Author: Barbara H. Combs

Year of DDRG Award: 2008

Grantee University: Georgia State University

Dissertation Title: The Ties That Bind: The Role of Place in Racial Identity Formation, Social Cohesion, Accord, and Discord in Two Historic, Black-Gentrifying Atlanta Neighborhoods

Current Employment: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Shorter College

Research Subject Areas: Urban Sociology, Race/Ethnicity, Community Development, Gentrification

Biography:
Barbara Combs's areas of interest include race and ethnicity (with an emphasis on class stratification), urban sociology, community/neighborhood development, and qualitative methods.

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