Dr. Dena Emily Aufseeser

About

Urban geographer concerned with questions related to child poverty, inequality and children’s rights in a range of spaces including Peru and Baltimore, MD.

Research interests

Critical poverty studies, urban geography, international development, children’s geographies and children’s rights

Teaching interests

Human geography, urban geography, urban development in a global context, global poverty and inequality

Education

  • Ph D, Geography — University of Washington (2012)
    Managing Poverty: Peruvian Street Children's Everyday Lives
  • MS, Urbanisation and Development — London School of Economics (2007)
  • BA, History and International Relations — Brown University (2003)

Grants and Contracts

  • Urban Geography Seminar Series Award 2021 Urban Geography Journal · Grant Mahmoudi Dillon (Co-Principal), Dena E Aufseeser (Co-Principal), Emily Billo (Co-Principal), Kelsey Hanrahan Hanrahan (Co-Principal)