Urban Studies Experts | University at Albany

David A. Banks

Lecturer and Program Director - Globalization Studies BA

Department of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability

Areas of expertise: Urban studies, Economic development, Urban design, Urban political economy, Attention economy, Organized labor, Alternative economic system, Rust belt revival, City authentic, Labor, Congestion pricing

Professor

Department of Sociology, Department of East Asian Studies

Areas of expertise: Immigration, Asian Americans, Korean Americans, Race and ethnicity, Community and urban sociology, Gender and family, Asia, Diversity, Family, Urban studies

Professor

Department of Sociology

Areas of expertise: Residential segregation, Racial and ethnic disparities in housing and neighborhood quality, Immigration, Demography, Census, Diversity, Urban studies

Associate Professor, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Department

College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Areas of expertise: Hazard adjustments, Relocation decision-making processes, Buyouts and acquisitions, Place attachment, Natech and techna events, Organizational culture in the fire service, Emergency preparedness, Weather, Urban studies

Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Success; Professor

Provost's Office, Department of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability, College of Arts and Sciences

Areas of expertise: Homeownership, Low-income housing, Housing inequality, Residential segregation in China, Migration, Mobility and urbanization in China, Health disparities, China, Aging, Asia, Demography, Census, Diversity, Health, Urban studies

Associate Professor

College of Integrated Health Sciences, School of Social Welfare

Areas of expertise: Urban planning, Social work, Neighborhood revitalization, Improving disadvantaged communities, Urban smart technology, Urban studies

Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

Department of Anthropology, Department of Africana, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies

Areas of expertise: Cultures, Diversity, Economics, Indigenous peoples and languages of the Americas, Mesoamerica, Latin America, Popular culture, Tourism, Urban studies

Associate Professor, Director of Semester in Washington

Department of Political Science, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy

Areas of expertise: Urban policy and politics, Urban political economy, U.S. political development, British politics, State and local politics, Opportunity zones, U.S. politics, Government, Public policy, Urban studies