Community News submitted by: Gregory Squires The recipient of the 2025 American Sociological Association’s Public Understanding of Sociology Award is Dr. Gregory Squires, recognized by both his nominators and the selection committee for his involvement in policy research and a career as a public sociologist that have advanced the public understanding of sociology, sociological research,...Read More
Community News submitted by: Katrin Anacker Just published: Introduction to Housing, third edition (Routledge) www.routledge.com/Introduction-to-Housing/… This foundational text on housing tenure, housing policy, homelessness, and housing in a global context has been thoroughly updated to reflect changes in the United States during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This third edition delves into the complexities of...Read More
Community News submitted by: Deirdre Oakley “The Impact of Housing Displacement on Quality of Life” Special Issue, Social Sciences. Deadline: November 2025 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci/special_issues/J9ZY21552V Housing displacement is a significant global problem extensively examined across various disciplines, including urban studies, sociology, geography, public policy, and real estate studies. At the heart of this scholarship lies a pattern of...Read More
Community news submitted by: Rasul Mowatt The City of Hip-Hop positions a unique conceptualization of the history of Hip-Hop, that it was a combination of forces that produced the environment for Hip-Hop to specifically grow in the geographies of New York City and its boroughs. This book argues it was the political forces of the 1970s...Read More
SAVE THE DATE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN AFFAIRS April 29 – May 2, 2026 Marriott Marquis HotelChicago, Illinois + + + + + Abstract submission opens on August 1, 2025. + + + + +/ / / / / Sign up for Conference News to receive updates. / / / / / Photo by Austin Neill on UnsplashRead More
Community news submitted by: Timothy Weaver, University at Albany, SUNY Timothy Weaver’s new book, Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City, published by Temple University Press is now out. The book is part of a series, edited by Richardson Dilworth (Drexel), called Political Lessons from American Cities. There will be a panel featuring four books...Read More
Community news submitted by: Deirdre Oakley, Georgia State University Oakley’s volume offers a broad, interdisciplinary exploration of migration patterns, policies, and lived experiences across the United States and beyond, shedding light on the social, economic, and political forces that shape movement and belonging. Taking Root? Cosmopolitan Perspectives on Migrations Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2025, ISBN 9798385161799...Read More
Community news submitted by: Magda Maaoui, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Magda Maaoui, and Sophia Wedeen co-authored an article in the Journal of Urban Affairs entitled “Rental deserts, segregation, and zoning”. Through the use of novel measures of residential segregation and zoning restrictiveness, they explore the geography of places that say no...Read More
Dr. Ana Paula Pimentel Walker (University of Michigan) has been selected to receive the 2025 Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award. The award is co-sponsored by SAGE and the Urban Affairs Association (UAA). This annual award was established to highlight field-based urban scholarship and promote the dissemination of work by activist urban scholars. The inspiration...Read More
Dr. Jenna Davis (University of California, Berkeley) and Joseph Huennekens (Columbia University) have been selected to receive the 2025 Best Article in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award for their paper “YIMBY Divided: A Qualitative Content Analysis of YIMBY.” This annual award gives recognition to a paper published in the Journal of Urban Affairs (during...Read More
The following individuals have been selected to receive the Mary Helen Callahan Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Sabina Deitrick (University of Pittsburgh) Dr. Edward Goetz (University of Minnesota) Dr. Jill Simone Gross (Hunter College, City University of New York) Dr. Michael Owens (Emory University) Dr. Daphne Spain (retired from University of Virginia, owner of 2nd Act...Read More
AJ Golio (Tulane University) has been selected to receive the 2025 Best Article in the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City Award for his paper ”What makes gentrification ‘white’? Theorizing the mutual construction of whiteness and gentrification in the urban US.” This annual award gives recognition to a paper published in the Journal of...Read More
Dr. Igor Vojnovic (Michigan State University) has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2025 Scott Cummings Distinguished Editorial Service Award. This award was established in April 2021 to highlight the significant contributions made by individuals in service to UAA’s publications. In the past, UAA has established awards that recognize scholarship and multiple...Read More
Dr. Victoria Basolo (University of California, Irvine) has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2025 Scott Cummings Distinguished Editorial Service Award. This award was established in April 2021 to highlight the significant contributions made by individuals in service to UAA’s publications. In the past, UAA has established awards that recognize scholarship and...Read More
