Charles V. Willie

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Charles Vert Willie is the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus at Harvard University. He is a sociologist whose areas of research include desegregation, higher education, public health, race relations, urban community problems, and family life. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.

[edit] Before Harvard

Before coming to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Willie was chairman of the Department of Sociology and vice president of student affairs at Syracuse University. President Jimmy Carter appointed him to the President's Commission on Mental Health and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Social Science Research Council. He has served as vice president of the American Sociological Association and president of the Eastern Sociological Society. He has also served as a consultant, expert witness, and court-appointed master in major school desegregation cases in various large cities including Boston, Hartford, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Little Rock, Milwaukee, San Jose, Seattle, and St. Louis; and in other municipalities such as St. Lucie County and Lee County, Florida, and Somerville, Cambridge, and Brockton, Massachusetts.

[edit] Publications

Willie is the author or editor of over 100 articles and 30 books on issues of race, gender, socioeconomic status, religion, education, urban communities, and family relations. Willie identifies himself as an applied sociologist who is concerned with solving social problems.