Nick Henninger-Ayoub

Boston University

Nick Henninger-Ayoub is a Doctoral Candidate in Political Science who studies the economic and political roots of systemic disinvestment in low-income neighborhoods. He joined the Boston University Political Science PhD program in the fall of 2017. He previously received his Master’s degree (M.P.P. in International Development, 2016) and Bachelor’s degree (B.A. in Economics, 2015) from the University of Maryland. He has led economic development fieldwork in Guatemala, India, Morocco, and South Africa, worked in Washington DC for The World Bank Group and the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and consulted for non-profit corporations in Baltimore. Nick’s dissertation research is in the field of urban politics, with a focus on the better understanding the economic and political priorities of landlords who operate in low-income, often majority-minority neighborhoods. This research is supported by a grant from the Boston University Initiative on Cities.

Areas of Expertise

• Economic Inequality
• Policy
• Political Science
• Race and Ethnicity
• Social Inequality or Stratification
• Social Policy
• Sociology
• Urban Studies
• Housing Policy

Methodology

• Ethnographic Methods
• Interviews
• Mixed Methods
• Qualitative Methods
• Quantitative Methods
• Secondary Data Analysis
• Survey Methods and Questionnaires