Craig Steven Wilder

Craig Steven Wilder studies American urban, intellectual, and cultural history. Professor Wilder’s most recent book is Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities (New York: Bloomsbury, 2013). Dr. Wilder began his career as a community organizer in the South Bronx. He provides curricular and professional development workshops with public school teachers in low-income areas of New York City. Professor Wilder is a senior fellow at the Bard Prison Initiative, this innovative program has given hundreds of men and women the opportunity to acquire a college education during their incarcerations in the New York State prison system.