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Lauren Weber

Advisor: Dr. Julie Cidell

Research Interests

  • Urban development and financialization
  • Housing justice 
  • Real estate 
  • Carceral landscapes

Education

Master of Arts in Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023

Bachelor of Arts in Geography, Concentration in Urban Studies, Macalester College, 2020

Courses Taught

TA: GGIS 101 - Global Development and Environment (Fall 2021, Spring 2022); GGIS 204 - Cities of the World (Fall 2022, Fall 2023)

Lead Instructor: GGIS 101 - Global Development and Environment (Summer 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023)

Recent Publications

Weber, Lauren. (2024) Maintaining Portland’s “progressive dystopia”: housing, carcerality, and the real estate state. Urban Geography, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2024.2333210