About
PhD in Urban Studies (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Master of City Planning (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
BA (The College of William and Mary, 1997)
Recent Publications
Hess, C., Colburn, G., Allen, R. & Crowder, K. (in press). Cumulative Housing Cost Burden Exposures and Disadvantages to Children’s Well-Being and Health, Social Science Review,
Colburn, G., Hess, C., Allen, R. & Crowder, K. (2024). The Dynamics of Housing Cost Burden in the U.S., Urban Studies,
Allen, R., Horner, K. & Choi, J. (2023). Penalties and Payoffs: The Short-Term Economic Consequences of Human Capital Acquisition for Resettled Refugees in the U.S., International Migration,
Hess, C., Colburn, G., Crowder, K. & Allen, R. (2022). Racial Disparity in Exposure to Housing Cost Burden in the U.S.: 1980-2017, Housing Studies,
Allen, R., Pacas, J. & Martens, Z. (2022). Immigrant Legal Status among Essential Frontline Workers in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic Era, International Migration Review, 57(2), 521-556
Allen, R. & Goetz, E. G. (in press). A Home for Xenophobia: U.S. Public Housing Policy Under Trump, International Journal of Housing Policy, 21(1), 127-137
Allen, R. P. & Wang, J. (2020). Immigrant Legal Status and Commute Mode Choice for Hispanics in the United States, Journal of the American Planning Association,
Allen, R. P. & Van Riper, D. (2020). The New Deal, the deserving poor and the first public housing residents in New York City, Social Science History, 44(1), 91-115
Allen, R. & Goetz, E. G. (10 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2019). Public Housing Is Suffering from a Lack of Funding, Not an Overflow of Immigrants. L.A. Times:
Colburn, G. & Allen, R. (2018). Rent burden and the Great Recession in the USA, Urban Studies, 55(1), 226--243
News and Media
Humphrey School News
Re-imagining City Planning After the Protests
Toward a Better Understanding of Immigration
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Research Updates
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In the Media
Podcast: US Housing Policy Under Trump
International Journal of Housing Policy, 10-02-2020
New Evidence Demonstrates That The Public Charge Rule Will Harm Immigrant Families and Others
Health Affairs, October 9, 2019