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Townsand Price-Spratlen
Associate Professor
Research Interests:
Urban sociology and historical and contemporary social demography. Currently studying historical African American community capacity, focusing on institutional development, collective identity, and migration outcomes. Current contemporary research analyzes how religious perceptions and practices inform health and wellness outcomes.
Recent Publications:
- Price-Spratlen, Townsand. 2008. “Urban Destination Selection Among African Americans During the 1950s Great Migration.” Social Science History 32: 437-469.
- Steinman, Kenneth J., Valerie Wright, Elizabeth Cooksey, Linda James-Myers, Townsand Price-Spratlen and Ron Ryles. 2005. “Collaborative Research in a Faith-Based Setting: Columbus Congregations for Healthy Youth.” Public Health Reports 120:213-216.
- Lee, Barrett A. and Townsand Price-Spratlen. 2004. “The Geography of Homelessness in American Communities: Concentration or Dispersion?” City & Community 3:3-27.
- Price-Spratlen, Townsand. 2003. “The Urban Context of Historical Activism: NAACP Depression Era Insurgency and Organization-Building Activity.” Sociological Quarterly 44:303-328.
- Lee, Barrett A., Townsand Price-Spratlen and James W. Kanan. 2003. "Determinants of Homelessness in Metropolitan Areas." Journal of Urban Affairs 25:335-355.
- Price-Spratlen, Townsand and Avery M. Guest. 2002. "Race and Population Change: A Longitudinal Look at Cleveland Neighborhoods, 1910-1990." Sociological Forum 17:105-136.
