Ryan Allen

About Ryan Allen

Ryan Allen, PhD, is a professor at the University of Minnesota with a dual appointment at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and University of Minnesota Extension. His research focuses on housing and community development with an emphasis on the experience of immigrant communities in the U.S.

Areas of Expertise

Community Development, Housing

Selected Publications

Hess, Chris, Colburn, Gregg, Allen, Ryan, and Crowder, Kyle. 2024. “Cumulative Housing Cost Burden Exposures and Disadvantages to Children’s Well-Being and Health.” Social Science Research 119: 102984. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.102984) , Allen, Ryan, Pacas, Jose D., and Martens, Zoe*. 2023. “Immigrant Legal Status among Essential Frontline Workers in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic Era.” International Migration Review 57(2): 521-556. (https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183221127277), Hess, Chris, Colburn, Gregg, Crowder, Kyle, and Allen, Ryan. 2022. “Racial Disparity in Exposure to Housing Cost Burden in the United States: 1980-2017.” Housing Studies 37(10): 1821-1841. (https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2020.1807473), Allen, Ryan. 2022. “The Relationship between Legal Status and Housing Cost Burden for Immigrants in the U.S.” Housing Policy Debate 32(3): 433-455. (https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2020.1848898)

Recent Courses Taught

Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning (PA 5004)

This course is an introductory class that gives an overview of urban planning theory and practice, with primary attention to current issues in urban planning practice in the U.S. , Housing Policy (PA 5261)

This course explores the institutional, political, and economic context for the making of housing policy in the United States. It examines competing ideas about solving the nation's housing problems through public intervention in the market., Immigration, Planning, and Policymaking in the U.S. (PA 5281)

This course examines the impact of contemporary immigration in the U.S. on urban planning and public policy.