Open Classroom: Housing Justice & Urban Planning
Guest Speakers
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Dr Ricardo Perez Professor, Anthropology
Eastern Connecticut State University
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Savannah-Nicole "SN" Villalba, AICP, AZT Principal Housing Planner
Capitol Region Council of Governments
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Dr Ricardo Perez, Professor of Anthropology, ecsu
Dr. Pérez is a cultural anthropologist whose research agenda focuses on state-led development processes in the present context of cultural and economic globalization. He has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the United States. Currently, he is Coordinator of the Anthropology Program as well as the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program.
Savannah-Nicole "SN" Villalba, AICP, AZT, Principal Housing Planner, Capitol Region Council of Governments
Savannah-Nicole “SN” Villalba, AICP, AZT, is CRCOG’s new Principal Housing Planner. SN has over seven years of regional and municipal planning experience. Her areas of focus are housing planning and policy, comprehensive planning, land use, and community engagement.
SN holds a BA in Sociology and Urban and Community Studies from the University of Connecticut, a MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University, and is currently a 3LE in the University of Connecticut School of Law’s Evening Division.
Hosted in partnership with
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Eastern Connecticut State University
Eastern CT State University engages students from diverse backgrounds in a transformative, liberal arts learning experience that provides knowledge and skills to lead enriching, purposeful lives.
