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David J. Harding
Funded Research:
Evaluating the Impact of Set-Aside Laws on Ex-Offender Recidivism and Socioeconomic Outcomes (NSF)
Evaluation of the MPRI Learning Site (Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency)
For-Profit Colleges, Educational Attainment, and Labor Market Outcomes (Spencer Foundation)
Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative: A Plan for Comprehensive Evaluation (Michigan Department of Corrections)
Neighborhood Context, School Context, and Romantic Relationships (NICHD)
Neighborhoods, Households, and the Transition to Adulthood Among Formerly Incarcerated Young Adults (NSF)
Neighborhoods, Recidivism, and Employment among Returning Prisoners (Department of Justice)
Prisoner Reentry Pilot Study, Phase II (PSC-Ford Funds)
The Demography of Prisoner Reentry: Residential Moves & Changing Social Contexts (NICHD)
Research Associate Professor, Population Studies Center.
Associate Professor, Sociology.
Research Associate Professor, Survery Research Center, ISR.
Center Fellow, Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University.
Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center.
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
Harding, David J. 2010. Living the Drama: Community, Conflict, and Culture among Inner-City Boys. University of Chicago Press. Abstract.
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
Wodtke, Geoffrey, David J. Harding, and Felix Elwert. 2011. "Neighborhood Effects in Temporal Perspective: The Impact of Long-Term Exposure to Concentrated Disadvantage on High School Graduation." American Sociological Review, 76(5): 713-736. DOI. Abstract. Public Access.
Harding, David J. 2011. "Rethinking the Cultural Context of Schooling Decisions in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: From Deviant Subculture to Cultural Heterogeneity." Sociology of Education, 84(4): 322-339. DOI.
Small, M.L., David J. Harding, and M. Lamont. 2010. "Reconsidering Culture and Poverty INTRODUCTION." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 629: 6-27. DOI.
Harding, David J. 2009. "Collateral consequences of violence in disadvantaged neighborhoods." Social Forces, 88(2): 757-784. PMCID: PMC2911138. DOI. Local Access.
Harding, David J. 2009. "Violence, older peers, and the socialization of adolescent boys in disadvantaged neighborhoods." American Sociological Review, 74(3): 445-464. PMCID: PMC2776742. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Harding, David J. 2008. "Neighborhood Violence and Adolescent Friendships." International Journal of Conflict and Violence, 2(1): 28-55. PMCID: PMC2860150. Public Access.
Winship, C., and David J. Harding. 2008. "A mechanism-based approach to the identification of age-period-cohort models." Sociological Methods & Research, 36(3): 362-401. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Harding, David J. 2007. "Cultural Context, Sexual Behavior, and Romantic Relationships in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods." American Sociological Review, 72(3): 341-364. DOI.