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HUD Announces Dissertation Grant Winners

HUD recently announced the recipients of the 1996 Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants. This 3-year old program, administered by HUD's Office of University Partnerships (OUP), supports research and writing of doctoral dissertations on policy-relevant topics in the fields of housing and community development. The program encourages new insights into a wide range of community problems and offers a new generation of scholars a forum for sharing their research findings. Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, Michael A. Stegman, selected 15 grantees from a field of 40 scholars to receive one-time awards of $15,000. Their research, which comes from a wide range of disciplines, reflects HUD's commitment to revitalizing communities, strengthening families, fostering economic growth, and promoting greater housing choice. The winners include:

Susan Baer, University of Maryland, "Gentrification and the Role of Community Organizations in Preventing African American Displacement."

Mary Victoria Basolo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Housing Policy in the Local Political Economy: Understanding the Initiation and Support of Affordable Housing Programs in Cities."

Liesette Burnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Defensible Space in Urban Public Housing: The Role of Urban Nature in Promoting Resident Involvement."

Reid Cramer, University of Texas at Austin, "Local Economic Development Planning in Low-Income America: The Implementation of the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program."

Dale Darrow, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, "An Analysis of the Demographic and Developmental Impacts for Central City Rail."

James Elliot, University of Wisconsin at Madison, "The Work of Cities: Underemployment and Urban Change in Late-Century America."

Margaret Etukudo, University of Illinois at Chicago, "The Role of Micro and Small Enterprise Support Programs in Urban Economic Development: Implications from Advanced to Developing Economies."

Hongmian Gong, University of Georgia, "Central Cities vs. Suburbs: The Intrametropolitan Location of Producer Services in the United States."

Craig Gunderson, University of California at Riverside, "Direct Measures of Housing Quality and Housing Poverty: A Theoretical Framework and an Application to the United States."

Seong Woo Lee, University of Southern California, "Contextual Effects on Homeownership of U.S.-Born and Immigrants: Longitudinal Double-Cohort and Multi-Level Research Design."

Atiya Mahmood, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, "Socio-Spatial Analysis of Women's Home-Based Work: Identifying Economic Revitalizing Aspects of the Home-Setting."

Michael Maly, Loyola University Chicago, "Racial and Ethnic Diversity in U.S. Urban Neighborhoods."

Marc Perry, University of Wisconsin at Madison, "Using Geo-Demographic Methods for Improving Small-Area Population and Housing Unit Estimates."

Laxmi Ramasubramanian, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, "Knowledge Production and Use in Community-Based Organizations: Examining the Impacts and Influence of Computer-Based Information Technologies."

Janet Smith, Cleveland State University, "Interpreting Neighborhood Change."

Another round of grants will be announced in October 1996. To obtain more information about this or other OUP programs, contact:
University Partnerships Clearinghouse
P.O. Box 23268
Washington, D.C. 20026-3268
1-800-245-2691
oup@aspensys.com


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