The author of one of Princeton University Press'"100 most influential books of the past 100 years" will be a scholar in residence at Wayne State's law school in 2008. Detroit native Thomas J. Sugrue's book"The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Post-War Detroit" made the Princeton list in 2005. His latest book is called"Sweet Land of Liberty: The Unfinished Struggle for Racial Equality in the North."

Most recently, Sugrue, who will be the Izumi Scholar in Residence, was involved with the voting rights case"U.S. vs. City of Euclid, Ohio." He was also an expert for the University of Michigan in the federal lawsuits concerned with undergraduate and law school admissions there.