Ph.D. Candidate

Nick 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. He is interested in the overlapping political and economic power held by landlords in low-income, majority-minority neighborhoods. This research is supported by a grant from the Boston University Initiative on Cities. Nick joined the PhD program in the fall of 2017.

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