Victor Tan Chen
Graduate Student in Sociology and Social Policy
Biographical Note
Victor's dissertation focuses on unemployed autoworkers and the effect of differential social policies on their material and subjective well-being. With Katherine S. Newman he co-authored The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America (Beacon Press, 2007), which explores an invisible population -- the near poor -- who are far more numerous than those living below the poverty line. The Missing Class was selected by Library Journal as one of the Best Business Books of 2007. He also contributed to the book Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market (Russell Sage and Harvard University Press, 2006). Victor is the founding editor of InTheFray Magazine (http://inthefray.org), an award-winning publication devoted to personal stories on global issues. His writing has appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Newsday, the Minority Law Journal, The Oregonian, The Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Let's Go: Chile.
01/07/2009
- Research Interests
- Poverty, unemployment, development, and globalization
- Previous Degrees
- B.A., Harvard University, History and Literature
| Teaching Experience | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sociology 96 | Community Research Internship | Instructor/Teaching Fellow |
- Qualifying Paper Title
- Global Confederates: From Social Movements to 'Movements of Movements,' the Strange Career of Global Justice Activism
Presentations and Publications
| "Streetwise Economics" (co-authored chapter in Katherine S. Newman, "Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market") | Russell Sage Foundation and Harvard University Press |
2006
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| "The Missing Class: Portraits of the New Poor in America" (co-authored with Katherine S. Newman) | Beacon Press |
2007
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Suggested Links
| InTheFray Magazine |
| The Missing Class: Portraits of the New Poor in America |
photo by Tamar Cedeno-Ramos
Contact
617-496-5794 (FAX)
Nonresident
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138