Dr. David Fasenfest is an American sociologist and an associate professor at Wayne State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1984. He also holds a M.A. in economics and Chinese studies. A few of his research interests are urban sociology, race/class/gender, labor markets and workforce development, income inequality, and community economic development.^[1] He has been an active urban sociologist, editing and publishing several articles and books.

• Editor, Critical Sociology SAGE UK (July 1998 to present)
• Book Series Editor, Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, NL (2003 to present)
• Executive Board, Citizens for a Sound Energy Future, Indianapolis, IN (January 2006 to December 2007)
• Board Member, Energy Future Institute, Indianapolis, IN (April 2006 to December 2007)

Publications

Books

• Engaging Social Justice: Critical Studies of 21st Century Social Transformation (Brill, 2009) (ed.)
• Power and Resistance: Intersecting Generations of Critical Social Science (Brill, 2009) (ed., with Richard Dello Buono)
• Global Social Change: Movement Building and the Eclipse of Neoliberalism (Brill, 2009) (ed., with Graham Cassano)
• Critical Evaluation of Local Development Policies (Wayne State University Press, 2004) (ed., with Laura Reese)
• Community Economic Development: Policy Formation in the U.S. and U.K. (Macmillan Press, 1993)