Christopher James Wildeman (born October 26, 1979)[1] is an American sociologist and Professor of Sociology at Duke University.
Wildeman is known for researching the effects of incarceration on children's health, homelessness, and racial inequality.
in Philosophy, Sociology, and Spanish, 2002) and Princeton University (M.A., 2006; Ph.D., 2008).
Both of his graduate degrees were in sociology and demography, and his Ph.D. was supervised by Sara McLanahan, Bruce Western, and Devah Pager.
For two years (2008–2010), he was a postdoctoral affiliate at the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center, after which he joined the faculty of Yale University as an assistant professor of sociology.