SOAN/GSSA talk: Urban Transformation and Community Displacement on U Street

Thursday, April 14, 2011 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
SUB II New Room 3 (Old Room 5)

Derek S. Hyra of Virginia Tech, Alexandria will present his talk "Community Inclusion and Conflict: Multiracial Gentrification in Washington, DC."

Derek S. Hyra is an associate professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech. His research focuses on inner city economic development, with an emphasis on globalization, national housing policy, urban politics, affordable housing finance, neighborhood poverty, and race. Dr. Hyra is the author of The New Urban Renewal: The Economic Transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville (University of Chicago Press 2008). He is currently working on his second book, which investigates the topics of race, class, and revitalization in Washington, DC’s Shaw/U-Street neighborhood.

The Graduate Student Sociological Association (GSSA) is comprised of both MA and PhD students in the sociology program at George Mason University.  The goal of the association is to foster both an academic and social community for the students and faculty while they spend their time at GMU - through speaker events, brownbags, teaching workshops, and other social endeavors.  Please visit out site and inquire how to get involved.  http://gmusocgrads.wordpress.com/

Hosted by SOAN and GSSA.