Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond is the author of five books, including Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. An expert on housing, economic inequality, and public policy, he is the primary investigator of The Eviction Lab, a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, and a MacArthur “Genius” fellow. Politico has listed him as one of “fifty people across the country who are most influencing the national political debate.”
Public Lecture
Defending Home: How to Protect Renters & Fight Poverty Beyond the Pandemic
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Series Sponsors: The Hawai‘i Community Foundation, Kamehameha Schools, the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, the College of Social Sciences, Scholars Strategy Network, and the William S. Richardson School of Law
Event Co-sponsors: American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai`i, Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival, Kahala Hotel and Resort, Matsunaga Institute for Peace, Department of Sociology, UH Alumni Relations, and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning