Allison Helmuth, PhD

Assistant Professor

Fields: Urban Sociology; Intersectionality; Qualitative Methods; Sociological Theory

Sycamore Hall 288E

Office Hours: TuTh 2:30-4:00 and by appointment

Education: PhD 2022, University of Illinois-Chicago

Research Interests: Dr. Allison Suppan Helmuth examines how intersectional social inequalities are created, reproduced, and resisted in urban neighborhoods and communities, along spatial dimensions and in the specific contexts of housing and neighborhood change. Her previous research has appeared in City and Community, Sociological Forum, Feminist Theory, Journal of Urban Affairs, Journal of Homosexuality, and a number of edited volumes, research briefs, and policy reports. She regularly teaches courses on urban sociology, social inequalities, and qualitative methods.

Selected Publications:

Helmuth, Allison Suppan. 2024. “Cracks within Capitalism: Alternative Rental Practices and a Politics of Care among Small-Building Owners in Chicago.” Journal of Urban Affairs. DOI (Early View): https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2334280

Ken, Ivy and Allison Suppan Helmuth. 2021. “Not Additive, Not Defined: Mutual Constitution in Feminist Intersectional Studies.”* Feminist Theory. 22.4.

*Received the 2022 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award from the Race, Gender, Class Section of the American Sociological Association

Helmuth, Allison Suppan. 2019. “'Chocolate City, Rest in Peace’: White Space-Claiming Practices and the Exclusion of Black People in Washington, DC.” City and Community 18.3: 724:769.