Planning for Urban Resilience: Housing and Education for Vulnerable Communities
With Dr. Shomon Shamsuddin
Thursday, February 26 at 2:30 PM
808 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 264 (Lab 1)
Shomon Shamsuddin is a National Poverty Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His research explores how institutions define social problems and develop policies to address urban inequality. His work focuses on: 1) the socioeconomic effects of affordable housing programs, and 2) barriers to educational attainment for underserved communities. He has designed and built affordable housing with community development corporations; managed housing programs at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development; and analyzed policy and legislation at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Policy and Planning from MIT, M. Arch. from Yale University, and Sc.B. in Neuroscience from Brown University.