Bruce Western, M.A. '90, Ph.D. '93

Bruce Western, M.A. '90, Ph.D. '93 has accepted membership in the American Philosophical Society in the Social Sciences class.

Western is the Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice and Director of the Justice Lab at Columbia University. He studies poverty and socioeconomic inequality with a focus on the U.S. criminal justice system.

A native of Australia, Western earned his UCLA degrees in sociology.