A prolific writer, Dr. Wagner has authored 12 books since 1990, most of which concern the subject of economic inequality within the United States.
SEAL BEACH, CA, May 04, 2022 /24-7PressRelease/ -- David Wagner, PhD, has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Well regarded for more than three decades of experience in the field of education, Dr. Wagner retired from his professorial role with the School of Social Work at the University of Southern Maine in 2016. Affiliated with the university since 1988, he received Emeritus status upon his departure. Previously, he served as a Lecturer and Assistant director of Fieldwork at the Columbia University School of Social Work from 1985 to 1988. He worked in labor unions and social work for a dozen years prior. A specialist in the areas of sociology and social work, Dr. Wagner was also a Distinguished Visiting Professor at California State University in 2009.
A prolific writer, Dr. Wagner has authored 12 books since 1990, most of which concern the subject of economic inequality within the United States. A few of these titles include, "Checkerboard Square: Culture and Resistance in a Homeless Community," which won Dr. Wagner the C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 1994, "The New Temperance: The American Obsession with Sin and Vice," which earned a book award from the Northeast Popular Culture Association in 1998, and "Confronting Homelessness: Poverty, Politics and the Failure of Social Policy," which secured an Outstanding Book Award from Choice magazine, a publication of the American Library Association, in 2013.
Dr. Wagner is particularly proud of his work on the history of poverty in America. His 2005 book "The Poorhouse: America's Forgotten Institution" is the first full length book on almshouses, poorhouses, poor farms, workhouses, and other institutions for the poor. It prominently features New England homes. His 2008 book "Ordinary People: In and Out of Poverty in the Gilded Age" featured. Cases of 80,000 inmates at the Massachusetts State Almshouse at Tewksbury, outside of Lowell, Massachusetts. In 2014, he wrote "Unlikely Fame: Poor People who Made History" which featured biographical research into famous Americans who began in poverty.
Dr. Wagner pursued formal education at Columbia University, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1972. Continuing his studies at the institution's School of Social Work, he graduated with a Master of Social Work in 1976. Later, he attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and earned a Master of Arts in labor studies in 1980. Dr. Wagner concluded his academic efforts at the City University of New York, where he attained a Doctor of Philosophy in sociology in 1988.
A self-described radical, he was born in Brooklyn, New York and now lives in Seal Beach, California, alongside his wife, Marcia B. Cohen, and their dog, Winslow.
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