Join the Dept. of Political Science and the Wayne Morse Center as they co-host a panel of housing advocates discussing challenges and promising strategies addressing our growing housing crisis. Scholars and practitioners from Portland and cities across the country will share their experiences--and highlight the voices of those in their communities--working to create stable, safe and affordable housing.

The event will be in person and livestreamed. Please pre-register in the link below to receive the livestream zoom link.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_r8fGFdM-TdCmkimBlcPrqA

Panelists:

Alexis Biddle

Alexis Biddle is the Great Communities Program Director and Staff Attorney for 1000 Friends of Oregon.  Alexis works on issues like housing, transportation, infrastructure, in towns and cities outside of the Portland Metro region. While based Eugene, Alexis travels the state to work with residents, city planners, and local decision-makers to ensure that Oregon's urban and rural communities are not just livable, but thriving. Alexis holds a Master's degree in Community and Regional Planning as well as a law degree from University of Oregon.

Christopher Herring

Chris Herring is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California Los Angeles, and current Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University’s Inequality in America Initiative. His research focuses on poverty, housing, and homelessness in US cities. Chris has collaborated on three major studies and publications with the National Coalition on Homelessness and San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness. He has also collaborated on research with the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project, the Western Regional Advocacy Project, and ACORN. Chris regularly consults with think-tanks, county governments, and legal aid groups.

Deyanira Nevarez Martinez

Deyanira Nevarez Martinez is faculty in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on the role of the state in homelessness and housing precarity. A major theme in her work is the criminalization of poverty in the United States. Additionally, her work has looked at issues of gentrification, racial equity in land-use and transportation, and racial segregation.

Paavo Monkkonen

Paavo Monkkonen is Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, director of the Latin American Cities Initiative and Faculty Cluster Leader for the Global Public Affairs Initiative. Paavo researches and writes on the ways policies and markets shape urbanization and social segregation in cities around the world. His scholarship ranges from studies of large-scale national housing finance programs to analysis of local land use regulations and property rights institutions.

Claire Herbert, Moderator

Claire Herbert is an assistant professor of sociology at UO and a 2021-22 Wayne Morse Center Resident Scholar. Her research focuses on law, housing, incarceration, and urban sociology. Her first book is about the informal use of property in Detroit, Michigan, including squatting, scrapping, and gardening. Her current research is on informal housing in Lane County.