Initiative Leads

Ayse Pamuk
AHRI Founding Director
Professor of Urban Studies & Planning
SF State
pamuk@sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2019 Working Paper
Inclusionary Housing in San Francisco: Mapping Racial Integration, Neighborhood Change, and Affordability
Co-author of 2022 Working Paper
Conceptualizing the Landscape for Emergency Housing Policies and Programs during the Pandemic in California

Jennifer Shea
AHRI Co-founder
Professor of Public Administration
SF State
jshea@sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2021 Working Paper
Assessing Equity in Local Housing Policies in California
Co-author of 2022 Working Paper
California Cities’ Emergency Housing Policies during COVID-19: Where is Equity?

Temur Umarov
SF State AHRI Associate
MPA Graduate Student
tumarov@sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2022 Working Paper:
Conceptualizing the Landscape for Emergency Housing Policies and Programs during the Pandemic in California
Faculty Affiliates

Sheldon Gen
Professor of Public Administration
SF State
sgen@sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2022 Special Report
SFSU Faculty and Staff Housing Needs Assessment

Anoshua Chaudhuri
Professor of Economics
SF State
anoshua@sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2022 Special Report
SFSU Faculty and Staff Housing Needs Assessment

Laura Mamo
Professor of Public Health
SF State Health Equity Institute
lmamo@sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2020 Working Paper
Narratives of Housing Displacement and Health in San Francisco: Eviction as Public Health Crisis
Co-author of 2021 Working Paper
Assessing Equity in Local Housing Policies in California
Co-author of 2022 Working Paper
California Cities’ Emergency Housing Policies during COVID-19: Where is Equity?

Jenna Wong
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
SF State
jewong@sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2020 Working Paper
The Seismic Analysis of Tiny Homes: A Comparative Analysis of a Representative Shed and an IRC Tiny Home

XiaoHang Liu
Professor of Geography and Environment
SF State
xhliu@sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2019 Working Paper
Affordable Housing and Residential Segregation in San Francisco: A Spatial Analysis between 2000 and 2015
Author of 2021 Working Paper
Social Vulnerability to COVID-19 Pandemic in California Cities
Author of 2022 Working Paper
Inclusionary Housing Programs, Vulnerability to COVID-19 and Racial Residential Segregation: An Examination of Cities in California

Emiko Takagi
Assistant Professor of Gerontology
SF State
etakagi@sfsu.edu
Author of 2019 Working Paper
Housing Options and Strategies for Aging in Place

Venoo Kakar
Associate Professor of Economics
SF State
vkakar@sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2018 Working Paper
Jobs & Housing Imbalance in the San Francisco Bay Area
Winner of RWJF award

Jessica Wolin
Associate Director of Community Practice
Health Equity Institute
SF State
jwolin@sfsu.ed
Co-Author of 2018 Working Paper
Overview of Health & Housing
Community Affiliates

Kristy Wang
AHRI Practitioner-in-Residence, Spring 2019
& Spring 2020
Student Affiliates

Tamiko Thien Huey MPH (2022)
thuey1@mail.sfsu.edu

Kayla Gordon, MPA Graduate Student
kgordon3@mail.sfsu.edu

Jeremy Hill, MPA (2020)
SF State former AHRI Associate
jhill5@mail.sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2019 Working Paper
Inclusionary Housing in San Francisco: Mapping Racial Integration, Neighborhood Change, and Affordability
Author of 2018 Working Paper
Fiscal Zoning: Why Does it Happen? How Often Does it Happen? And Does it Need to Happen?

Aditi Grossman, MA Economics (2020)
Health Equity Student Scholar
SF State
aaswani@mail.sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2018 Working Paper
Jobs & Housing Imbalance in the San Francisco
Bay Area

Jacque Perkins, MPH (2019)
Health Equity Student Scholar
SF State
jperkins2@mail.sfsu.edu
Co-author of 2018 Working Paper
Overview of Health & Housing