Shannon Whittaker
Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Innovation in Social Science, College of Arts & Sciences
- Education
- PhD, Yale School of Public Health
MPH, BS, Brown University - sawhitta@bu.edu
Urban H Interests: Housing, Health, Heat
Dr. Shannon Whittaker is a postdoctoral fellow within CISS. She received her Ph.D. from Yale School of Public Health and her Master’s in Public Health from Brown University School of Public Health. Her research interests lie at the intersection of place, race, health, and history, where she examines how social, structural, and political processes such as gentrification impact the health of marginalized communities of color, particularly Black communities. Most of her current work evaluates how systemic forms of racism, discrimination, and dispossession have evolved and how these systems of oppression affect neighborhoods and their residents. Outside of academia, she is a screenwriter interested in all things media! For more information on Dr. Whittaker’s research and publications, visit her webpage.
- Fields
- Public Impact Scholar