Austin Harrison
PhD Candidate, Urban Studies- Education
Master's in Public Administration | University of Memphis | 2018
Bachelors of Arts | Mercer University | 2016
- Specializations
Neighborhood Change, Community Development, Urban Policy, and Shrinking Cities
- Biography
In addition to his scholarly work, Mr. Harrison is an active practitioner in the housing and neighborhood arena. Through his consulting firm, he has worked with nonprofits, local governments, and community developers across the country to implement programs and policies aimed at inclusively revitalizing neighborhoods, developing quality affordable housing, and stabilizing systemically disinvested communities. This fall Austin will be a Visiting Instructor in Rhodes College’s Urban Studies Department where he is leading a planning studio class that will create a community-driven development strategy in partnership with a Memphis community-based organization. He also is a Public Interest Technology Fellow, a partnership between Georgia State University & Georgia Institute for Technology.
Successful defense August 2022:
“Essays on Urban Disinvestment & Neighborhood Displacement”.
- Publications
Journals
Harrison, A., Immergluck, D., Earle, S. and Ernthausen, J. Housing Stability, Evictions, and Subsidized Properties: Evidence from Atlanta. Housing Policy Debate, (under review)
Applied Research & Reports
State of Memphis Housing Report: Responding to a Housing Crisis. Prepared for City of Memphis Housing & Community Development. August 2020 (in progress)
COVID-19 Socioeconomic Vulnerability Index. Prepared for Innovate Memphis. June 2020.
Tipping Point Neighborhoods in Memphis. Prepared for BLDG Memphis. December 2019
Evictions in Memphis: A Fact Sheet to Start the Conversation. October 2019
Memphis Middle Neighborhoods: Moving the Needle in the Right Places. Prepared for Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. March 2019