Works in Progress:

Sullivan, Laura R. “The Chain of Inclusion: The role of upzoning and housing development in residential sorting.”

In this chapter of my dissertation, I trace the process of upzoning to better understand how and if this process influences the racial and economic composition of places. First, I use a national zoning dataset to determine if upzoning is associated with an increase in housing density. I then examine how neighborhood-level changes in housing density within places influence residential sorting patterns.

Sullivan, Laura R. "Rural YIMBYism: Enacting a zoning law in a small town."

In this chapter of my dissertation, I explore how the zoning debate interacts with rural political consciousness in a small town enacting a zoning law for the first time. I use critical discourse analysis of public meeting transcripts and semi-structured interviews with town residents and officials to address the following research question: How is zoning viewed and discussed in small towns and how does it compare to national zoning debates?

Sullivan, Laura R., Scott W. Allard, Maria V. Wathen, and Lucie Kalousová. “Capacity, Need, and Location: Emergency Food Programs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area.”