Richard Kirk
Education
2024 Graduate Certificate, Urban Humanities, UCLA
2022 M.S. Geography, Minor in Applied Anthropology, The University of North Texas
2020 B.S. Geography, Minor in Anthropology, summa cum laude, The University of North Texas
Research
Urban geography;
Planning theory;
Capitalist urban development;
Neoliberal urban governance;
Gentrification;
Urban marginality;
Multiculturalism
Selected Publications
Kirk, R., & Behm Josa, D. (Forthcoming). Contesting elite capture: Insurgent planning and beyond. Human Geography.
Kirk, R. (2024). Legitimising displacement: Academic discourse, territorial stigmatisation and gentrification. Urban Studies, 1–21. DOI: 10.1177/00420980241235015
Kirk, R. (2023). Changing urban fabrics: Thinking through the lopsided city. Dialogues in Urban Research, 3(1), 288–292. DOI: 10.1177/27541258231204007
Kirk, R. (2023). What Los Angeles tells us about Dracula urbanism. Urban Geography, 1–19. DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2023.2226551
Kirk, R. (2023). Neoliberal multiculturalism in Dallas: The discursive foundations of diversity-led gentrification in an aspiring U.S. global city. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 55(6), 1392–1407. DOI: 10.1177/0308518X231152258
Kirk, R. (2023). Lifestyle centers, the next boom and bust after shopping malls? Governance, public-private partnerships, and Guy Debord’s spectacle in Dallas-Fort Worth. Cities, 133, 104155. DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.104155
Kirk, R. (2021). The anti-capitalist chronicles by David Harvey. Human Geography, 14(1), 151–153. DOI: 10.1177/1942778620979313
Grants & Awards
Summer Mentored Research Fellowship (scheduled, 2025) — UCLA
2023 Institute of Human Geography Research Grant — Institute of Human Geography
Voertman-Ardoin Graduate Fellowship 2020–2022 — The University of North Texas
2020 F. Andrew Schoolmaster Award to Outstanding Undergraduate Student — The University of North Texas
