DORIAN T. WARREN (Ph.D., Political Science, Yale University) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, and coordinates the Center for Urban Research & Policy Seminar Series. Warren specializes in the study of inequality and American politics, focusing on the political organization of marginalized groups. His research and teaching interests include labor organizing & politics, race and ethnic politics, urban politics, American political development, public policy, and social science methodology. Professor Warren has also worked with several national and local organizations including the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, American Rights at Work, UNITE-HERE, SEIU, Steelworkers, NGLTF Policy Institute, and Jobs with Justice. He currently serves on the boards of the Applied Research Center and the Center for Community Change.