Leland Saito

Leland Saito is Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity at USC, researching urban community dynamics and racial formation processes. His work examines how built environments reflect and reinforce social hierarchies.

Education:

• Ph.D. Sociology, UCLA (1992)
• M.A. Sociology, UCLA (1989)
• B.A. Sociology, UC Berkeley (1978)

Professor Saito's scholarship documents community responses to gentrification pressures and policy impacts on marginalized neighborhoods. His research employs ethnographic and historical methods to trace urban transformation processes.