Resistance was Futile: The Case of Public Housing Elimination in Atlanta
Deirdre A. Oakley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director
Sociology, Georgia State University
Friday, September 12, 2014
12pm – 2pm
Faculty Lounge, 3rd floor, Armitage Hall
Lunch will be served
photo credit: Mindy Stombler
DEIRDRE ÁINE OAKLEY, PH.D.
Dr. Oakley is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at Georgia State University and the department’s Director of Undergraduate Studies. Her research, which has been widely published in both academic and applied venues, focuses primarily on how social disadvantages concerning education, housing, homelessness as well as redevelopment, are often compounded by geographic space and urban policies. Since 2008 she has been collaborating with Drs Lesley Reid, Erin Ruel (both from Georgia State University) on two complementary National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NSF– funded projects examining the impact of public housing elimination in Atlanta. Dr. Oakley has provided Congressional Testimony concerning public housing preservation and the Neighborhood Choice initiative to the Financial Services Committee. (more…)
