Sociology Ph.D. candidate Jake Watson, under the advisement of Sociology Professor Julian Go, will examine the socioeconomic impact of refugee resettlement on local community and micro-economies through an in-depth case study of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He seeks to identify evidence-based best practices for the use of refugee settlement as a development tool in […]
Research Assistant Professor Patricia Fabian and Professor Thomas Little, both of Boston University, and Harvard Assistant Professor Gary Adamkiewicz seek to build and test a compact low-cost indoor air quality and occupancy sensing device (Urban Indoor Air Monitor, or iAM) in an ongoing housing field study in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Fabian, Little and Adamkiewicz will install […]
Sociology Ph.D. candidate Sarah Hosman, under the advisement of Professor of Sociology Japonica Brown-Saracino, will examine the urban identity of the Boston neighborhood of Allston. Rather than following typical patterns of gentrification of disinvestment, Allston has instead fluctuated between decline and ascent as Boston’s “student ghetto”. Hosman seeks to understand how the neighborhood’s fluctuating trajectory […]
Assistant Professor Amanda Tarullo from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Associate Professor and Director of the Family Certificate Program Ruth Paris from the School of Social Work, and Assistant Professor Kathleen Corriveau from the School of Education will conduct a study of urban preschool children in Boston to determine if metacognitive monitoring – […]
Associate Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino will examine thirty years of extant gentrification scholarship to identify definitional differences, research trends and knowledge gaps. She will address several key themes including: Core features of sociological approaches to gentrification, including examinations of racial, residential, commercial and educational impacts Gentrification’s origins, dynamics and consequences Policy recommendations that have emerged from […]
In Phase II of an ongoing collaboration with Wells Fargo to reduce energy costs and energy use in urban housing, Professors Robert Kaufmann, Nalin Kulatilaka, and Associate Professor Michael Gevelber seek to build on their preliminary research results. Phase II will develop further tools and models to analyze efficient-technology investment and identify the most effective […]
Led by Assistant Professors Thomas Byrne, Yoonsook Ha, and Daniel Miller in collaboration with the Mayor’s Task Force on Individual Homelessness, this project seeks to identify key gaps in existing knowledge about unaccompanied homeless adults who experience related episodes of shelter use over time. In order to both address gaps in the existing literature on […]
Led by Professor Judith Gonyea, along with Ph.D. candidate Yeonjung Lee, this project seeks to investigate the relationship between older low-income community residents’ subjective perceptions of their environmental resources and problems and their emotional health. This study will also explore racial and ethnic patterns of the prevalence and correlates of depression among low-income residents of […]
Assistant Professor Astraea Augsberger and Professor and Associate Dean Mary Collins seek to conduct a study to examine seeks to understand the range of topics youth councils address, youth involvement in the councils, and potential barriers to youth involvement in youth councils in the Boston metropolitan region. As a component of the study, Augsberger and […]
Led by Associate Professor Wendy Heiger-Bernays and Assistant Professor Jessica Leibler of the School of Public Health, with collaboration from Dr. Gadhoke (St. Johns University), Dr. Chelsea Himsworth (veterinary pathologist), and Dr. Jessie Gaeta (Boston Healthcare for the Homeless), this project seeks to coordinate and review urban policies on rodent and pest management in large […]