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Program Alumni

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Marie-Jeanne Ndimbira-Rosner

Dissertation Title: “Navigating Uncertainty: the Temporalities of Asylum Seeking in Cape Town, South Africa”

Graduation: October 2024

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Nakeefa Cilicia Bernard

Dissertation Title: “The Meaning of Engagement: Community Development Nonprofits Methods and Motivations for Engaging Residents in Newark, NJ“

Graduation: May 2024

Placement: 
Senior Program Director, Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers University—Newark

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Thayane Brêtas

Dissertation Title: “Reputation and Sex in the City: Governance, Women, and Paid Sex in Newark, New Jersey“

Graduation: May 2024

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Tolu Lanrewaju-Kadri

Dissertation Title: “Navigating Uncertainty: the Temporalities of Asylum Seeking in Cape Town, South Africa”

Graduation: May 2024

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Maryam Hosseini

Dissertation Title: “A Walk in the City: Using Large Data Sets to Analyze Urban Sidewalks”

Graduation: October 2022

Placement:
Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology