Dr. Auguste earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also served as an Associate Editor of Social Forces. Daniel earned a BA from Covenant College, with a major in Economics and a minor in Community Development. His research and teaching interests include inequality, stratification, economic and organizational sociology, and entrepreneurship. Daniel is currently working on several projects that investigate the importance of entrepreneurship for economic wellbeing among low and-moderate income households in the United States, the role of the state in shaping entrepreneurship development, and the link between religion and economic inequality.