Expertise:
Gentrification, Community Development, Social Capital, Urban Politics, Urban Governance, Civic Engagement, Housing Policy, Labor Policy, Neighborhood Councils, Neighborhood BrandingAfter several years as a policy advocate in the housing and labor movement in Los Angeles, Brady Collins focuses his teaching and research on community and economic development, civic engagement, ethnic enclaves, urban governance, and social capital. More generally, his research lies at the intersection of the spatial, sociocultural, and political aspects of urbanism, and seeks to forge new relationships between the built environment and local politics. In addition to Southern California, he has studied neighborhoods in Barcelona, Tokyo and Shanghai.
Recent Grants and Fellowships:
- UCLA-National Science Foundation Professional Development Award, 2017
- Town Planning Review, Best Paper Award, Vol. 87, AMOUNT, 2016
Selected Publications:
- “Putting Culture On The Map: Media Discourse and the Urban Growth Machine in Koreatown, Los Angeles,” Urban Affairs Review, 2018
“Whose Culture? Whose Neighborhood? Fostering and Resisting Neighborhood Change in the Multiethnic Enclave,” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 2018 (Link) - With A. Loukaitou-Sideris, “Skid Row, Gallery Row, and the Space in-Between: Neighborhood Revitalization in Two Los Angeles Neighborhoods,” Town Planning Review, 87(4): 401-427, 2016
- “Ravelejar: The Art of Neighborhood Branding,” Carolina Angles, Sept. 30, 2015,
- “The Workers United! Multi-ethnic Solidarity in L.A.’s Koreatown,” Hyphen Magazine, Jan. 28 2015
Interviews:
- “Building a Downtown LA for everyone,” LACurbed.com, March 9, 2017
Education:
B.A. & MA, Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D., Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles
Languages:
Spanish