, 2008. | * [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/opinion/25venkatesh.html "To Fight Poverty, Tear Down HUD."] Op-Ed, New York Times. July 25, 2008. | ||
* [https://prospect.org/infrastructure/invisible-community/ "An Invisible Community."] The American Prospect. | * [https://prospect.org/infrastructure/invisible-community/ "An Invisible Community."] The American Prospect. September–October, 1997: 35-41. | ||
* [https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/1994/05/VENKATESH/7272 "Jeunes a' la Derive dans les Villes Americaines."] Le Monde Diplomatique. May, 1994 (translated into Italian, "Giovani alla derive nelle citta' americane.' Il Manifesto, June 1994.) | * [https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/1994/05/VENKATESH/7272 "Jeunes a' la Derive dans les Villes Americaines."] Le Monde Diplomatique. May, 1994 (translated into Italian, "Giovani alla derive nelle citta' americane.' Il Manifesto, June 1994.) | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGC2nLnaes Steven Levitt: the Freakonomics of inner-city gangs (video)] Steven Levitt discusses the economics of street gangs and Venkatesh's findings (TED 2004) | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGC2nLnaes Steven Levitt: the Freakonomics of inner-city gangs (video)] Steven Levitt discusses the economics of street gangs and Venkatesh's findings (TED 2004) | ||
* [http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/02/books-notes---a.html SAJAforum web radio interview with Venkatesh (one hour)] - a conversation about his books, his work and academia with Sree Sreenivasan of SAJAforum.org | * [http://www.sajaforum.org/2008/02/books-notes---a.html SAJAforum web radio interview with Venkatesh (one hour)] - a conversation about his books, his work and academia with Sree Sreenivasan of SAJAforum.org | ||
*{{C-SPAN| | *{{C-SPAN|1016931}} | ||
**[http://www.c-span.org/video/?203100-1/qa-sudhir-venkatesh C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Venkatesh, 3 February 2008] | **[http://www.c-span.org/video/?203100-1/qa-sudhir-venkatesh C-SPAN ''Q&A'' interview with Venkatesh, 3 February 2008] | ||