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Slow & Sudden Violence
SPA Prof. Derek Hyra discusses his new book, "Slow and Sudden Violence," and how SPA supports his research.
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Announcements/Events
Book Series Collaboration with Penn Press MPC is working to disrupturban policy with a newPennPress book series.
2024-2025 Academic Year Events
Georgia State Professor of Sociologywill join MPC on Tuesday, March 25 at 5:30 pm (in AU Watkins Building room 106) to discuss public housing and residential mobility in Atlanta, GA.Dr. Oakley's research focuses on urban social inequalities, particularly about race, housing, the built environment, and the spatial arrangements of urban policies. Her collaborative work concerning the federally approved demolition of Atlanta's public housing led to her invited testimony before Congress on housing preservation and the Neighborhood Choice Initiative.
discusssed his new book,,On Wednesday, October 2 at 5:15 pm at the . Dr. Jones is anAssociate Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology and the inaugural director of the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers University, Newark. His newest workanalyzes how racism shapes the US congressional workplace and in return, how Black staffers resist unequal and racist work conditions.
On Tuesday, October 22 at 5:30 pm in Kerwin 301, MPC hosted, and for a moderated discussion titled "What Does Chicago Teach Us About Urban Politics in DC andBeyond?”
News & Media
MPC In the Media
'The Geography of Unrest'
By Ruben Castaneda
Decembber 2024inAU Magazine
By Fola Akinnibi
August 22, 2024inBloomberg
LeDroit Park row houses in Washington D.C.