Shai Karp
- shaikarp@u.northwestern.edu
- Website
- Scott Hall 202
- Office Hours: Monday 1:00 - 3:00
Program Area(s): Law and Politics; Political Theory; American Politics
Regional Specialization(s): United States
Dissertation Title:
American Tenancy: Renters, Landlords, and Rental Housing in US Law and Politics
Dissertation Committee: Chloe Thurston (chair), Daniel Galvin, Ann Orloff
Research Interests: American Political Development; political geography; housing politics and policy; state theory; law and public policy; subnational politics; political economy; race, ethnicity, and politics; settler-colonial studies; critical theory; qualitative, interpretive, and historical social science methods
Publications:
- John N. Robinson III, Spencer Headworth, and Shai Karp, “Performing Social Control: Poverty Governance, Public Finance, and the Politics of Visibility,” Sociological Theory 42, no. 1 (2024): 23–48, https://doi.org/10.1177/07352751231222476.