Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond
Fields	Sociology
Institutions	Harvard University
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D.)

Matthew Desmond is an American sociologist. He is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2015.

Desmond studied as an undergraduate at Arizona State University, serving at the same time as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in Tempe. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.