Join Michael Bader, PhD, Associate Professor, American University for a discussion on Satisfaction and Stability in Multiethnic Neighborhoods.
Multiracial neighborhoods disrupt conceptions of race and place in America. The number and size of multiracial neighborhoods have expanded since the 1980s, but common theories still think of integration as a temporary transition between poles of segregation. Bader argues that this conception should be challenged. Data representing households living in multiracially integrated neighborhoods show high levels of satisfaction among residents, leading to hopeful prospects for sustained multiracial integration.
Bio
Michael Bader studies how cities and neighborhoods have evolved since the height of the Civil Rights Movement. He links long-term patterns of neighborhood racial change to the ways that race and class influence the housing search process. He studies how these changes affect the health and well being of Americans and potentially exacerbate racial health inequality. To accomplish this research Bader has developed methodological tools that combine survey data with “big data” to study neighborhood environments. Bader is an associate professor of sociology at American University where he is a faculty fellow of the Metropolitan Policy Center, an executive board member of the Center on Health, Risk, and Society, and an affiliate associate professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at American University. He is currently visiting at the Maryland Population Research Center for the 2019-2020 academic year.