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Jung Ho Choi
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Faculty Advisor: Professor Yuan (Daniel) Cheng
Research Interests: Public and Nonprofit Management, Organizational Theory, Policy Implementation, Computational Social Science
Jung Ho is a PhD student in Public Affairs with Management and Governance concentration. Prior to joining the Humphrey School’s PhD program, he earned a BA (with a double major in Public Administration and Political Science) and an MPA, both from Korea University, Seoul. His research interests include nonprofit management and organizational theory, with a focus on the dynamics between managerialism and volunteerism.
Rebecca Walker
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Faculty Advisor: Bonnie Keeler
Research Interests: Urban Environmental Planning, Urban Sustainability Policy, Environmental and Housing Inequality
Growing up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in eastern Virginia, Rebecca has long been interested in the relationship between people and their environment. Before starting her Ph.D. at the Humphrey School, she earned a B.S. in Environmental Sciences and Anthropology at the University of Virginia and an M.S. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis. Rebecca's research considers the intersection between housing, equity, and the environment in American cities. She considers how historic and contemporary urban housing and greenspace policy shape the environments in which we live, work, and play, and the implications for health, wealth, and well-being. This research uses a critical GIS perspective to interrogate urban landscapes of environmental injustice, the historic policies that produced them, and how sustainability interventions today might challenge or deepen spatial inequalities. Her research questions and methods are guided by the voices and leadership of environmental justice activists in Minneapolis and beyond.
Noah Wexler
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Faculty Advisor: Yingling Fan
Research Interests: Housing and Transportation Inequality, Urban Economics
Noah was born and raised in Broward County, Florida. Before coming to the Humphrey School, he earned a BA in Economics and International Affairs from George Washington University in Washington, DC. In undergrad, he was active in student labor organizing and anti-gentrification organizing in DC. During and after undergrad, he worked in an after-school youth center as a "jack of all trades," cooking snacks, keeping attendance, running billiards tournaments, and teaching music production classes. Noah's research focuses on the economics of housing and transportation inequality in cities, with a secondary interest in race, class, and gender disparities in the criminal legal system. As a primarily quantitative researcher, he specializes in using econometric methods and causal inference to understand how public policy and public institutions affect marginalized communities. In his free time, Noah bikes, produces music, and is involved in community organizing.
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