Wilfred Holton
Position: Associate Professor of Sociology and Head Undergraduate Advisor and Chair of the Undergraduate Committee
Degree(s): B.A., Vanderbilt University, Sociology, 1964; M.A., Boston University, Sociology, 1966; Ph.D., Boston University, Sociology, 1972
Areas of Research/Interest: Urban Sociology, Social History of Boston, Intergroup Relations, Service-Learning, Applied Research, Sociology of Poverty
Selected Publications: Creating Boston's Back Bay: America's Largest 19th Century Urban Development Project, (forthcoming, University Press of New England)
Diversity in the Victorian North End, chapter in Victorian Boston Today (2004).
External Affiliations: Society for the Study of Social Problems, former Division Chair
The Partnership of the Historic Bostons, President
The New England Organization of Human Services Education, former President
The National Organization for Human Services, former board member
The Bostonian Society, Library Committee member
The Massachusetts Historical Society, Fellow
Courses Taught Undergraduate:
- SOC U100 College: An Introduction Description | Syllabus
- SOC U220 Sociology of Boston Description | SOC_U220_Syllabi.pdf
- SOC U245 Sociology of Poverty Description | Syllabus
- HS xxxx Human Services Research and Evaluation Description | Syllabus
- SOC U600 Senior Seminar in Sociology Description | Syllabus