Alex Vitale

Current

• Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College

Past

• Consultant at New York Civil Liberties Union
• Policy Analyst at San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness

Education

• City University of New York Graduate Center
• Hampshire College

Connections

32 connections

Industry

Research

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Alex Vitale’s Summary

I teach courses in Criminology, Sociology of Law, and Political Sociology. My research interests include:

Urban Political Economy
Politics of Policing
Policing of Demonstrations

I have a new book published by NYU Press called: City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics, www.cityofdisorder.com. I've also published in Urban Affairs Review, Contemporary Sociology, Policing and Society, Police Practice and Research, and Mobilization.

I've been quoted in The Washington Post, The Nation, The LA Times, The Boston Globe, NPR's Talk of the Nation, Air America Radio, USA Today, and The San Francisco Chronicle among many others.

I'm also on the Executive Council of the CUNY faculty and professional staff union, the PSC-CUNY.

Alex Vitale’s Specialties:

I do consulting for NGO's and police departments on the policing of demonstrations and police-community relations.

Alex Vitale’s Experience

• Assistant Professor

  Brooklyn College

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  September 1999 — Present (10 years 4 months)

  Deputy Chair Department of Sociology

• Consultant

  New York Civil Liberties Union

  (Non-Profit; Legal Services industry)

  June 2004 — December 2004 (7 months)

  Did research and produced a report on police practices at the 2004 Republican National Convention.

• Policy Analyst

  San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Public Policy industry)

  May 1990 — July 1993 (3 years 3 months)

Alex Vitale’s Education

• City University of New York Graduate Center

  Ph.D. , Sociology , 1993 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  Co-Chair Doctoral Students Council 1996-1998

• Hampshire College

  BA , Urban Anthropology , 1984 — 1989

Additional Information

Alex Vitale’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Alex Vitale’s Groups:

American Sociological Association
Law and Society Association
American Society of Criminology

Executive Council Member--Professional Staff Congress-CUNY, AFT, AFL-CIO

•    New York City Policing Roundtable

Alex Vitale’s Honors:

Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Dissertation Fellowship 1998

Alex Vitale’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch