WHO:  Mitchell Duneier, professor of sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

WHAT: Urban Studies Program 19th Annual Lecture  

WHEN:  Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003; 4:30 p.m.  

WHERE: Logan Hall, Room 17, on the University of Pennsylvania campus, Philadelphia

Mitchell Duneier, a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is author of "Sidewalk," an ethnography of book vendors in New York's Greenwich Village.  In his book, Duneier examines whether street vendors contribute to street safety or threaten it, revisiting the same sidewalks that Jane Jacobs wrote about 40 years ago in her landmark book "The Death and Life of Great American Cities."

Duneier is currently a visiting professor at both City University of New York's Graduate Center and Princeton University.  He also has appointments in sociology at the University of Minnesota and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

The lecture is free and open to the public.  Additional information is available by calling the Urban Studies Program at 215-898-6948.