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 Craig Steven Wilder studies United States urban history, with a particular focus on race, religion, and culture.
Professor Wilder is the author of A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn (Columbia: 2000/2001) and In the Company of Black Men: The African Influence on African American Culture in New York City (NYU: 2001/2004). In 2004, Columbia University awarded him the University Medal of Excellence during its 250th Anniversary Commencement.
Professor Wilder began his career as a community organizer in the South Bronx, and he continues to balance teaching, scholarship, and community work. For two decades, he has consulted on curricular and professional development with public school teachers in low-income areas of New York City. He has led seminars and workshops on urban affairs and race relations for community organizations in the inner city. He has also been pursuing interests in mental illness and the urban poor.
Professor Wilder has advised and appeared in numerous historical documentaries, most recently the History Channel’s “F.D.R.: A Presidency Revealed” and Ric Burns' award-winning PBS series, "New York: Documentary History." He has directed or advised exhibits at regional and national museums, including the Brooklyn Historical Society, the New-York Historical Society, the Chicago History Museum, and the New York State Museum. He was one of the founding historians of the Museum of Sex in New York City, and he maintains an active public history program with many smaller local museums and cultural societies.
His current research project reexamines the history of the American academy. He is also writing a history of school segregation in New York City. |