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I research the history of cities, urban planning, and housing policy. I’m particularly interested in questions of housing affordability, racial and income segregation, and gentrification. I like comparing urban phenomenon around the world, and I’ve written about cities like New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Singapore, London, Seoul, and Manila.

“International Organizations and the Logic of Self-Help,” in Farhan Karim and Farhana Ferdous, eds., Routledge Companion to Architecture & Social Engagement (Routledge, forthcoming).
“Introduction” and “Slum clearance and the World Bank in globalizing Manila,” in Andrew Sandoval-Strausz and Nancy Kwak, eds., Making Cities Global (University of Pennsylvania Press, forthcoming).
A World of Homeowners: American power and the politics of housing aid (University of Chicago Press, 2015).
“The politics of Singapore’s fire narrative,” in Greg Bankoff, Uwe Luebken, and Jordan Sand, eds., Flammable Cities: Urban Conflagration and the Making of the Modern World (University of Wisconsin Press, 2011).
“International influences on the creation of a national landscape in Singapore 1945-2000,” in Shane Ewen and Pierre-Yves Saunier, eds., The Other Global City: Transnational Connections and Urban Problems in the Modern Age (London: Palgrave, 2008).

Urban History Association, SACRPH, SHAFR