William Julius Wilson
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William Julius Wilson Biography
William Julius Wilson is Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He is one of only 19 University Professors, the highest professional distinction for a Harvard faculty member. After receiving the PhD from Washington State University in 1966, Wilson taught sociology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, before joining the University of Chicago faculty in 1972. In 1990 he was appointed the Lucy Flower University Professor and director of the University of Chicago's Center for the Study of Urban Inequality. He joined the faculty at Harvard in July of 1996.
Past President of the American Sociological Association, Wilson has received 42 honorary degrees, including honorary doctorates from Princeton, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. A MacArthur Prize Fellow from 1987 to 1992, Wilson has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Education, the American Philosophical Society, the Institute of Medicine, and the British Academy. In June 1996 he was selected by Time magazine as one of America's 25 Most Influential People. He is a recipient of the 1998 National Medal of Science, the highest scientific honor in the United States, and was awarded the Talcott Parsons Prize in the Social Sciences by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.
Wilson is the author of numerous publications, including The Declining Significance of Race, winner of the American Sociological Association's Sydney Spivack Award; The Truly Disadvantaged, which was selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review as one of the 16 best books of 1987, and received The Washington Monthly Annual Book Award and the Society for the Study of Social Problems' C. Wright Mills Award; When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor, which was selected as one of the notable books of 1996 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review and received the Sidney Hillman Foundation Award; and The Bridge Over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics. Most recently he co-authored There Goes the Neighborhood: Racial, Ethnic, and Class Tensions in Four Chicago Neighborhoods and Their Meaning for America, and Good Kids in Bad Neighborhoods: Successful Development in Social Context.
Other honors granted to Wilson include the Seidman Award in Political Economy (the first and only noneconomist to receive the award); the Golden Plate Achievement Award; the Distinguished Alumnus Award, Washington State University; the American Sociological Association's Dubois, Johnson, Frazier Award (for significant scholarship in the field of inter-group relations); the American Sociological Association's Award for Public Understanding of Sociology; Burton Gordon Feldman Award, Brandeis University ("for outstanding contributions in the field of public policy"); the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Award (granted by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Los Angeles); and the Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award, for The Truly Disadvantaged and When Work Disappears, from the American Political Science Association.
Professor Wilson is a member of numerous national boards and commissions, and was previously the Chair of the Board of The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and of the Russell Sage Foundation.
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William Julius Wilson Videos
The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy, Second Edition
The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions, Third Edition
More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City (Issues of Our Time)
The Bridge over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics (Wildavsky Forum Series)
When Work Disappears : The World of the New Urban Poor
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William Julius Wilson is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Authors, Social Sciences, Diversity & Inclusion, Political, Black Heritage, Social Activism, Social Justice, Economy, Overcoming Adversity and Culture.
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William Julius Wilson is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Authors, Social Sciences and Diversity & Inclusion. The estimated speaking fee range to book William Julius Wilson for live events is $10,000 - $20,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. William Julius Wilson generally travels from Cambridge, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Clayborne Carson, Shelby Steele and Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling William Julius Wilson for an upcoming event.
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Are American Ghetto Trends Emerging in Europe?
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From Racial Preference to Affirmative Opportunity
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Rising Inequality at the Dawn of the New Millennium
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Toward a Broader Vision of the Plight of the Inner-City Black Male
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The Bridge Over the Racial Divide
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William Julius Wilson Videos
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The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy, Second Edition
The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions, Third Edition
More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City (Issues of Our Time)
The Bridge over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics (Wildavsky Forum Series)
When Work Disappears : The World of the New Urban Poor
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How much does it cost to book William Julius Wilson for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for William Julius Wilson, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book William Julius Wilson are $10,000 - $20,000 for live events and $10,000 - $20,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire William Julius Wilson, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent. -
What topics does William Julius Wilson speak about?
William Julius Wilson is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Authors, Social Sciences, Diversity & Inclusion, Political, Black Heritage, Social Activism, Social Justice, Economy, Overcoming Adversity and Culture. -
Where does William Julius Wilson travel from?
William Julius Wilson generally travels from Cambridge, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for William Julius Wilson?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like William Julius Wilson for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book William Julius Wilson for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host William Julius Wilson or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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