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2008 Grantees

Andrew J. Greenlee
Dissertation School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Dissertation Title: A Relational Analysis of Porting in Illinois' Federal Housing Choice Voucher Program
Telephone: (312) 996–4323
Email: agreen4@uic.edu

Adrienne M. Holloway
Dissertation School: Northern Illinois University
Dissertation Title: Increasing Affordable Rental Housing in Suburban Communities
Telephone: (312) 362–5574
Email: ahollow4@depaul.edu

Cindy Marchand-Cecil
Dissertation School: Portland State University
Dissertation Title: Acilhtablbixw, Xwaac'al'al (Native American Longhouse): Health Communities, A Gathering Place
Telephone: (360) 458–8678
Email: marchandc@evergreen.edu

Leonor Vanik
Dissertation School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Dissertation Title: Through My Eyes: Transitioning Into the Community
Telephone: (312) 969–3672
Email: lvanik1@uic.edu

Eric N. Waithaka
Dissertation School: University of Washington
Dissertation Title: Envisioning Possible Futures: Emerging Adults From Low-Income Families Living in Public Housing and Their Visions About Future Stability and Asset Ownership
Telephone: (314) 680–9431
Email: waithaka@u.washington.edu

Laurie Walker
Dissertation School: University of Denver
Dissertation Title: Collaboration in Transit-Oriented Development of HUD Neighborhoods
Telephone: (720) 690–1134
Email: lwalker5@du.edu

Robert M. Walsh
Dissertation School: University of Michigan
Dissertation Title: The Vancouver Urban Model: A New Typology for High-Density Urban Housing
Telephone: (734) 353–9848
Email: rmwarch@umich.edu

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2007 Grantees

Courtney Cronley
Dissertation School: University of Tennessee
Dissertation Title: How Well Does It Fit? An Organizational Culture Approach to Understanding Technology Use Among Homeless Service Providers
Telephone: (865) 742–1150
Email: cronley@uta.edu

Elizabeth W. Holt
Dissertation School: Tulane University
Dissertation Title: Asthma Knowledge and Preventive Behaviors Among Urban Caregivers of Children With Asthma
Telephone: (504) 988–1114
Email: eholt@tulane.edu

William Larson
Dissertation School: George Washington University
Dissertation Title: The Effects of Housing Choice Vouchers on Housing Consumption
Telephone:
Email: larsonwd@gmail.com

Stephanie Moulton
Dissertation School: Indiana University
Dissertation Title: Targeting the Underserved: An Evaluation of State Mortgage Review Board Programs
Telephone: (614) 247–8161
Email: moulton.23@osu.edu

Rocco Pendola
Dissertation School: University of California, Irvine
Dissertation Title: Central City Gentrification: A Perspective from "The Streets" of Skid Row, Los Angeles
Telephone:
Email: roccopendola@gmail.com

Richard J. Smith
Dissertation School: University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Title: Immigration, Minority Businesses, and Spatial Mismatch in HUD Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones, and Enterprise Communities
Telephone: (313) 577–2262
Email: smithrichardj@wayne.edu

Hannah Thomas
Dissertation School: Brandeis University
Dissertation Title: Motivating Contexts and Meaning in Homeownership: The Path to Foreclosure
Telephone: (207) 409–3615
Email: hthomas@brandeis.edu

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2005 Grantees

Lyndsay N. Boggess
Dissertation School: University of California, Irvine
Dissertation Title: Crime and the Local Housing Market: A Longitudinal Analysis of Home Sales in Los Angeles, 1993-2004
Telephone: (813) 974–8514
Email: lboggess@bcs.usf.edu

Lynn M. Clark
Dissertation School: University of Akron
Dissertation Title: Survey of Landlord Attitudes Toward Renting to Released Offenders
Telephone: (330) 972–7481
Email: clarkl@uakron.edu

Michael D. Eriksen
Dissertation School: Syracuse University
Dissertation Title: Crowd Out, Stigma, and the Impact of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Public Housing on Neighborhoods
Telephone: (315) 559–0848
Email: meriksen@maxwell.syr.edu

Abhishek Mamgain
Dissertation School: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: Is Subprime Lending Leading to Reverse Redlining and Price Discimination?
Telephone: (323) 257–2494
Email: mamgain@usc.edu

Kimberly J. Mitchell
Dissertation School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Dissertation Title: Whose Choice Is It Really? The Impact of Property Profitability, Owner Strategies, and Perceived Majority Tenant Prejudices on Housing Choice Voucher Acceptance
Telephone: (540) 231–0773
Email: kjmitch@vt.edu

Corianne Scally
Dissertation School: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Dissertation Title: The Entrepreneurial Role of State Housing Finance Agenices in Housing Policy, Finance, and Administration
Telephone: (518) 591–8561
Email: cscally@albany.edu

Kim Skobba
Dissertation School: Regents of the University of Minnesota
Dissertation Title: The Influence of Section 8 Vouchers on the Housing Careers of Low-Income Individuals
Telephone: (706) 542–4951
Email: kskobba@uga.edu

Leslie Strnisha
Dissertation School: Case Western Reserve University
Dissertation Title: Neighborhood Effects of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
Telephone: (216) 321–7666
Email: leslie.strnisha@case.edu

Laura Tach
Dissertation School: President and Fellows of Harvard College
Dissertation Title: Effects of HOPE VI Redevelopment on Community Dynamics and Social Isolation
Telephone:
Email: lmt88@cornell.edu

Cathy Yang Liu
Dissertation School: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: Location, Duration, and Employment Accessibility: An Analysis of Immigrant Workers' Commutes in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.
Telephone: (213) 821–1465
Email: liuyang@usc.edu

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2004 Grantees

Felix F. AuYeung
Dissertation School: University of Pittsburgh
Dissertation Title: Evaluating Rent-to-Own Programs: Path to Homeownership for Low-Income Renters and Tools for Inner-City Community Development
Telephone:
Email: auyeung@alum.mit.edu

Karen A. Danielsen-Lang
Dissertation School: Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Dissertation Title: Housing Opportunities for Minorities in Rental Gated Communities: Balancing Diversity and Community Acceptance
Telephone: (702) 895–2673
Email: karen.danielsen@unlv.edu

Andrew Deener
Dissertation School: University of California, Los Angeles
Dissertation Title: How Gentrification Deters Community Cohesion and Causes New Forms of Segregation
Telephone: (310) 922–3795
Email: adeener@ucla.edu

Heather M. Luea
Dissertation School: Newman University
Dissertation Title: Housing Costs and Non-Housing Consumption
Telephone: (316) 942–4291
Email: heather.m.luea@vanderbilt.edu

Jeff McLaughlin
Dissertation School: University of California, Riverside
Dissertation Title: The "Bonus" of Affordable Housing: Analyzing California's Density Bonus Law
Telephone: (909) 787–4693
Email: jmcla001@ucr.edu

Marlene O'Meara
Dissertation School: University of Texas at Arlington
Dissertation Title: Evolving Challenges for Community Housing Development Organizations
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Email:

R. Varisa Patraporn
Dissertation School: University of California, Los Angeles
Dissertation Title: Asian Americans and Wealth: The Role of Housing and Non-Housing Assets
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Email:

Valerie Riecke Smith
Dissertation School: Georgia Institute of Technology
Dissertation Title: Public Construction Contracting: Research Supporting the Development of a Virtual Charette Model for Reducing Regulatory Barriers to the Development of Public Housing, to Allow Alternative Contracting Techniques
Telephone: (404) 224–2279
Email: vrr@bellsouth.net

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2003 Grantees

Russell Bennett
Dissertation School: University of Alabama
Dissertation Title: Building Capacity for Special Needs Housing: A Comparative Analysis on the Perspectives of the Provision of Technical Assistance Among Rural Organizations
Telephone:
Email: Rustyndc@aol.com

Kristen B. Crossney
Dissertation School: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dissertation Title: The Behavior and Regulation of Predatory Mortgage Lending
Telephone: (215) 204–1435
Email: kcrossney@wcupa.edu

William Ewell
Dissertation School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dissertation Title: Threshold Effects of Neighborhood Homeownership Rates and the Impacts on Property Values and Rental Prices
Telephone: (508) 565–1262
Email: wewell@stonehill.edu

Staci Gilliam
Dissertation School: Howard University
Dissertation Title: The Changing Role of Government: Assessing the Implications of Shifting the Section 8 Housing Vouchers Program From Federal to State Operation
Telephone: (202) 402–3468
Email: staci.gilliam.hampton@hud.gov

Dawn Jourdan
Dissertation School: Florida State University
Dissertation Title: Intergenerational Participation: A Case Study of Actual and Perceived Levels of Participants of Joint Adult-Youth Planning Process
Telephone: (352) 392–0997, extension 428
Email: dawnjourdan@ou.edu

Jonathan Lepofsky
Dissertation School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dissertation Title: Building Community Through Partnerships: The Impact of Renewal Community Designation on Local Revitalization
Telephone: (919) 962–3512
Email: lepofsky@email.unc.edu

Laura Pangallozzi
Dissertation School: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Dissertation Title: Faith-Based Housing Capacity and National Denominational Affiliates
Telephone:
Email: pangallo@rci.rutgers.edu

Tricia Petras
Dissertation School: The Ohio State University
Dissertation Title: Crime and Residential Choice: A Neighborhood Level Analysis of the Impact of Crime on Housing Prices
Telephone: (614) 292–9343
Email: petras.6@osu.edu

Leah J. Tsoodle
Dissertation School: Kansas State University
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Preferential Assessment on Housing Affordability
Telephone: (785) 532–1517
Email: ltsoodle@ksu.edu

Stephanie Yates Rauterkus
Dissertation School: Louisiana State University and A&M College
Dissertation Title: The Home Equity Conversion Mortgage: A Study of Attitudes and Awareness
Telephone: (205) 934–8857
Email: srauter@uab.edu

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2002 Grantees

Andrew Aurand
Dissertation School: University of Pittsburgh
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Regional Government Structure on the Concentration and Supply of Affordable Housing
Telephone: (850) 644–8522
Email: aaurand@fsu.edu

Katrin B. Anacker
Dissertation School: The Ohio State University
Dissertation Title: Analyzing Mature Suburbs Through Property Values
Telephone: (703) 993–2262
Email: kanacker@gmu.edu

Christopher R. Cunningham
Dissertation School: Syracuse University
Dissertation Title: Growth Management and the Timing and Intensity of Land Development
Telephone: (404) 498–8977
Email: chris.cunningham@atl.frb.org

Sarah R. Dunn
Dissertation School: University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Title: The Effect of Prevailing Wage Legislation on Affordable Housing Construction
Telephone:
Email: sarah.r.dunn@vanderbilt.edu

Kevin Gillen
Dissertation School: University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Tenant-Based Section 8 Housing Voucher Concentration on the Real Estate Market in the City of Philadelphia
Telephone: (215) 898–4818
Email: gillenk@wharton.upenn.edu

Jonathan Martin
Dissertation School: Cornell University
Dissertation Title: Housing Opportunity, Smart Growth, and Income Inequality: Developing a Prospectus for a National Study
Telephone: (718) 399–4391
Email: jmarti18@pratt.edu

Raymond Massenburg
Dissertation School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Dissertation Title: From Residential Segregation to Social Disorder: A Multilevel Analysis of the Neighborhood Effects of Subprime Lending on Homeownership and Neighborhood Quality
Telephone: (202) 667–4394
Email: saintlukesdc@verizon.net

Jenny Schuetz
Dissertation School: Harvard University
Dissertation Title: Land, Money, and Politics: Essays on Government Intervention in Housing Markets
Telephone: (617) 496–4703
Email: jenny.schuetz@ksg.harvard.edu

Laura Stephens
Dissertation School: University of Arizona
Dissertation Title: The Role of Religious Organizations in Community Initiatives to Feed and House the Homeless
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Duan Zhuang
Dissertation School: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: Impacts of Competing Risks of Mortgage Termination in Underserved Areas
Telephone: (213) 820–8853
Email: dzhuang@usc.edu

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2001 Grantees

Lisa K. Bates
Dissertation School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dissertation Title: Can Housing Filter Without the Neighborhood Filtering?: An Empirical Investigation
Telephone: (217) 244–1761
Email: lkbates@uiuc.edu

Laurie S. Goldman
Dissertation School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dissertation Title: Coordination, Miracle Work, and Artistry in the Practice of a Tenant-Based Self-Sufficiency Program
Telephone: (617) 776–0377
Email: lgoldman@mit.edu

Lariece M. Grant-Brown
Dissertation School: The Ohio State University
Dissertation Title: A Study of Neighborhood Choice: The Impact of School Quality
Telephone: (571) 382–5523
Email: lariece_brown@freddiemac.com

Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Dissertation School: Washington University
Dissertation Title: Racial Differences in Savings and Assets Accumulation in IDAs: Implications for Homeownership
Telephone: (919) 962–6446
Email: michalgw@wustl.edu

Laura Lanza
Dissertation School: University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation Title: Mapping Residents' Views, Voices, and Visions: A Pilot Study on the Use of High Tech Tool for Community Planning in Low-Income Neighborhoods
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Thomas A. Mlay
Dissertation School: The Ohio State University
Dissertation Title: The Spillover Effects of Suburban Amenities
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Barbara A. Sherry
Dissertation School: University of Illinois at Chicago
Dissertation Title: From Rhetoric to Reality: The Impact and Effectiveness of New Forms of Public and Private Housing on Community Building
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Email:

Yan Song
Dissertation School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation Title: Valuing the Impacts of New Urbanism Features on Prices of Single-Family Homes: A Case Study of Portland, Oregon
Telephone: (919) 962–4761
Email: ys@email.unc.edu

Jennifer E. Steffel-Johnson
Dissertation School: University of Colorado at Denver
Dissertation Title: Building Public-Private Partnerships to Increase the Potential for Affordable Housing Provision in New Urbanist Developments
Telephone:
Email: jenny_steffel@hotmail.com

Zhou Yu
Dissertation School: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: Housing Tenure Choice of Taiwanese Immigrants: A Different Path to Residential Assimilation
Telephone:
Email: zhou.yu@fcs.utah.edu

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