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Margaret Dewar

Professor Emerita of Urban Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
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734-763-2528
Margaret Dewar’s research is in the broad areas of economic development, housing and community development, urban environmental planning and urban land use. Her current projects address remaking cities following abandonment and strengthening deterior...
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Staff

Leonymae Aumentado

Senior Project Manager
Leonymae Aumentado is a senior project manager at Poverty Solutions, where she supports various research and strategic projects, including the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor pilot program and the Detroit Home Repair Resource Guide and lead-safe ...
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John Bulat

Data and Policy Analyst
John Bulat is a data and policy analyst at Poverty Solutions. His work focuses primarily on the opioid crisis in Michigan and criminal justice-related topics. Prior to working at Poverty Solutions, Bulat spent eight years at the Center for Urban Stu...
John Bulat
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Sam Stragand

Senior Program Manager, Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility
Sam Stragand is the senior program manager for the Detroit Partnership on Economic Mobility at Poverty Solutions, where he works with community partners to conduct research and evaluation projects in Detroit. Prior to joining Poverty Solutions, Strag...
Sam Stragand
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Lan Deng

Professor of Urban Planning
Lan Deng is an expert on affordable housing policies and affordable housing finance and has conducted extensive research in this area. Her research spans between the U.S. and China. In the U.S., Deng is a leading scholar in the research on the Low-In...
Lan Deng
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Lex Eisenberg

Lecturer, Health Behavior and Health Equity, School of Public Health
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Lex Eisenberg is an educator, researcher, and organizer based in Detroit whose work integrates community-based knowledge and mixed methods to understand how policy implementation and enforcement impacts housing, health, and racial equity. Their resea...
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Roshanak Mehdipanah

Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity; Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
Roshanak Mehdipanah specializes in innovative research methods, including realist evaluations and concept mapping to develop conceptual frameworks linking complex interventions to health. She has published in the areas of urban renewal, housing and p...
Roshanak Mehdipanah
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Jeffrey Morenoff

Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Sociology; Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research; Associate Dean for Research and Policy Engagement
Jeffrey Morenoff is a Professor in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Department of Sociology, and Research Professor in the Population Studies Center and Survey Research Center. He also serves as Associate Dean for Research and Polic...
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Mara Ostfeld

Research Director, Center for Racial Justice; Faculty Lead, Detroit Metro Area Communities Study; Research Associate, Center for Political Studies
Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, PhD, serves as the research director at the Center for Racial Justice, a research associate with the Center for Political Studies, and an associate research scientist in the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Mich...
Mara Cecilia Ostfeld
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Natalie Sampson

Professor of Health and Human Services; Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Equity; UM-Dearborn
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313-593-4889
Natalie Sampson conducts community-based research to study social and physical environments and their effects on health inequities. To this end, she works to bring interdisciplinary evidence to climate change, land use, and infrastructure planning ef...
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In the Media

Double the Danger – Firearm Violence Among Latinos

Jul 21, 2026 El Central Hispanic News
Detroit has seen an historic decline in non-fatal shootings in recent years. However, from 2018 to 2021, firearm homicide rates among Hispanics rose 48%, compared to a 22% increase for white non-Hispanics.
Sam Stragand

The local impact of safety nets on communities of color

Apr 1, 2022, 10:00-11:30 am EDT
Dr. William Lopez, Kat Stafford, and Charles E. Williams II with moderator Dr. Mara Ostfeld will discuss the local impact of safety nets on communities of color during the COVID-19 pandemic. Opening Remarks by Provost Susan M. Collins. 
The local impact of safety nets on communities of color
Funded faculty research

The AfricanFuturist Greenhouse

January 2020 - December 2020
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Audrey Bennett
This project combined the African traditions of generative economy with contemporary technology design to create an AfricanFuturist greenhouse, located at the African Bead Museum in Southwest Detroit.
Professor stands outside the African Futurist Greenhouse in Detroit
Funded faculty research

Helping a House Remain a Home

January 2017 - December 2017
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Roshanak Mehdipanah, Alexa (Lex) Eisenberg
While approximately 12,000 Detroit homeowners living in poverty qualify for the Poverty Tax Exemption, the policy remains underutilized by residents in need. This project evaluated the effectiveness of the policy and studied potential factors that may hinder or facilitate its access.
Key with a house-shaped keychain.
Core project

Land Contracts

January 2021 - December 2023
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Leonymae Aumentado
Poverty Solutions and its partners have explored supportive land contracts as a path to homeownership and the policies needed to reduce abuse of predatory land contracts.
Illustration of three homes beside a "For Sale by Owner – Land Contract" sign
Funded faculty research

Addressing the Need and Identifying the Root Causes of the Intersection of Food and Transportation Insecurity: The City of Detroit Food Delivery Program (Re)Design

January 2020 - December 2020
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Robert C. Hampshire
Researchers supported the COVID-19 Food Delivery Program's maintenance and the (re)design, implementation, and program evaluation of the (re)design. Their recommendations helped to secure resources to double the program's capacity and sustain its implementation till 2024.
grocery bags full of food