Profile

Lisa K. Bates
Assistant Professor

PhD, 2006 Dept of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
BA, 1999 Political Science, George Washington University

Professor Bates' interests lie in the connection between housing and neighborhoods, with a focus on the opportunities of low-income residents and people of color.  Her research has examined urban neighborhood revitalization planning and its effects on the housing market, mortgage borrowing decisions by low-income and minority homeowners, and the recovery of the housing market in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.   

Professor Bates teaches Theory and Philosophy of Community Development (USP 301), in which students learn the core principles of community development; and Urban Housing Policy (USP 567), which reviews current policy and considers the problem of affordable housing through frameworks of economics, politics, and ethics.  
 
Selected Publications

K. Reardon, R. Green, L.K. Bates, and R. Kiely, 2009. "Overcoming the Challenges of Post-Disaster Planning in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans: Lessons from the ACORN Housing University Collaborative." Journal of Planning Education and Research. 28(3):391-400

R. Green, L.K. Bates, and A. Smyth, 2007. "Impediments to Recovery in New Orleans' Upper and Lower Ninth Ward One Year After Hurricane Katrina." Disasters. 31(4):311-335.

L.K. Bates, 2006. "Does Neighborhood Really Matter?: Comparing Historically Recognized Neighborhoods with Housing Submarkets." Journal of Planning Education and Research. 26(1):5-17.

"The Neglect of Housing:  Consequences and Policy Responses."  Prepared for the Millennial Housing Commission of the U.S. Congress, 2001.  With Roberto G. Quercia. http://www.ccc.unc.edu/documents/Neglect.Amercias.Housing.pdf