Andrew A. Beveridge

Andrew A. Beveridge, Ph.D., is Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. He directs the Social Research Office and M.A. in Applied Social Research Program in the Sociology Department. Since 1993, Dr. Beveridge has been a consultant to the New York Times, which has published a series of news reports and maps based upon his analysis of the Census data. He writes the demographic topic column for the Gotham Gazette, an on-line publication of the Citizens Union. He and his team developed SocialExplorer a web based application, which allows users to explore demographic trends in any area of the United States, easily creating maps and comparative reports.

He has examined the social roots of American banking and credit practices; public attitudes towards science and technology; factors leading to union success in winning representation elections; social trends revealed by housing surveys; and economic development in Africa. He is the co-author of African Businessmen and Development in Zambia, published by Princeton University Press, and numerous articles, papers and reports.

He has consulted in numerous civil rights cases with the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Maryland, the Open Housing Center of New York City, Westchester Legal Services, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Capital Defenders Office, Davis Polk, and Sullivan and Cromwell among others. He has consulted for Time Warner Cable of New York, the Newspaper Association of America, and other business firms.

He has applied computer methods to teaching and research in sociology, including statistical analysis, geographic information systems, and multi-media. These activities have received support from IBM and repeated support from the National Science Foundation. Most recently, he has developed an interactive application and Web Based set of maps that allow the user to compare and contrast demography based upon an area that he or she selects. This work was funded by the National Science Foundation and the New York Times.

He has taught in the Sociology Department of Columbia University. He received his Ph.D. and M.Phil. in sociology from Yale University and his B.A with honors in economics from Yale College. His research work has received grant and fellowship support from the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Philosophical Society, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Putnam Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and other agencies.