Sophie Haugen - Homelessness, Poverty, Disability, and Addiction
After graduation Sophie worked as a independent contractor for the California State Libraries continuing work on the You Count youth homelessness survey, for Ewald & Wasserman in San Francisco riding buses for research projects for the SFMTA, and for Five Keys programs as a grant writer for housing & homelessness department. She currently lives in Paris and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Urban Governance, Policy & Planning at Sciences Politique, and is researching informal settlements and wildfire resilience in Northern California, while enjoying the French mode de vie.
Area of Concentration Courses
Sociology 139H - Selected Topics in Social Inequality: Health & Wealth
City Planning 180B - Research Seminar in Urban Studies
Sociology 141 - Social Movements and Political Action
Sociology 190 - Housing and Poverty
Legal Studies 190 - Therapeutic Criminal Justice
Thesis
Neoliberal Authentication in Urban Public Space: A Study of the San Francisco Civic Center
This thesis seeks to investigate the central and guiding question of urban design and infrastructure- “who is this space made for?”. By examining the physical, social, and political environment of the San Francisco Civic Center, this thesis examines how neoliberal ideology within the city creates a regime of securitization that eliminates the benefits of a shared public space.
