Our faculty and researchers advance knowledge on the structural determinants and policy dimensions of housing instability and homelessness. Through rigorous inquiry and innovation, they develop and evaluate evidence-based solutions that expand access to safe, stable and affordable housing. This work informs policies and practices aimed at ensuring equitable housing opportunities for all, including the millions of Americans who experience homelessness each year.
Meet our experts working to end homelessness:
Katie Calhoun, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Katie Calhoun is a community-engaged researcher studying policy and community responses to homelessness and poverty. She uses critical theories to explore how poverty discourse affects policy implementation, the resources available to...
James Lachaud, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Lachaud is an Assistant Professor in the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University. His research uses various approaches and methods to unravel social and environmental injustices and their...
Taylor Reed-Jones, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Taylor Reed-Jones is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research and teaching examine how structural racism and trauma are embedded in the collateral consequences of incarceration for Black young adults.
