My dissertation research will address conditions and experiences of white poverty in an urban setting and the precarious position of white working-class residents amidst economic, social, and political transformations. (More)

The two central questions which guided this research are: Does the spatial mismatch between jobs in which youth are traditionally employed and youth's residence explain young black and Latino males' worse labor market outcomes in relation to those of their white counterparts in metropolitan areas? And, what is the relative importance, and their possible interactions, of the spatial mismatch and race in determining young blacks' and Latinos' worse labor market outcomes? (More)

This study finds that federal legislation has had an effect on the modal outcomes of transportation infrastructure and that there are links between these modal outcomes and the sustainability of a region. (More)

Leaders in Philadelphia are concerned about the economic future of the city and the obvious disparities that exist across the city's neighborhoods. As Philadelphia, the "City of Brotherly Love," defines a means of becoming a globally competitive city, many of its institutional leaders have looked to the public schools to help them reach their goals. They are in agreement that many of the schools are preventing the local economic development of the city, by failing to successfully compete with suburban school districts for middle-class families, and are cementing low-income children into a future of low-wage work and continued poverty in the urban core. As cities like Philadelphia embark upon fast-paced development to help them compete in the global economic market, leaders are calling upon increased civic engagement among citizens to help them improve the city. (More)

In this dissertation, I examine two major policy reforms in subsidizing housing programs. (More)

This dissertation provides an intervention model to help close the gap in social inequities of access to health care resources with the goal of augmenting the existing welfare-to-work initiative. (More)

This dissertation uses multilevel analysis to 1) investigate the prevalence and stability of racially/ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the United States and 2) examine how individuals evaluate residence in these neighborhoods. (More)