Dr. Nadia Washington

Off today

Associate Professor · Sociology, Urban Studies & Economics

Dr. Washington studies race, place, and poverty in American cities. Her mixed-methods research examines how housing policy, neighborhood disinvestment, and institutional practices reproduce spatial inequality across generations.

ECON301 SOC-200 SOC402 URB-100

Contact & office

✉ nwashington@urbanicity.space

🏢 Merrick Hall 312

Office hours: Tue 10:00 AM-12:00 PM · Merrick Hall 312 | Thu 2:00 PM-4:00 PM · Virtual (Zoom)

College

Ph.D. Sociology — Harvard University (2016)

M.S.W. Social Work — University of Michigan (2011)

B.A. African American Studies — Howard University (2009)

Family

Granddaughter of a Pullman porter; keeps his union card framed above her desk.

★ Alto in a gospel choir

Teaching now — URB-100

Last #3 · Lesson 3: Medieval and Renaissance Cities ↗

Current #4 · Lesson 4: The Industrial City: London and Manchester ↗

Next #5 · Lesson 5: The American City: Grid Plans and Growth ↗

Recommends

Pew Research Center ↗

Reading list

The Souls of Black Folk ↗

W. E. B. Du Bois · from the syllabus

Evicted ↗

Matthew Desmond · from the syllabus

Beloved ↗

Toni Morrison · fiction

Field

Racial segregation, housing policy, neighborhood effects, spatial inequality, community development