In September 2015, a devastating earthquake rocked Nepal and claimed the lives of over eight thousand people. It destroyed half a million...

I wrote this piece back in 2010 (published in Cross Currents in 2011). We were living in London at the time, and I was trying to process...

For those of you who love coffee as much as I do, you might enjoy this piece that I wrote titled "The World on a Cup: Coffee from the...

The 'medinas' or old walled cities of Morocco are a highly varied urban form with a dynamic history stretching over two thousand years. ...

Steven Deheeger (BA 2010 Urban Studies) shown here losing a staring contest with his niece, has been working as a community organizer in...

These photographs comprise a love song for north St. Louis. Over the last 20 years I have spent a lot of time in this part of the city,...

Starting this fall, I will be showcasing photographs that I have taken over the years to document Urban Cultural Landscapes. The first...

Renae Reynolds (MA Theories of Urban Practice, 2015), center seated, at the Beach 41st Houses in Rockaway. Renae is working with the...

We will be promoting our book with several events in St. Louis during September: a presentation at the Missouri History Museum, a signing...

Smithsonian Fellow Laura Belik (Parsons MA Design Studies 2016) looks through a box of archival documents for a project on...