Shomon Shamsuddin

Shomon Shamsuddin is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair in Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning at Tufts University’s School of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on housing, education, inequality, and policy implementation, with a particular emphasis on mixed-income housing and barriers to educational access for low-income students. He holds a PhD from MIT, a Master of Architecture from Yale, and a ScB from Brown University.

Education:

• PhD, Urban Policy and Planning, MIT
• MArch, Yale University
• ScB (Honors), Brown University

Research Interests:

• Housing policies at federal, state, and local levels, including Public Housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits
• Structural barriers to educational attainment and institutional influences on college access
• Policy implementation challenges and equity outcomes in urban development

Grants & Awards:

• NSF HDR TRIPODS Grant (2019–2023)
• Russell Sage Foundation Grant (2017–2018)
• Tufts Neubauer Faculty Fellow (2015–2016)
• National Poverty Fellow (2014–2015)

Teaching & Professional Activities:

• Teaches courses on housing policy, urban inequality, and statistics
• Associate Director of the Resilient Cities Housing Initiative
• Research Affiliate at MIT
• Presenter at conferences including the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and Urban Affairs Association