Joe T. Darden

Joe T. Darden is professor of geography at Michigan State University and former Dean of Urban Affairs Programs from 1984 – 1997.  He is a former Fulbright Scholar, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, 1997 to 1998. He is also a core faculty member in the African American and African Studies Program, a Faculty Fellow in the Centre for Urban and Community Studies at the University of Toronto, and a Faculty Affiliate in the Canadian Studies Centre at Michigan State University.  His research interests are urban social geography, residential segregation, and socioeconomic neighborhood inequality in multi-racial societies. He is the author of eight books, including the most recent Detroit: Race Riots, Racial Conflicts and Efforts to Bridge the Racial Divide (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2013).