David J. Harding
Funded Research:
Community Context, Prisoner Reentry, and Post-Prison Employment (Russell Sage Foundation)
Neighborhoods, Recidivism, and Employment among Returning Prisoners (Department of Justice)
The Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative: A Plan for Comprehensive Evaluation (Michigan Department of Corrections)
Assistant Research Scientist, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan.
Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Michigan.
Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan.
Center Fellow, Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University.
Ph.D., Harvard University
Dr. Harding’s research interests lie in inequality, poverty, urban studies, race, and qualitative and quantitative methodology. Current investigations include the effects of neighborhood disadvantage on education and teenage pregnancy; rampage school shootings; changes in the black-white incarceration gap; and methods for causal analysis for social scientists.
Recent Publications
Books
Newman, Katherine, Cybelle Fox, David J. Harding, Jal Mehta, and Wendy Roth. 2004. Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings. New York: Basic Books.
Journal Articles
Harding, David J. Forthcoming. "Collateral consequences of violence in disadvantaged neighborhoods." Social Forces. NIHMSID:NIHMS154436
Harding, David J. 2009. "Violence, older peers, and the socialization of adolescent boys in disadvantaged neighborhoods." American Sociological Review, 74(3): 445-464. NIHMSID:NIHMS154439 Licensed Access.
Winship, C., and Harding, David J. 2008. "A mechanism-based approach to the identification of age-period-cohort models." Sociological Methods & Research, 36(3): 362-401. DOI:10.1177/0049124107310635. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
Harding, David J. 2008. "Neighborhood Violence and Adolescent Friendships." International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2(1): 28-55. NIHMSID:NIHMS154441 Public Access.
Harding, David J. 2007. "Cultural Context, Sexual Behavior, and Romantic Relationships in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods." American Sociological Review, 72(3): 341-364. Licensed Access.
Morgan, S.L., and David J. Harding. 2006. "Matching estimators of causal effects: Prospects and pitfalls in theory and practice." Sociological Methods & Research, 35(1): 3-60. DOI:10.1177/0049124106289164. Licensed Access.
Fox, Ctbelle, and David J. Harding. 2005. "School Shootings as Organizational Deviance." Sociology of Education, 78(1): 69-97.
Chapters
Clarkwest, Andrew, and David J. Harding. 2008. "Christopher Jencks." In International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, 2nd Edition edited by William A. Darity. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.
Harding, David J., Christopher Jencks, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Susan E. Mayer. 2007. "Family background and income in adulthood, 1961-1999." In The inequality reader : contemporary and foundational readings in race, class, and gender edited by David B. Grusky, Szonja Szelényi. 442-453. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press.
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Recent resources, events, news
New Publications
Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"
Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report
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