John Wallace Jr. is the Senior Fellow for Research and Community Engagement and principal investigator on the University of Pittsburgh Center on Race and Social Problems’ Comm-Univer-City of Pittsburgh Project, an integrated program of research, teaching, and service designed to investigate and ameliorate social problems that disproportionately impact economically disadvantaged children, families, and communities. He received his bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago and earned his PhD and master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Michigan.