Xavier de Souza Briggs (born 1968) is an American educator, social scientist, and policy expert, known for his work on economic opportunity, social capital, democratic governance, and leading social change. He has influenced housing and urban policy in the United States, contributing to the concept of the "geography of opportunity," which examines the consequences of housing segregation, by race or economic status, for the well-being and life prospects of children and families (see also residential segregation in the United States). He is a former member of the Harvard and MIT faculties, currently appointed as distinguished visiting professor of business, public service and sociology at New York University as well as a non-resident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
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1968 (age 57) Miami, Florida
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