Leslie Kern
Director, Women's and Gender Studies Program · Mount Allison University
Expert in urban social issues, including gentrification, gender, and inequalities.
Gentrification/Displacement Gender Cities Urban Affairs Enviromental Justice
Isaac Martin
Professor and Chair of Urban Studies and Planning · UC San Diego
Isaac Martin's research focuses on social inequalities and politics.
Tax Policy Social Theory Urban Sociology Social Inequality and Poverty Quantitative Analysis
Igor Vojnovic
Professor · Michigan State University
Expert on urban development, infrastructure investment, urban design, regional governance, taxation, and municipal issues
Municipal Issues Regional Governance Infrastructure Investment Urban Development Urban Design
Andrew Deener, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology · University of Connecticut
Andrew Deener is a professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut.
Food Systems Gentrification Economic Sociology Culture City Development
Xuefei Ren
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
An expert in the politics of urban development, globalization, social change, art and cultural industries
International architecture China Urban Development
Rory Kramer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Rory Kramer, PhD, is an expert on racial inequality, race and education, police use of force and segregation and the physical environment.
Criminology Urban neighborhoods Urban Sociology Education and inequality Racial identity
Jacqueline Kennelly
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology · Carleton University
Professor Kennelly's work encompasses youth cultural studies, critical educational studies, urban sociology, and social movements
Youth Cultures Citizenship Democracy Social Inclusion and Exclusion Globalization and Neoliberalism
Kitty Kelly Epstein, PhD
Faculty Trustee + Doctoral Faculty - School of Leadership Studies · Fielding Graduate University
Activist, organizing for power
Action Orientated Research Leadership & Change Structural Inequality and Diversity Research and Action On the Racial Wealth Gap Resident Engagement in Urban Policy
Gail Silverstein
Clinical Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: silverst@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8920 / Office 300-100
Public Interest Law Clinical Teaching Individual Representation Mediation Ethics in Practice
David Fiorenza
Assistant Professor of Practice in Economics | Villanova School of Business · Villanova University
David Fiorenza is an expert in local economic impact, the economics of the hospitality industry and state budgetary negotiations
Business Microeconometrics Urban Development Municipal Finance Public Sector
Rubén Martínez
Professor of English and Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature & Writing · Loyola Marymount University
Professor of English and Fletcher Jones Chair in Literature & Writing at Loyola Marymount University
Journalism Mixed-Genre Writing Post-Colonial Literatures and Diaspora
Richard Campanella
Associate Dean for Research, Senior Professor of Practice - Architecture and Geography · Tulane University
Richard Campanella's research integrates mapping and spatial analyses with architecture, social science and the humanities.
Geographic Information Systems Architecture Urbanism Geography Human Settlements
Ascanio Piomelli
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: piomelli@uchastings.edu / 415-581-8925 / Office: 100 McAllister Street, Suite 350
Social-Change Lawyering Clinical Legal Education Community Legal Services Wage & Hour Law Community Group Advocacy
Nick Tsivanidis
Assistant Professor · Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Urban economist researching the process of urbanization in developing countries
Urbanization in Developing Countries Development Economics Urban and Regional Economics Applied Macroeconomics
Leslie Martin
Associate Professor of Sociology · University of Mary Washington
Dr. Martin specializes in urban sociology, race/ethnic relations, welfare and poverty issues.
Urban Sociology Race / Ethnic Relations Welfare and Poverty Sociology of Education Public Housing