Introduction

I am an urban geographer with research interests in the areas of low-income housing policy and racial residential segregation. My current research focuses on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Rental Assistance Demonstration program.

At SIUE I teach Introduction to Geography, Human Geography, Geography of Latin America, Introduction to Urban Geography, Advanced Urban Geography, Political Geography, and our graduate-level Seminar in Cultural Geography.

In addition I am the Program Coordinator for the Interdisciplinary Minor in Urban Studies, and I supervise Geography majors pursuing the department's Area of Specialization in Sustainability and those pursuing social science secondary education certification.

Professional

Program Coordinator, Urban Studies Minor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2014-present

Faculty, Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2009-present

Instructor, Department of Geography, Bowling Green State University, 2004-2009

Education

Ph.D., Geography, University of Kentucky, May 2008

Dissertation Title: Distressed Public Housing and HOPE VI Revitalization: An Analysis of Park DuValle in Louisville, Kentucky

Graduate Certificate in Social Theory, Committee on Social Theory, University of Kentucky, May 2001

M.A., Geography, University of Kentucky, December 1999

Thesis Title: The Invisible Landscape: Urban Reform and Racial Formation in Lexington, Kentucky

B.A., Geography, Michigan State University, May 1995