Doctoral Students

Amma Adusei (CV)

Amma is a doctoral candidate in her fourth year of the program. In her ongoing dissertation, she explores the idea of “state-reinforced neighborhood revitalization” where she analyzes the state’s co-productive relationship with regards to the federal Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. Her dissertation relies on both qualitative and quantitative methods to answer the questions: What is the role of the state (government) in facilitating or hindering self-governance and cooperation within and among key stakeholders during neighborhood revitalization? How can the co-productive relationship be used to yield beneficial neighborhood-level outcomes (from a sustainable development perspective)?

In her previous capacity as a graduate assistant at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Amma undertook spatial analyses of flood risk management in all 50 U.S. states using ArcGIS. She also assessed high-performing landscapes on the IUPUI campus, and subsequently designed a customized metric system for future campus evaluations.

Cohort:
2019

Dissertation:
Examining Neighborhood Revitalization through a State-Reinforced Self-Governance Lens

Research Interests:
Community Development; Neighborhood Self-Governance, Environmental Policy; Leadership; Sustainability