Morning Academic Conference
10:00am - 11:30am

This session represents student research on housing in the Baltimore and Washington, DC Metro Area. Students from Towson University and American University will present their research related to gentrification and other housing issues in these places from neighborhood dilemmas to larger socioeconomic issues. This session will culminate with a Power Point presentation by city planner Eric Holcomb on the history of Sharp Leadenhall relating to student research in this community.

Participants:

Kalfani Ture’, American University
Locating Youth Voice Beyond the Neoliberal HOPE VI Discourse in Central Park Village

Shana Gass, Towson University
Urban Homesteading in Baltimore

Camee Maddox, Towson University
Racial and Class Dynamics of Gentrification

Adrienne Ruhf, Towson University
The History of Feminist Activism around Housing in Baltimore

Eric Holcomb
City Planner I, Historical & Architectural Preservation