Amy Spring

Dr. Amy Spring is a demographer and urban sociologist at Georgia State University's Department of Sociology within the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on neighborhood context, residential mobility, and spatial inequality, particularly examining how social networks, residential histories, and contextual factors influence housing decisions and reinforce systemic disparities like segregation and economic inequities. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Washington (2014).

Key research interests include the interplay between residential mobility patterns and spatial inequality, with emphasis on racial/ethnic disparities in neighborhood attainment, the role of kinship networks in migration decisions, and the health impacts of neighborhood environments. Her work has been published in top journals such as Demography, American Sociological Review, and City & Community.

Dr. Spring’s recent scholarship explores desegregation trends among same-sex households, the effects of housing foreclosures on residential segregation, and the long-term health consequences of neighborhood built environments. She serves on the editorial boards of City & Community and Social Science Research, reflecting her leadership in sociological research.

Her publications span topics like the geography of kinship networks, the role of adverse life events in migration patterns, and the socioeconomic dimensions of neighborhood change. She is affiliated with Georgia State’s Urban Studies Institute and contributes to interdisciplinary projects through the Housing and Community Development Lab, examining urban policy and community resilience.