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Camille Z. Charles is an American sociologist. She serves as Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology, Africana Studies & Education and Director of the Center for Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.^[1] She served as the first chair of Penn's Africana Studies Department, founded in 2012.^[2]

Charles graduated from California State University-Sacramento, then earned a master's degree and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Los Angeles.^[2]

• The Source of the River: The Social Origins of Freshmen at America's Selective Colleges and Universities with Douglas S. Massey, Garvey Lundy and Mary J. Fischer (Princeton University Press, 2003)^[3][4]
• Won't You Be My Neighbor? Race, Class and Residence in Los Angeles (Russell Sage, Fall 2006)^[5][6][7][8]
• Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities with Mary J. Fischer, Margarita A. Mooney and Douglas S. Massey (Princeton University Press, 2009)^{[9][10][11][12]}
• "Race in the American Mind: From the Moynihan Report to the Obama Candidacy" with Lawrence Bobo