Erualdo R. González, Ph.D. 

education

2006 Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Irvine, Emphasis: Community Health Planning

2002 M.A. in Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine

1997 B.A. Psychology and Chicano Studies; Minor in Alcohol and Drug Studies, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

 

BIOGRAPHY

Erualdo González is Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies and the inaugural Coordinator of the Tech and Civic Scholars Program in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. He focuses on community development, revitalization and urban health policy, and gentrification. He is the co-editor of Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures (Routledge, 2022) and the author of Latino City: Urban Planning, Politics, and the Grassroots (Routledge, 2017). His work appears in leading journals such as Journal of Planning Education and Research, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Environment and Planning A.

 

PUBLICATIONS

*Student or community partner

 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Muñiz, J., I. García, and E. R. González. 2024. “Rights Amidst Commercial Gentrification: A Comparative Case Study of Latinx Business Zones in Chicago and Santa Ana.” Planning Practice & Research 39(6), 994-1011.

Lejano, R. P., and E. R. González. 2016. “Sorting Through Differences: The Problem of Planning as Reimagination.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 37 (1): 5-17.

Pollack, K. M, E. R. González, E. R. Hager, and J. F. Sallis. 2014. “The Active Living Research 2014 Conference: ‘Niche to Norm’ [Special issue].” Preventive Medicine 69 (Supplement 1): S1-4.

González, E. R., C. S. Sarmiento, *A. S. Urzúa, and *S. C. Luévano. 2012. “The Grassroots and New Urbanism: A Case from a Southern California Latino Community.” Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability 5 (2-3): 219-239.

González E. R., S. Villanueva, and C. N. Grills. 2012. “Communities Creating Healthy Environments to Combat Obesity: Preliminary Evaluation Findings from Two Case Studies.” Californian Journal of Health Promotion 10: 88-98.

González, E. R., and R. P. Lejano. 2009. “New Urbanism and the Barrio.” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 41 (12): 2946-2963.