Perpetuating the Poverty of Place Bruce D. Haynes & Jesus Hernandez, University of California, Davis
Bruce Haynes is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the
University of California, Davis. He is an authority on race,
ethnicity, and urban communities. His publications
include The Ghetto: Contemporary Issues and
Controversies, a co-edited volume that brings together
prominent scholars throughout the world to examine marginalized
urban spaces and the usefulness of the concept, and term,
“ghetto.”
Jesus Hernandez is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at
the University of California, Davis.
In November 2014, the Center hosted the conference “Poverty and
Place,” which focused on the implications of geography and
population density have for poverty. This conference brought
together a unique mix of researchers, policy professionals and
industry leaders to discuss their work studying the people,
geography, and the safety net as it relates to persistent
poverty.
