About Thomas L Blair Urban sociologist and policy action researcher Thomas L Blair is a pioneer in the battle to help the information-poor across the Digital Divide. Background Born of West Indian American parents in New York, his belief in raising up the voices of the unheard developed as a teenager in the low income, multiethnic neighborhoods of East Harlem. He backed up his early concerns with his personal personal experiences and academic insights. Researching societies, social problems and solutions In university, he studied a trio of human sciences – sociology, anthropology and psychology – to gain his baccalaureate, while starring on the basketball team and editing the college newspaper. His research in youth clubs, sports centres, hospitals and asylums helped him gain a masters degree in mass communications and public opinion studies. International Studies For his doctoral studies in Latin American Studies, he toured the dusty back roads and sugar plantations of Pernambuco in northern Brazil. Later, he lived among the Hausa-Fulani in the ancient city of Kano in northern Nigeria; this led to his report on the impact of urban growth on traditional societies. Workers’ control [ - ]

About Thomas L Blair Urban sociologist and policy action researcher Thomas L Blair is a pioneer... [ + ]