Jake is an urban and political sociologist, focused on democracy, housing, and changing cities. His current research examines the various causes and consequences of gentrification and displacement - and the relationships between the two.
Jake is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University’s Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and the Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC). Jake was previously a Dissertation Fellow with the Institute for Research on Poverty, a Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Urban Democracy Lab, and a Research Fellow at Participatory Budgeting Project.
Ph.D. Sociology, 2020
University of Wisconsin - Madison
M.S. Sociology, 2016
University of Wisconsin - Madison
B.A. Sociology, 2009
University of Minnesota