Patrick Sharkey (professor)

Patrick Sharkey
Alma mater	Brown University (BA, 2000); Harvard University (PhD, 2007)
Doctoral advisors	Robert J. Sampson (chair), William Julius Wilson and Christopher Winship
Notable awards	American Sociological Association Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section William Julius Wilson Early Career Award 2015; American Sociological Association Population Section Otis Dudley Duncan Book Award 2014; Eastern Sociological Society Mirra Komarovsky Book Award 2013; The American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) in Sociology and Social Work 2013.

Patrick Sharkey is Associate Professor of Sociology at New York University,^[1] with an affiliation at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.^[2] Sharkey’s current research focuses on how the decline of violent crime has affected urban life and urban inequality in America. This project relates closely to a strand of research he has conducted documenting the consequences of violent crime, with a particular focus on developmental outcomes of children such as academic performance, cognitive functioning, and health. Sharkey’s broader research agenda considers the role of neighborhoods and cities in generating and maintaining inequality across multiple dimensions. His first book was published in 2013 with the University of Chicago Press, and was titled Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial Equality.^[3] The book received the Mirra Komarovsky Award^[4] for the best book of the year from the Eastern Sociological Society, the Otis Dudley Duncan Award^[5] from the Population Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA), and The American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award)^[6] in Sociology and Social Work.

Work

Sharkey is the Scientific Director for Crime Lab New York City.^[7] He was previously the Associate Director for the Institute for Human Development and Social Change at New York University in 2014,^[8] a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program Postdoctoral Scholar at Columbia University from 2007-2009,^[9] and a Research Assistant at the Urban Institute^[10] in Washington D.C. Labor and Social Policy Center from 2000-2002.

Awards

Sharkey received the William Julius Wilson Early Career Award^[11] given by the Inequality, Poverty and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association in 2015. In 2010, he received the Roger Gould Prize^[12] given by the American Journal of Sociology for the best article published in 2008/2009,^[13] and was co-winner of the best article in urban sociology published in 2008/2009^[14] Jane Addams Award^[15] given by the ASA Community and Urban Sociology Section.

References

1. Sharkey, Patrick. "NYU Dept of Sociology". NYU Dept of Sociology.
2. Sharkey, Patrick. "NYU Wagner".
3. Sharkey, Patrick (2012). Stuck in Place Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial Equality. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226924267.
4. "Komarovsky Book Award". Eastern Sociological Society.
5. "Sociology of Population". ASA.
6. "The PROSE Awards". American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence.
7. "University of Chicago". Crime Lab NYC.
8. "Steinhardt". The Institute for Education and Social Policy.
9. Sharkey, Pat. "RWJF Health and Society Scholar". Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar.
10. "Urban Institute". Urban Institute.
11. "William Julius Wilson Award". American Sociological Association.
12. "Gould Prize". American Journal of Sociology.
13. Sharkey, Patrick (2010). "The Intergenerational Transmission of Context". American Journal of Sociology 113 (2008): 931–969.
14. Sharkey, Patrick (2010). "The Intergenerational Transmission of Context". American Journal of Sociology 113 (2008): 931–969.
15. "Community and Urban Sociology Section Jane Addam's Award". American Sociological Association.