Public Sociology. Ethnography. Community. Engagement.
​Urban Environments.

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Photo Credit: Kim Fleisher
As a public urban sociologist, I am passionate about studying people, environments and communities, comparing that with what we already know to create new perspectives on our society and sharing that with both the academic and public world. 
I teach my students how we can understand our society and encourage them as well as myself to make that knowledge practical, applicable and useful on the ground via service learning and experiential learning.

What's New

In Atlantic City, the Legacy of Segregation and Redlining Endures

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Check out the new article recently published with Shelterforce about redlining, segregation and disinvestment in the Northside of Atlantic City. 

Check out zines that my freshman seminar made about other narratives in Atlantic City.                

West Philadelphia
​Community Conversations

Our neighborhoods are changing rapidly. These changes affect our schools, housing affordability and existing neighborhood culture. If you want to be apart of the conversation, contact me!

New Volume is Out! 
​Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse

New Book Out!
Black In America: The Paradox of the Color Line