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David R. Harris
 David R. Harris was sworn-in as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on April 12, 2010. He leads the Office of Human Services Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE).
Harris is on leave from Cornell University, where he was Deputy Provost, Vice Provost for Social Sciences, and Professor of Sociology. As Deputy Provost he focused on a number of key Provost Office priorities, including academic planning, admissions and financial aid, and diversity. As Vice Provost for Social Sciences he was responsible for leading the development and implementation of university-wide efforts to enhance the social sciences, and for providing a social sciences perspective on Cornell policies and priorities.
Harris has broad research interests in social stratification, race and ethnicity, social identity, and other areas of public policy. His work has applied theories from sociology, economics, and psychology to empirical studies of racial and ethnic disparities in socioeconomic status, the fluidity of race, and racial and nonracial determinants of residential mobility. In addition to publications in academic journals, public policy outlets, and major national newspapers, he is editor of The Colors of Poverty: Why Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist (Russell Sage Foundation 2008), and the lead author of Eliminating Racial Disparities in College Completion and Achievement: Current Initiatives, New Ideas, and Assessment (Teagle Foundation 2006).
Harris holds a B.S. in Human Development and Social Policy, and a Ph.D. in Sociology, from Northwestern University.
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