I am a political science doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago, focusing on Urban Politics. My work involves the study of political aesthetics and urban space. I am interested in better understanding the effects of aesthetic ba
...MoreI am a political science doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago, focusing on Urban Politics. My work involves the study of political aesthetics and urban space. I am interested in better understanding the effects of aesthetic based public policies on urban neighborhoods. I look at how urban public planning and public policies are formulated and implemented, while analyzing their substantive socioeconomic effects on community residents. Ultimately, I am interested in informing policy makers and urban planners on how to create more equitable and diverse neighborhoods via spatially justice focused policies.
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