The University of Arizona Press

Teresa Córdova is director of the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois Chicago and professor of urban planning and policy. Trained as a sociologist at UC Berkeley, she is an applied theorist and political economist whose work advances community-engaged research, inclusive economic development, and urban equity. Her scholarship examines global/local dynamics and impacts of economic restructuring. She collaborates with communities and policymakers to translate research into action shaping equitable development policy and informing practice locally, nationally, and internationally across sectors and disciplines.