Ryan Allen
Education
B.A. in Economics and History, The College of William and Mary
Master in City Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D in Urban and Regional Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Biography
Ryan Allen, Ph.D., is the inaugural H. Louis Salomonsky Professor in Real Estate in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning and director of the Real Estate Design and Development program at the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
Prior to joining UVA, Allen was faculty at the University of Minnesota with a dual appointment at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and University of Minnesota Extension since 2007. His research focuses on housing and community development with an emphasis on the experience of immigrant communities in the United States. He is the author of myriad articles that focus on housing affordability, public housing, and immigrant integration, published in journals such as the Journal of the American Planning Association, the Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Studies, and International Migration Review.
Allen leads a partnership with the Center for Migration Studies of New York City to produce reliable and accessible data on undocumented populations, providing trusted information to scholars, policymakers, journalists and the public to help to inform policy discussions.
As co-PI of Empowering Small Minnesota Communities (funded by the State of Minnesota), Allen is co-leading over $9M in funded research that supports the infrastructure needs of small towns in Minnesota. Allen earned a Ph.D. in urban and regional studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), holds an Master's in City Planning also from MIT, and a B.A. in economics and history from The College of William and Mary.
