Darrick Hamilton Biography
What year and city was Darrick Hamilton born?
1972, Brooklyn, New York.
What universities did Darrick Hamilton attend for his B.A and Ph.D?
Oberlin College (B.A.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Ph.D.)
What is The New School, and what is Hamilton’s current role there?
A private university in New York City known for social research; he is the founding director of the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy and the Henry Cohen Professor.
How did Hamilton’s upbringing in Bed-Stuy and attending Brooklyn Friends School influence his future work?
He saw firsthand the contrast between privilege and poverty, which inspired his focus on structural inequality and equity-based policy.
Name two prestigious postdoctoral fellowships Hamilton completed and include their institutions
Ford Foundation Fellowship at the University of Michigan and Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship at Yale