New Ideas in Urban Research 2021

Penn IUR is pleased to introduce a new generation of scholars who are pursuing urban-focused research. For the May 2021 issue of Urban Link, we asked Spring 2021 doctoral degree recipients to share key findings from their dissertations and identify novel policy recommendations for the urban research and policy communities. We thank them for their efforts, celebrate their achievements, and wish them luck in their careers!

New Ideas in Urban Research

• Mark Bookman, East Asian Languages and Civilization, School of Arts and Sciences | Politics and Prosthetics: 150 Years of Disability in Japan
• Maryam Khojasteh, City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design | Healthy Placemaking: How Do Immigrant Food Entrepreneurs Contribute to Community Wellbeing in a Multiethnic Community?
• Jacob Krimmel, Applied Economics, The Wharton School | Essays in Urban and Public Economics
• Elaine Leigh, Higher Education, Graduate School of Education | Confronting the System: How Local Cross-Sector Education Collaborations Address Barriers to Postsecondary Access & Attainment
• Desen Lin, Economics, School of Arts and Sciences | Housing Search and Rental Market Intermediation
• David Stanek, City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design | Socioeconomic Neighborhood Change in Local Historic Districts of Large American Cities, 1970-2010: A Mixed Methods Approach
• Xiao Betty Wang, Applied Economics, The Wharton School | Essays in Urban and Real Estate Economics
• Tali Ziv, Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences | Chasing Recovery: Governance, Accumulation, and Mobility in Philadelphia’s Drug Treatment Network