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My research examines spatial inequality in housing, land use, crime, and neighborhood change, with attention to how these dynamics intersect with race and class. I draw on political economy perspectives from sociology and geography to reframe neighborhood structure as power relations linking residents, communities, and external actors. This approach challenges traditional, often race-neutral, accounts of place and crime by centering the interdependence of racial and spatial inequality, and positions marginalization and exploitation as foundational to disparities in crime and justice.
Much of my current work focuses on how housing and land use reproduce broader forms of social stratification and what implications this has for crime.
Projects underway examine the links between neighborhood crime and eviction, substandard housing, discriminatory tenant screening, and toxic land use. These issues both reflect and reinforce spatial marginalization, revealing how built environments structure inequality on the ground.