Excited to join the team at UA Little Rock School of Public Affairs!

👏 Congratulations to Prof. Derek Hyra! His new 📖 "Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur" has been released today by University of California Press! Watch and learn more about his research and how this book came to be. bit.ly/4fCgysQ

It's wonderful to have a university that strongly supports my social justice research! A big thank you goes out to the American University and School of Public Affairs leadership and all the Metropolitan Policy Center students who greatly contributed to this work over the years!

I enjoyed reading drafts of Derek Hyra's new book: Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur Hyra puts the uprisings and the need for racial justice in the context of unfair urban policies—from housing to policing. Buy the University of California Press book: ucpress.edu/book/978052040…

As professors prepare for the fall semester/quarter, I highly suggest incorporating Poll Everywhere for attendance/class engagement. Here’s some cool ways I used it in my course of about 80-90 students last fall. 🧵Poll Everywhere

We have an opportunity in Nov. to transform our city! Mayor @frankscottjr spoke with the DLRP Board about #ResultsfortheRock today. The tax would fund citywide improvements and help realize the #DTLRMasterPlan. Thanks to @arsymphony for hosting in your beautiful new space!

In addition to the data analysis, technical reports, and social science research for environmental policy, I have been documenting/ sharing the projects as a photographer. Come see the result of these endeavors at UA Little Rock Windgate Center of Art + Design: ualr.edu/news/2024/08/2…

We're excited to host Matthew Desmond (Matthew Desmond) at UA Little Rock on October 10 in the University Theatre from 5:30-7:30 PM to learn about his new book, 𝘗𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢. Bring your copy or buy one at the event to get it signed! RSVP: ualr.edu/diversity/even…

We are happy to announce another endowed scholarship for our UA Little Rock MPA students - that is 3 within the past year. Thank you to our professor emeritus, Dr. Roby Robertson ualr.edu/news/2024/09/1…

Made it to Memphis for SECoPA! Looking forward to presenting my research on the forces for and against collaboration in regional governance #SECoPA2024

We're getting started with Eric Zeemering on population change and economic development tool choice in Directors 2!

It's that time of year! As you consider or prepare to apply for doctoral programs, get connected with a mentor through the #PathwaystoPhD program. We support all students, with a focus on those from minoritized and underrepresented backgrounds. tinyurl.com/pathways2phd

So nice to see this praise from my dissertation chair and mentor Derek Hyra in the Metropolitan Policy Center newsletter. It has been a great joy working with this team to advance urban theory and policy!