Currie, co-author honored with best article recognition
Melissa Anne Currie
Melissa Anne Currie, an assistant professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Mississippi State University, and co-author, Janni Sorensen, an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at UNC Charlotte, have been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Best Article in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award for their article, “’Repackaged “Urban Renewal”: Issues of Spatial Equity and Environmental Justice in New Construction, Suburban Neighborhoods, and Urban Islands of Infill.”
The award committee noted that the authors shed light on both the deliberate nature of exclusionary/discriminatory practices, as well as the unintended consequences of well-intentioned, but short-sighted approaches to affordable housing development.
The Journal of Urban Affairs is sponsored by the Urban Affairs Association (UAA), an international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers and public/nonprofit service providers.
The award is sponsored by Routledge | Taylor & Francis Group, the official publisher of the Journal of Urban Affairs.
