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Austin ("A.T.") Harrison

Scholar-Organizer. Neighborhood Nerd.
Urban Studies Prof. Houser. 

IMPACTFUL PRACTICE

  • Community Planning

  • Community Organizing

  • Neighborhood Data Analysis

  • GIS Mapping and Analysis

  • Community Development Finance

  • Strategic Planning

IMPACTFUL RESERACH

  • Neighborhood Change

  • Community Development/Organizing

  • Housing Policy

  • Residential Displacement

  • Urban Decline

  • Political Economy

  • Quality of Life - Neighborhood Level

WORK EXPERIENCE

Asst. Prof of Urban Studies, Rhodes College (2021 - present)

Principal, A.T. Harrison + Associates

(2019 - 2022)

Program Manager, NPI Memphis 

(2017 - 2019)

Nbhd. Coordinator, Athens Land Trust

(2016 - 2017)

BIO

Austin (“A.T.") Harrison is an Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at Rhodes College. His research interests include neighborhood change, community development and organizing, housing policy, and structural decline. Previous work has been featured in Housing Policy Debate, the Journal of Urban Affairs, Housing Studies, Metropolitics and more. He has collaborated with the Federal Reserve Bank, Center for Community Progress, the Consumer Federation of America. Enterprise Community Partners and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. He also co-founded the Memphis Research 4 Action CoLab, a community engaged research collaborative in Memphis. He received his Ph.D. in Urban Studies from Georgia State University, his M.P.A. from the University of Memphis and a B.A. in history from Mercer University. He is a trained community organizer, is actively organizing around housing issues in Memphis, and has over a decade of hands-on experience in the community development field.

contact

CONTACT

atharrisonllc@gmail.com

@at-harrison.bsky.social

678-756-6848

Thank you for your interest!

Background Photo Credit - Andrea Morales, MLK50, 2024

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