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David Reingold

David Reingold

Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts // Administration

Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Professor // Sociology
Faculty

Affiliated Faculty // African American Studies // SIS

Curriculum vitae


Office and Contact

Room: BRNG 1290L

Email: reingold@purdue.edu

Phone: (765) 494-3664


Ph.D. Sociology, University of Chicago (1996)
M.A. Sociology, University of Chicago (1992)

Specialization

Urban poverty & housing; economic development; social policy; government

David A. Reingold is the Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Sociology at Purdue University. He serves as the chief academic and administrative officer of the college and is responsible for the departments of History, English, Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy, and Anthropology, as well as the Brian Lamb School of Communication, the Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts, the School of Languages and Culture, and the School of Interdisciplinary Studies. Prior to his appointment at Purdue University, he was professor and Executive Associate Dean at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Bloomington.

His primary teaching and research areas include urban poverty, economic development, social welfare policy, low-income housing policy, civil society, and government performance. His research has appeared in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Public Administration Review, Social Service Review, Urban Studies, theJournal of Urban Affairs, and Housing Studies, among other social science journals. His public service experience includes positions as director of research and policy development at the U.S. Corporation for National and Community Service, a member of the White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth and chair of the Task Force’s research committee, housing commissioner and vice-chairman of the Bloomington Housing Authority Board, board president of the South Central Community Action Program, and chair of the Indiana Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism.

He has served on expert panels for the U.S. National Academy of Public Administration and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He has served on editorial boards for the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Social Service Review, Evaluation Review, the Journal of Urban Affairs, and the Journal of Public Affairs Education. He received his MA and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago.