Ph.D. Candidate in Regional Planning @ University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Advisors: Prof. Marc Doussard & Prof. Andrew Greenlee
Dissertation in Progress: A History That Lingers: Redlining, School Finance, and the Path to Equity
C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellow (2025-2026) @ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Research Interests: Intersections of Economic Development & Human Development, Public School Finance, Urban Political Economy, Local Governance, Social Reproduction, Institutional Inequality, Uneven Geographical Development
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Email: nadiak2@illinois.edu
M.C.P. in Urban and Social Innovation - Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University
B.Arch with Cultural Studies Minor - Pratt Institute
Visual Arts Major - Idyllwild Arts Academy
Collaborating Author of “A Study on the Development of Land Maintenance Project Model for Rural Space Restructuring and Regeneration Support" @ Architecture and Urban Research Institute (07/2024-10/2024)
Assistant Research Fellow @ Architecture and Urban Research Institute (2023)
Research Assistant @ Architecture and Urban Research Institute (2022-2023)
Instructor @ Global Education Ministry (2019-2020, 2021)
Instructor @ MCL Language Academy (2019)