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Housing Movements and Mobilization
Houselessness emerged as a growing social problem in the 1980s, resulting in increased academic literature investigating the topic. These studies were generally descriptive in nature, focusing on estimating population sizes, understanding the demographic breakdown of the population, and taking “head counts” across the country. Unhoused individuals were portrayed as passive victims who were politically disempowered…
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Eviction and Housing Policy
This line of research focuses specifically on housing policy within an increasingly commodified housing market One project builds on emerging eviction research in the United States, in which my colleague and I investigate the dynamics of the eviction courtroom during the COVID-19 pandemic through a courtroom ethnography. Given large-scale pandemic-related policy changes at the national,…
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Equality in Teaching Assessment
This area of research seeks to rectify some of the inequalities that exist in the college classroom. Since its inception, letter grading has received sustained criticism from scholars related to its reliability and validity as a measure of student learning, as well as its impact on students’ intrinsic motivation, psychological well-being, and learning outcomes. Despite…