Robert M. Adelman is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. An urban sociologist studying social stratification in the U.S., Adelman analyzes patterns, trends, and processes related to residential segregation and neighborhood inequality, immigration, internal migration, and labor force differences by race, ethnicity, and nativity. A former Book Review Co-Editor for City & Community, Adelman currently serves on the journal's editorial board.
Christopher Mele
is Associate Professor of Sociology and Adjunct Associate Professor of Geography at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. His research interests include the geography of race and exclusion, neoliberalism, and global urbanism. His recent publications appear in Urban Studies and the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. He is co-editor (with Jan Lin) of the Urban Sociology Reader, Second Edition.