Howard Pinderhughes

Professor and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco

Howard Pinderhughes is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. He has conducted research and program development in the areas of race relations among youth and adolescent violence prevention and intervention. His research combines aspects of grounded theory, qualitative methods, survey research, and participatory action research to examine problems related to the impacts of structural inequality, racial, class, and gender dynamics on adolescent health and relations. Dr. Pinderhughes is currently developing a conceptual framework to address the production of racial, class, and gender health inequality. His book, Race in the Hood: Conflict and Violence Among Urban Youth, presents a study of racial attitudes among youth and racial violence in New York City. He received his PhD in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.