Daniel Pasciuti

Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, 2013
B.S., University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, 2004
Basic Non-Commissioned Officers Course (BNCOC), 640th Regiment Regional Training Institute (RTI), United States Army, Camp Williams, UT, 2003
Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC), Henry H. Lind Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) Academy, United States Army, Fort Lewis, WA, 1999

Global Urbanism, Urban Governance, Political-Economy and Global Development, Quantitative and Comparative-Historical Methods, and Housing and Urban Development.

I am a comparative-historical and urban sociologist. I use a combination of quantitative and comparative-historical methods in understanding the interrelationship in which changes in the global political economy affect the conditions and possibilities at the local levels. My research falls into several interrelated categories with the focal point being broadly conceived as a focus on transformations in the historical and contemporary processes of urban governance. The urban question is increasingly challenged by the rise of global finance and the explosion of municipal debt, by problems of environmental sustainability, and by shifts in the geographical center of world-economic growth and political power. Previously lauded models for urban success – through urban entrepreneurialism, state-led redevelopment projects, public-private partnerships, and nested organization of government levels (local, regional, national) – are confronted by the crisis of welfare states and the rise of a politics of austerity. New forms of uneven spatial development are emerging within and between urban centers. These challenges raise questions about what it means to govern urban areas. Specifically, how does governance extend across or within metropolitan regions and what role do citizens play in building and rebuilding urban space in the twenty-first century. Education PhD, The Johns Hopkins University, 2013

I regularly teach courses on Quantitative Methods, Theory, and Politics.

Ongoing Projects:

• GSU - Shepherd Research Partnership Working Group
• GSU - Georgia Community Action Alliance (GCAA) Research Partnership Working Group
• Transformations in Urban Governance and the Role of Institutions, Organizations, and Individuals