RESEARCH

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."

- James Baldwin

Working Papers

• "Household Characteristics or Neighborhood Conditions? Exploring the Determinants of Exits Among U.S. Public Housing Residents"​

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• "A Critical Race Intervention for Urban Sociology" (with Elizabeth Korver-Glenn and Junia Howell)

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• "The Urban Process Under Racial Capitalism: An Alternative Perspective"

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• "Toward a Pedagogy of Examining Public Service as a Racialized Practice" (with Kathleen Yang-Clayton)

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       - Working papers available upon request.

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Peer-Reviewed Articles & Book Chapters

• "Constructing Identities of Deservedness: Public Housing and Post-WWII Economic Planning and Recovery" 2021. (with Jason D. Rivera). Journal of Law and Inequality (Forthcoming). 

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• "Neighborhood Conditions and the Initial Outbreak of COVID-19: The Case of Louisiana" 2020. (with Eric van J. Holm and Christopher Wyczalkowski). Journal of Public Health. DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa147.

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• "Another Look at Location Affordability: Understanding the Detained Effects of Income and Urban Form on Housing and Transportation Expenditures" 2020. (with Carrie Makarewicz and Arlie Adkins). Housing Policy Debate. DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2020.1792528.

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• "Making Our Way Home: Housing Policy, Racial Capitalism and Reparations" 2020. (with Aja D. Reynolds). Journal of World-Systems Research, 26(2), 155 – 167. ​

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• "Neighborhood Perceptions and Residential Mobility." 2020. (with Antwan Jones). Urban Studies. DOI: 10.1177/0042098020916440.

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• "Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand: Social Networks and Identity Salience in the 2017 NFL Protests." 2019. (with Clara Houghteling). Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, DOI: 10.1177/2332649219885978.

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• "Reconsidering Poverty Dynamics by Analyzing Housing Spells." 2019. Social Science Journal, 1 – 10.

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• “Black Lives Matter: Refocusing the New Wave of Black Liberation." 2018. (with Amanda D. Clarke and Ashley E. Nickels). Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, 42, 145 – 172. 

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• “Settling In or Moving Out: Exploring the Effect of Mobility Intentions on Public Housing Exits” 2019. (with Jason D. Rivera). Housing Studies, 34(4), 715 – 733.​

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• “Neighborhood Satisfaction: A Study of a Low-Income Urban Community” 2019. (with Patricia Ciorici). Urban Affairs Review, 55(6), 1702 – 1730.

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• American Dream, Democratic Nightmare: Refocusing Governmental Approaches to Housing Policy.” 2018. In Ashley E. Nickels and Jason D. Rivera (Eds.), Community Development and Public Administration Theory: Promoting Democratic Principles to Improve Communities. Routledge.​​

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• "Exclusionary Zoning: State & Local Reactions to the Mount Laurel Doctrine." 2016. The Urban Lawyer: 43 (8), pgs. 653 – 673.​​​​