Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago (2022)

Research Interests: Dr. Allison Helmuth specializes in urban sociology, race and gender inequalities, and sociological theory and methods. Her research employs various methods, including ethnography, interviews, and mapping, to examine how intersectional social inequalities are created, reproduced, and resisted in urban neighborhoods and communities along spatial dimensions and in the specific contexts of housing and neighborhood change. Through her current book project, Getting Rich or Getting By? Owner-Occupant Landlords in Segregated Chicago, Dr. Helmuth explores the unique dynamics of landlord-tenant relationships in owner-occupied buildings. She has published extensively, including peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and has received numerous awards for their contributions to the field. Dr. Helmuth is also committed to engaged pedagogy and aims to mentor students in both academic and non-academic careers, bringing valuable professional experience from her previous roles as an analyst at the Institute for Women's Policy Research and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Rice University.

Selected Publications
Ken, Ivy and Allison Suppan Helmuth. 2021. "Not Additive, Not Defined: Mutual Constitution in Feminist Intersectional Studies." Feminist Theory 22(4): 575-604.

Scarborough, William and Allison Suppan Helmuth. 2021. "How Cultural Environments Shape Online Sentiment toward Social Movements: Place Character and Support for Feminism." Sociological Forum 36(2): 426-447.

Helmuth, Allison Suppan. 2019. "'Chocolate City, Rest in Peace': White Space-Claiming Practices and the Exclusion of Black People in Washington, DC." City and Community 18(3): 724-769.

Steele, Sarah and Allison Suppan Helmuth. 2018. "Predicting Ambivalence: When Same-Sex Sex is Only 'Sometimes Wrong.'" Journal of Homosexuality 66(3): 421-442.