Publications & Writing

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles & Book Chapters

*denotes work with students.   

A: Urban Development & The Politics of Belonging

• Trudeau, D., Lovelee, A., Lencowski, K., and *Climer, B. (2026). "Fostering belonging in city parks: exploring the impact of public art." Journal of Leisure Research.

• Trudeau, D. (2025). "Rhythmanalysis and the emergence of public space following the George Floyd Uprising: The case of University Avenue in Saint Paul." Urban Geography, 46(7): 1605-1629.

• Houston, S., and Trudeau, D. (2023). "Rethinking translation: emergent, geographic, and transformative." ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 22(1): 842-859.

• Moore, S., and Trudeau, D. (2020). "Introduction to themed issue: New Urbanism: From Exception to Norm -- The Evolution of a Global Movement." Urban Planning, 5(4): 384–387. 

• Trudeau, D. (2020). "Disparate Projects, Coherent Practices: Constructing New Urbanism through the Charter Awards." Urban Planning, 5(4): 429-440.

• Trudeau, D. (2018). "Integrating social equity in sustainable development practice: Institutional commitments and patient capital." Sustainable Cities and Society, 41: 601-610.

• Trudeau, D. (2018). "Sustaining Suburbia through New Urbanism: Toward Growing, Green, and Just Suburbs?" Urban Planning, 3(4): 50-60. 

• Trudeau, D. (2018). "Tracing New Urbanism's Suburban Intervention." Journal of Planning and Education Research, 38(1): 25-38.

• Trudeau, D. (2017). "Patient Capital and Reframing Value: Making New Urbanism Just Green Enough." In Curran, W., and Hamilton, T. (Eds.), Just Green Enough, pp. 227–238. New York: Taylor & Francis. 

• *Lebowitz, A. and Trudeau, D. (2017). "Digging In: Lawn Dissidents, Performing Sustainability, and Landscapes of Privilege." Social & Cultural Geography, 18(5): 706-731.

• Trudeau, D. and *Kaplan, J. (2016). "Is there diversity in the New Urbanism? Analyzing the demographic characteristics of New Urbanist neighborhoods in the United States." Urban Geography, 37(3): 458-482.

• *Fagan, C. and Trudeau, D. (2014). "Empowerment by design? Women's use of New Urbanist Neighborhoods in Suburbia." Journal of Planning and Education Research, 34(3): 325-338.

• Trudeau, D. (2013). "A typology of New Urbanism neighborhoods." Journal of Urbanism, 6(2): 113-138.

• Trudeau, D., and *Malloy, P. (2011). "Suburbs in Disguise? Examining the Geographies of the New Urbanism." Urban Geography, 32(3): 424–447.

• Trudeau, D. and McMorran, C. (2011). The Geographies of Marginalization. In A Companion to Social Geography (eds V.J. Del Casino, M.E. Thomas, P. Cloke and R. Panelli), Wiley-Blackwell. 

• Trudeau, D. (2006). "Politics of Belonging in the Construction of Landscapes: Place-making, Boundary-drawing, and Exclusion." Cultural Geographies, 13(3): 421-443.

• Trudeau, D. (2006). "The Persistence of Segregation in Buffalo, New York: Comer vs. Cisneros and the Geography of Relocation among Low-income Black Households." Urban Geography, 27(1): 20-44.

B: The Shadow State, Citizenship, & Governance

• DeVerteuil, G., Powers, A., and Trudeau, D. (2020). "The ballast of strangers: the relational geographies of the voluntary sector." Progress in Human Geography, 44(5): 919-937 .

• Trudeau, D. (2012). "Constructing citizenship in the shadow state." Geoforum, 43(3): 442-452.

• Trudeau, D. and Veronis, L. (2009). "Enacting state restructuring: NGOs as translation mechanisms." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 27(6): 117-1134 .

• Trudeau, D. (2008). "Towards a Relational View of the Shadow State." Political Geography, 27(6): 669-690.

• Trudeau, D. (2008). "Junior Partner or Empowered Community? The role of Nonprofit Social Service Providers amidst State Restructuring." Urban Studies, 45(13): 2805-2827.

• Trudeau, D. and Cope, M. (2003). "Labor and Housing Markets as Public Spaces: 'Personal Responsibility' and the Contradictions of Welfare-Reform Policies." Environment and Planning A, 35(5): 779–798.

C. Geographic Pedagogy & Community Engagement

• Trudeau, D. and DeLyser, D. (2024). "Cultivating supportive networks and collaborations." In Thriving in an Academic Career: An International and Interdisciplinary Guide for Early Career Faculty, Taylor & Francis.

• DeLyser, D. and Trudeau, D. (2023). "Writing: An Embodied Spatial Practice of Scholarly Sharing." In Key Methods in Geography (4th Edition), Sage Publications.

• Barcus, H. and Trudeau, D. (2018). "Introduction: Out in the World: Geography's Complex Relationship with Civic Engagement." The Professional Geographer, 70(2): 270-276.

• Trudeau, D., Smith, L., and Barcus, H. (2018). "Coda: Making Geography Relevant." The Professional Geographer, 70(1): 150–153.

• Trudeau, D. and Kruse, T. (2014). "Creating significant learning experiences through civic engagement: practical strategies for community engaged teaching and research." Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 4: 1-14.

• Trudeau, D. (2012). "IRBs as Asset for Ethics Education in Geography." The Professional Geographer, 64(1): 25-33.

Community Reports and Projects

• Payne Avenue Walking Tour: Building tomorrow: community investment and resilience across time. A Collaboration with the East Side Freedom Library.

• Public Input on Growing and Gathering Food in Thompson County Park: A Collaboration with Dakota County Parks.

• Lake Phalen Park: One Place, Many Perspectives. Public scholarship to support diverse perspectives about place.

• What can inclusive healthcare look like? A collaboration with Family Tree Clinic. 

• Learning from Lake Phalen: what a scavenger hunt taught us about community parks. A collaboration with the Metropolitan Council. 

• Feeling safe and welcome: a study of trail use at Lake Phalen Regional Park. A collaboration with the Metropolitan Council. 

• Perspectives on the MLS Stadium Development: A Baseline Study of the Snelling Avenue Station Area. A collaboration with the Union Park District Council. 

• What's good in the neighborhood? Community Assets in the North End of Union Park. A collaboration with the Union Park District Council.

• The Ripple Effect: Cultivating Lawn Alternatives in the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. A collaboration with the Freshwater Society of Minnesota.