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About the Author:
Ralph Bangs, PhD, is the former Associate Director for the Center on Race and Social Problems at the University of Pittsburgh and former Research Associate for the University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh. For many years he was also Associate Editor of the national and international journal, Race and Social Problems, which is published by Springer Press. He is co-editor of the book, Race and Social Problems: Restructuring Inequality (with Dean Larry Davis).
His past research focused on improving education for African Americans, the Pittsburgh Promise, increasing local government contracting with minority and women-owned businesses, and reducing homicides and youth violence. In recent years he has been writing about Black living conditions in the Pittsburgh area and racial bias in policing. His PhD is from the University of Pittsburgh in public policy research and analysis.