Sarah Elizabeth Farr
Dissertation Research Fellow
Department of Sociology & Community and Environmental Sociology
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sarah Elizabeth Farr is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology & Community and Environmental Sociology. Her dissertation is entitled: The Politics of Homeownership: Property Relations, Distributive Struggles, and Group Formation. Sarah’s dissertation draws on two different empirical projects. The IRP Fellowship will support one of the two projects, which is titled Redistributing Inequality: Community Organizations, Privatized Urban Governance, and the Politics of Property Value in Milwaukee’s Neighborhood Improvement Districts.
Date of Dissertation Research Fellowship: 2023–2024 academic year
Advisor: Gay Seidman
IRP Sponsor and Dissertation Committee Member: Katherine Curtis
Twitter: @sarahefarr
Sarah Elizabeth Farr's Research Interests
- Urban policy
- Housing/property markets
- Community organizations
- Place inequality