David Pate

David J. Pate, Jr. is currently a Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Human Ecology, Department of Human Development and Family Studies and Consumer Science and an Associate Professor and Chair Emeritus of the Social Work department at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare (on leave) and an Affiliated Associate Professor at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Pate’s research projects involve examining the life course events of Black adult males thorough the use of qualitative research methods. His research examines the social and economic determinants of poverty for Black males, as well as variables such as legal barriers and previous traumatic experiences that may affect their adult well-being. He is a member of the Scholars Network on Masculinity and the Wellbeing of African American Males.