Assistant Professor of Urban Studies
Rhodes College
Prior to Rhodes, he worked for nearly a decade as a practitioner in the community development field in Memphis, Youngstown, and other cities across the country. His research interests include neighborhood change, community development and organizing, housing policy, and structural disinvestment. Previous work has been featured in Housing Policy Debate, the Journal of Urban Affairs, Metropolitics, and Federal Reserve Bank publications. He also serves as a Senior Research Fellow for Innovate Memphis, a nonprofit think tank in Memphis, Tennessee, driving solutions for a variety of neighborhood-level challenges in the Memphis area.
Courses Taught at Rhodes College
FYWS 151 First Year Writing Seminar: Urban Stories, 2021 - 2022
INTD 225 Introduction to GIS, 2022
PLAW 206 Urban Politics & Policy, 2022
URBN 201 Introduction to Urban Studies, 2021 - 2022
URBN 350 Community Development & Action, 2020 - 2022
URBN 460 Rhodes College, Urban Studies Internship, 2021 - 2022
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Host
Spring '25 Teaching Social Action Institute - Memphis March 8-9, 2025
Past
Spring ‘24 Institute on Teaching Social Action — March 9-10