Instructional Support
Penn IUR Urban Doctoral Activities Penn IUR fosters the work of urban-focused, doctoral-level researchers by creating opportunities for students to share their research and to make connections with other urban scholars across disciplines. In addition to taking part in Penn IUR doctoral events and the Penn IUR Affiliated Doctoral Student network, a number of doctoral students go on to become part of Penn IUR’s Emerging Scholars network (see page 101 for more on Penn IUR Emerging Scholars). Unable to hold the Penn Urban Doctoral Symposium typically scheduled for the end of the spring semester, the Institute celebrated the achievements and research contributions of graduating doctoral students whose dissertations are on urban-related topics in the May issue of Urban Link (see page 38 for more on Urban Link). Contributors, who came from a wide range of disciplines including applied economics, city and regional planning, criminology, nursing, and more, shared the key findings from their dissertations and identified novel policy recommendations for the urban community.
Graduates included:
The Contribution of Neighborhood Characteristics to Psychological Outcomes After Serious Injury in a Cohort of Black Men MARTA BRUCE
Planning and the Politics of Informal Urbanization CHANDAN DEUSKAR
A Philadelphia Rideshare Story: An Investigation of Rideshare’s Impact on Transit XIAOXIA DONG
Your Uber has Arrived: Ridesharing and the Redistribution of Economic Activity CAITLIN GORBACK
Brothers in Grief: The Stages of Grieving for a School and its Students Following Three Shooting Deaths of Black Teenage Boys NORA GROSS
Changes Within the Urban Environment and Their Effect on Crime and the Criminal Justice System RUTH MOYER
Commuting and Innovation: Are Closer Inventors More Productive? HONGYU XIAO
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