Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is the Scientific Director of Crime Lab New York, and Interim Director of NYU's Institute for Human Development and Social Change. Dr. Sharkey received his PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard University in 2007. Dr. Sharkey’s 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 titled, “Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial Equality." Dr. Sharkey is currently conducting a long-term project focusing on how the decline of violent crime has affected urban life and urban inequality in America.