Katherine Smock

Katherine Smock

Graduate Student

Office: 111 Haines Hall

Email: ksmock@ucla.edu


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Biography

I am a doctoral candidate in the Sociology department at the University of California, Los Angeles. My work is situated in urban sociology and organizational sociology. My research interests include housing and real estate development, organizations and the nonprofit sector, and local governance. My dissertation looks at organizational differences among affordable housing developers in the Los Angeles area, how those differences shape the process of building affordable housing, and the effects those differences have on the housing they build.

Degrees

  • C.Phil. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2023
  • M.A. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2021
  • B.A. Sociology & Anthropology (summa cum laude), Lewis & Clark College, 2018

Fields of Study

Urban sociology, organizations, housing, local governance, qualitative methods

Awards & Grants

  • Graduate Research Mentorship, 2021-22 (with Edward Walker)
  • Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, 2020 (with Edward Walker)
  • Rena Ratte Award, 2018 (Lewis and Clark College)

Advisors

  • Edward Walker
  • Min Zhou
  • Chris Herring
  • Ann Owens (USC)