Matthew Desmond | |
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Fields | Sociology |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D.) |
Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist. He is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015.
Desmond studied as an undergraduate at Arizona State University, serving at the same time as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in Tempe. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.