John Elrick

Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography
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John Elrick earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2021. His research interests lie at the intersection of urban political economy, planning history, and the politics of science and technology. At Vassar, he teaches classes on cities, landscape, planning, and housing justice.  

BA, MA, San Francisco State University; PhD, University of California-Berkeley
At Vassar since 2022

Contact

845-437-7827
Ely Hall
Box 735

In the Media

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In a profoundly challenging time for higher-education funding characterized by federal retrenchment and disappearing grants, Mae Buck ’26 has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship worth $35,000.