director, Metropolitan Center; associate professor department of public administration and policy
Area of Expertise:
Gentrification, urban renewal, neighborhood change, inner city, metropolitan politics
Additional Information:
Prof. Derek Hyra is a national expert on gentrification, housing, race, and urban politics, and he regularly contributes to national urban policy conversations. He has several noteworthy books on these important topics including Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City; Capital Dilemma: Growth and Inequality in Washington, DC; and The New Urban Renewal: The Economic Transformation of Harlem and Bronzeville. He is currently working on his next book about urban renewal and unrest in Ferguson, Baltimore and Charlotte. Prof. Hyra鈥檚 research has been featured in print, online, and broadcast media outlets, including The Atlanta Black Star, Bloomberg News, BBC, CBS, Chicago Public Radio, C-SPAN, Fox5DC News, HuffPost, RFI, Slate Magazine, USA Today, Citylab, Nextcity, Governing Magazine, Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, Crain鈥檚 New York, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Tribune, Voice of America, The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal, The Washington City Paper, The Washingtonian, WAMU, WPFW, and WHUR. You can listen to Prof. Hyra discuss some of his research here: https://www.derekhyra.com/video-archive