David Fasenfest

David Fasenfest
Born	Germany
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Scientific career
Fields	Urban Sociology
Institutions	Wayne State University

Dr. David Fasenfest is an American sociologist and an associate professor at Wayne State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1984. He also holds a M.A. in economics and Chinese studies. A few of his research interests are urban sociology, race/class/gender, labor markets and workforce development, income inequality, and community economic development. ^[1]

He has been an active urban sociologist, editing and publishing several articles and books. His activities and work include:

• Editor, Critical Sociology SAGE UK (July 1998 to present)
• Book Series Editor, Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, NL (2003 to present)
• Executive Board, Citizens for a Sound Energy Future, Indianapolis, IN (January 2006 to December 2007)
• Board Member, Energy Future Institute, Indianapolis, IN (April 2006 to December 2007)

Fasenfest was fêted with a festschrift . ^[2]

Publications

Books

• Engaging Social Justice: Critical Studies of 21st Century Social Transformation (Brill, 2009) (ed.)
• Power and Resistance: Intersecting Generations of Critical Social Science (Brill, 2009) (ed., with Richard Dello Buono)
• Global Social Change: Movement Building and the Eclipse of Neoliberalism (Brill, 2009) (ed., with Graham Cassano)
• Critical Evaluation of Local Development Policies (Wayne State University Press, 2004) (ed., with Laura Reese)
• Community Economic Development: Policy Formation in the U.S. and U.K. (Macmillan Press, 1993)

References

1. Wayne State University faculty (accessed 27 May 2022)
2. Interrogating the Future:Essays in Honour of David Fasenfest (Studies in Critical Social Sciences). Brill. 2024. ISBN   9789004541795 . Retrieved June 3, 2025.

External links

• Critical Sociology
• Association for Critical Sociology
• Haymarket Book Series
• Studies in Critical Social Sciences