David Wagner, Ph.D., MSW
Emeritus Professor of Social Work and Sociology
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Education
- Ph.D., Sociology, City University of New York
- M.A., Labor Studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- M.S.W., Social Work, Columbia University
- B.A., History, Columbia University
David was a professor at the School of Social Work from 1988-2016 and is now retired in Long Beach, CA. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Columbia University, a Labor Studies Master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the City University of New York.
Selected Publications
David Wagner is the author of ten books including Checkerboard Square: Culture and Resistance in a Homeless Community which won the C. Wright Mills award; The New Temperance: America's Obsession with Sin and Vice; What's Love got to do with it? A Critical Look at American Charity; The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution; Confronting Homelessness: Poverty, Politics, and the Failure of Social Policy; Unlikely Fame: Poor People who made History, No Longer Homeless: How People Get off and Stay off the Streets, and Poverty and Welfare in America: Examining the Facts.
Company
Education
- Ph.D., Sociology, City University of New York
- M.A., Labor Studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- M.S.W., Social Work, Columbia University
- B.A., History, Columbia University