Academic Positions Held
Education
Refereed Journal Articles
Published Reports & Working Papers
Conference Presentations
Community Presentations & Media Interviews
Community presentations
Teaching
Anticipated teaching
Awards & Fellowships
Relevant Employment & Work Experience
- 2016 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2015 – 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- 2014 – 2016 Honorary Fellow & Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Education
- 2014 University of California at Los Angeles, Ph.D., Urban Planning. Advisers: Dr. Jacqueline Leavitt (chair), Dr. Leobardo Estrada, Dr. Vinit Mukhija, Dr. Edward Goetz. Dissertation title: “It was like dancing on a grave”: Eviction and Displacement in Los Angeles 1994 to 1999
- 2006 University of California at Los Angeles, M.S., Urban Planning. Thesis: Urban Land Reform: A Comparative Study of Policy, Planning and Housing
- 2003 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, el Centro de Enseñanza Para Extranjeros
- 2000 University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., History Cum Laude
- 1999 Pasadena City College
- 1996 University of San Francisco
Refereed Journal Articles
- Sarmiento, C., J. R. Sims, and A. Morales. 2018. Little Free Libraries: an examination of micro-urbanist interventions. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability. 11(2): 233-253.
- J.R. Sims. 2016. More than Gentrification: Geographies of Capitalist Displacement in Los Angeles 1994-1999. Urban Geography. 37(1): 26-56.
- Sarmiento, C. and J.R. Sims. 2015. Façades of Equitable Development: Santa Ana and the Affordable Housing Complex. Journal of Planning Education and Research. 35(3): 323-336.
- Freisthler, B., N.J. Kepple, J.R. Sims & S.E. Martin. 2013. Evaluating Medical Marijuana Dispensary Policies: Spatial Methods for the Study of Environmentally-Based Interventions. American Journal of Community Psychology. 51(1-2): 278-288.
Published Reports & Working Papers
- J. Revel Sims et al. 2016. Evicted in Dane County, Wisconsin: A Collaborative Examination of the Housing Landscape. Madison, WI
- J. Revel Sims. 2016. Cuéntame Más: An Overview of the Latino Community in Dane County. Madison, WI: Latino Consortium for Action.
- Sarmiento, C. & Sims, R. 2016. Lacy in Crisis and in Action: A report on housing and tenant conditions in the Lacy neighborhood in Santa Ana, California. Santa Ana, CA: People’s Data Project.
- The Next Practice and MASdata 2014. Santa Ana Wellness District: A Study of Demand and supply for wellness goods and services in downtown Santa Ana, California
- Nancy J Williams, Bridget Freisthler, and J. Revel Sims. 2011/2010. Crime and Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. California Center for Population Research On-Line Working Paper Series.
- Gilda Haas, Jacqueline Leavitt, and J. Revel Sims (editors) 2007. Fighting for a Right to the City: Collaborative Research to Support Community Organizing in L.A.
Conference Presentations
- 2017 "Eviction-based Displacement as Gendered and Racialized Class-Monopoly Rent," Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Denver, CO
- 2016 “The Production of Mobility in a Gentrifying Santa Ana, California,” Urban Affairs Association Conference, San Diego, CA
- 2014 “Ellised in California: A Comparison of Ellis Act Evictions in Los Angeles and San Francisco,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Philadelphia, PA
- 2014 “More than Gentrification: Geographies of Capitalist Displacement in Los Angeles,” Association of American Geographers, Tampa, FL
- 2012 “Putting Displacement in its Place,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Cincinnati, OH
- 2011 “Displacement & Gentrification in Los Angeles: The Pattern of Evictions 1994-1999,” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Slat Lake City, UT
- 2011 “The Spatial Relationship Between Evictions & Gentrification in Los Angeles,” Association of American Geographers, Seattle, WA
- 2010 “Façades of Progressive Gentrification,” Just Metropolis Conference, Berkeley, CA
Community Presentations & Media Interviews
Community presentations
- June 5, 2016 “Social Justice Research” at Forward Fest, Wisconsin Dells, WI
- April 20, 2013 “Gentrification”, presentation given at El Centro Cultural de México, Santa Ana, CA
- May 12, 2012 “Gentrification & Eviction”, subject matter expert presentation given for the Rapid Health Impact Assessment (RHIA) of the proposed Farmers Field Convention Center expansion at Los Angeles Community Action Network, Los Angeles, CA
- Oct. 28, 2009 “Gentrification”, presentation given for ARTES (Artists Revitalizing The East Side), Boyle Heights, CA
- Oct. 27 2016 “Evicted in Dane County: A Panel Discussion on the Relationship Between Eviction and Housing Vulnerability” Presentation and panel discussion with Rob Dicke, Executive Director of Dane County Housing Authority; Brenda Konkel, Executive Director of the Tenant Resource Center (TRC); Heidi Wegleitner, Dane County Supervisor and attorney at Legal Action of Wisconsin; and Mitch, Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of the Neighborhood Law Clinic (NLC) at UW-Madison.
- March 19, 2016 “Santa Ana Community Forum on Lacy Report” A forum based on the results from the collaborative research project on housing conditions in the Lacy neighborhood of Santa Ana. The event featured resident testimony toward specific housing issues that were revealed through the data collected from 401 household surveys.
- May 30, 2017 Interview with Mitch Deitz for documentary on youth homelessness, Madison, WI
- March 28, 2017 Interview with En Nuestro Patio on south Madison housing survey and gentrification on WORT 89.9, Madison, WI
- Oct. 27, 2016 Interview with Brenda Konkel and Tony Castañeda on 8 O'Clock Buzz on WORT 89.9, Madison, WI
- Nov. 7, 2014 Interview with Soul Rebel Radio on gentrification, Los Angeles, CA
- Sept. 2008 Interview with City Strolls (Scotland, UK) on eviction, Los Angeles, CA
Teaching
Anticipated teaching
- Planning Thought and Practice (URPL) S2018
- Community Research Methods (CLS 330) F2017
- Whiteness and Racial Formation in the United States (CLS 330) UW-Madison S2018
- Gentrification in American Cities (URPL 590) UW-Madison F2016 S2016, F2015
- Whiteness and Racial Formation in the United States (CLS 330) UW-Madison F2016, F2015
- Planning with Community Field Research Methods (URPL 590) UW-Madison SUM2016
- Latina/o Urbanism (CLS 530) UW-Madison S2016
- Methods in Planning Analysis (URPL 721) UW-Madison F2015
- Community Development form the Ground Up, with Dr. Jacqueline Leavitt, UCLA 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008
- Green Collar Jobs, Green Buildings & Social Justice, with Prof. Linda Delp, UCLA 2009
- Community Scholars course Staff Research Assistant with Prof. Gilda Haas 2011, 2010
- A Right to the City, with Dr. Jacqueline Leavitt & Prof. Gilda Haas, UCLA 2007
- April 19, 2017 “Understanding the Production of Everyday Displacement” for Introduction to Comparative US Ethnic and American Indian Studies 102 at UW-Madison
- April 14, 2017 “Eviction in Dane County” Interdisciplinary Graduate Reading Group, UW-Madison
- March 31, 2017 “Evictions as Racialized Class-Monopoly Rent” Department of Urban and Regional Planning & Department of Landscape Architecture Lecture Series – Spring 2017, UW-Madison
- Jan. 31, 2017 “Introduction to Measurement & Graphic Applications for Housing Research” Department of Civil Society and Community Studies, UW-Madison
- Dec. 2, 2016 “Evictions in Madison” Big Event on Housing Affordability and Homelessness in Madison, UW-Madison
- April 25, 2016 “Rethinking Residential Affordability and Mobility within a Gentrifying Context,” Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, UW-Madison, WI
- March, 24, 2015 “Theories of Urban and Neighborhood Change” in Planning Thought and Practice 781, Urban and Regional Planning, UW-Madison
- March 6, 2015 “More than Gentrification: Geographies of Capitalist Displacement in Los Angeles” for the Department of Urban and Regional Planning Spring Lecture Series, UW-Madison
- Feb. 27, 2015 “Deindustrialization, Urbanization & (In)Security” for Community Sustainability, Department of Civil Society and Community Studies, UW-Madison
- Nov. 17, 2014 “Race and the Formation of Racialized Space in Urban America,” Introduction to Planning 741, Urban and Regional Planning, UW-Madison
- Oct. 8, 2014 “An Introduction to Demographic Data & Data Visualization,” Community Issues and Service Learning 350, Department of Civil Society and Community Studies, UW-Madison
- March 5, 2014 “Geographies of Displacement,” Community Development and Housing Policy 275, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA
- April 17, 2013 “An Introduction to Underdevelopment and Neoliberalism,” Poverty in Developing Countries 113, Department of Planning Policy and Design, UCI
- May 29, 2012 “A Case for the Right to Place in the City: American Urbanization, Gentrification & Displacement,” Community Development from the Ground Up 82, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA
- April 5, 2011 “Neoliberalism,” Community Development from the Ground Up 82, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA
- May 6, 2010 “The Problem of Urban Change: Theories of Urban Change,” Looking at Los Angeles 184, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA
- July 3, 2008 “A Primer on Gentrification,” Urban Policy and Planning 121, Department of Urban Planning, UCLA
- April 21, 2017 Go Big Read Panel Discussion on Poverty, Housing and Health at UW School of Medicine and Public Health, UW-Madison
Awards & Fellowships
- 2017 Morgridge Center’s Community-based Learning Course Development Grant Award, UW-Madison
- 2017 Center for Educational Opportunity (CeO) Teaching Award: Dr. Brenda Pfaehler Award of Excellence, UW-Madison
- 2017 Outstanding performance in research, teaching and service award from the College of Letters & Science, UW-Madison
- 2017 Chester Rapkin Award for best article in volume 35 of the Journal of Planning Education and Research (JPER)
- 2017 Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence (MTLE) curriculum development award, UW-Madison
- 2016 Fall Research Competition recipient; UW-Madison
- 2016 Faculty Diversity Initiative Grant; UW-Madison
- 2014 Bette and Hans Lorenz Fellowship; UCLA
- 2012 Dissertation Year Fellowship; UCLA
- 2008 Vanessa Dingley Award; UCLA
- 2007 Mimi Perloff Award; UCLA
- 2006 Urban Planning Department Award for Service to the Department; UCLA
- 2005 The David and Marianna Fisher fellowship; UCLA
- 1998 The Robert Browning Memorial Award; Pasadena City College
- 1998 Honors Extraordinary in English; Pasadena City College
Relevant Employment & Work Experience
- 2014 – present MASdata, consultant & co-founder, Santa Ana, CA
- 2007 CitiBank Intern, Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), Los Angeles, CA
- 2006 – 2007 Planning Assistant, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC)
- 2003 – 2004 US History Instructor, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2001 High School Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)