Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
About
Winifred Curran is an associate profesor of geography at DePaul University. Her research focuses on the effects of gentrification on urban neighborhoods and the links between public policy and gentrification. Her work has looked at the effect of gentrification on small-scale manufacturers in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and the packaging of ethnicity in the gentrification of the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Current reserach looks at the links between environmentalism and gentrification and the gentrification of public schools. She received her PhD in geography from Clark University.
Education/Academic qualification
Geography, PhD, Clark University
MA, Hunter College
BA, Vassar College
Research Interests
- gentrification, urban redevelopment
- labor geographies
- gender, race, ethnicity
- qualitative methodology
Disciplines
- Geography
- Urban Studies and Planning
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Advancing environmental justice technologies & technospaces: A case study of ChiVes, open GIS, and participatory design
Kolak, M., Lia, J., Alavez, J., Kumar, S., Lambert, S., Cox, A., Paykin, S., Curran, W. & Stuhlmacher, M., Jun 2026, In: Wellbeing, Space and Society. 10, 100360.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New Industrial Policies, Old Inequalities: The Case of Chicago’s Lincoln Yards
Curran, W., Craft, A. & Weber, R., 2026, Coresource 4. Taylor and Francis, p. 79-91 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Bridging the land use gap: Examining tree canopy cover and connectivity by land use in 10 U.S. cities
Stuhlmacher, M., Williams, D., Impellizeri, C. & Curran, W., Feb 2025, In: Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. 104, 128626.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New Industrial Policy, Old Inequalities. Regional Studes Association. Porto.
Curran, W. S., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation › peer-review
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Thriving Is Resistance: Long Resistance and the Fight Against Gentrification in Pilsen, Chicago. Urban Affairs Association annual meeting, New York.
Curran, W. S., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation › peer-review
Activities
- 32 Invited talk
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Looking at Gentrification from a Gender Perspective: Impact and Possible Responses in the Context of Covid-19.
Curran, W. S. (Speaker)
2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Just Green Enough: Contesting Environmental Gentrification. Congress of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Environment
Curran, W. S. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Neighborhood Change or Gentrification?
Curran, W. S. (Speaker)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Housing and Gentrification in Chicago
Curran, W. S. (Speaker)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Manistee County welcomes new planner, zoning administrator
8/3/26
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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A Soccer Stadium Is Coming to Chinatown's Doorstep. Locals Want Guarantees It Won't Push Them Out.
3/1/26
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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What Chicago's Boulevards Reveal about Community, Climate Change and Inequality
11/17/25
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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A reason to stay Pilsen Why some of Pilsen's young adults live with their parents
9/28/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research