Elana Simon

Elana Simon is a doctoral student in the urban planning and development program at the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy. Her research examines how social indicators about housing and urban inequality are institutionalized and shape outcomes in the planning process. Elana previously worked as a senior research fellow at the Center for Law, Inequality, and Metropolitan Equity (CLiME) at the Rutgers University-Newark Law School where she co-authored Empowering Public Property: Simulating New Housing, Economic Development and Greenspace Policy with Newark’s City-Owned Property Inventory. Her professional experience includes working as a graduate data analyst intern with the Tax Policy and Data Analytics Division of the New York City Department of Finance. She has authored policy reports with Urban Manufacturing Alliance and contributed to research at the Bloustein School’s Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement. Elana received a dual master’s degree in urban planning and public informatics at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and a Bachelor of Arts in politics from Whitman College.