MA Assumption University, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
MA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
BA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
EXPERTISE
Short and long-term effects of housing and social welfare programs and policies as anti-poverty and social development strategies
Spatial opportunity structures and geographies of opportunity
Social capital formation and asset building in low-income Latino, African American and Vietnamese families
Neighborhood effects on the health and well-being of low-income Latino and African American children
Latino communities in the United States
Low-income homeownership, foreclosures and predatory lending
Effects of adverse child experiences on child outcomes
Urban poverty and welfare dependency
Latino residential segregation and housing discrimination in U.S. metropolitan areas
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
A Fair Chance: The Geography of Opportunities. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council. 2020-2025.
A New Plan A: Diverse Career Journeys for Humanities PhDs. Funded by the Council of Graduate Schools. 2021-2024 (with Thomas D Jeitschko and Bill Hart-Davidson).
Flint Community Initiative Scholars Program. Funded by the CS Mott Foundation. 2021-2024 (with Monica M. Villarreal).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Santiago, A. M., Magnusson Turner, L., & Sandlie, H. C. (2025). Spatial opportunity structures and final home leaving among young adults in Norway. Population, Space and Place, 31, e70018.
Santiago, A. M., & Margetis, I. (2025). Neighborhood violence exposure and alcohol and tobacco use initiation among ethnic minority adolescents. Healthcare 13, 194. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13020194.
Santiago, A. M., Levin, I., & Arthurson, K., Eds. (2024). Creating mixed communities through housing policies: Global perspectives. London: UK: Routledge.
Santiago, A. M., Galster, G. C., & Magnusson Turner, L. (2024). Heterogeneous neighborhood effects on the educational attainments of native Norwegian and immigrant descendant female and male young adults. Urban Studies, 61(11): 2193-2230.
Aarland, K., & Santiago, A. M. (2023). Staying afloat or going under: Mortgage arrears in Norway’s Starter Mortgage Program. Tidsskrift for bolingforsking (Nordic Journal of Housing Research), 6(1), 30-50. doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/tfb.6.1.3
Aarland, K. & Santiago, A. M. (2023) Serious mortgage arrears among immigrant descendant and native participants in a low-income public Starter Mortgage Program: Evidence from Norway. Societies 13 (5), 121 https://doi.org/10.3390/soc13050121. Special Issue: Society and Immigration: Reducing Inequalities. Authors are listed alphabetically.
Levin, I., Santiago, A. M., & Arthurson, K. (2024). Creating mixed communities through housing policies: Global perspectives. In A. M. Santiago, I. Levin, and K. Arthurson (Eds). Creating mixed communities through housing policies: Global perspectives (pp. 1-14). Abingdon UK: Routledge.
Santiago, A. M., & Leroux, J. (2024). Does pre-purchase counseling help low-income buyers choose and sustain homeownership in socially mixed destination neighborhoods? In A. M. Santiago, I. Levin, & K. Arthurson (Eds). Creating mixed communities through housing policies: Global perspectives (pp. 126-148). Abingdon UK: Routledge.
Patterson, K., Santiago, A. M., & Silverman, R. M. (2023). The enduring backlash against racial justice in the United States: Mobilizing strategies for institutional change. In A. Santiago, K. Patterson, and R. M. Silverman (Eds). Beyond lip service: Bringing racial justice to Black and Brown communities (pp. 1-11). Abingdon UK: Routledge.
Santiago, A. M., & Aarland, K. (2023) The role of forbearance in sustaining low-income homeownership: Evidence from Norway’s public Starter Mortgage Program. Cityscape, 25(1), 253-274.
Santiago, A. M., & Ivery, J. (2023). Removing the knees from their necks: Mobilizing community practice and social action for racial justice. In A. Santiago, K. Patterson, and R. M. Silverman (Eds). Beyond lip service: Bringing racial justice to Black and Brown communities (pp. 12-24). Abingdon UK: Routledge.
Santiago, A. M., Patterson, K., & Silverman, R. M., Eds. (2023) Beyond lip service: Bringing racial justice to Black and Brown communities. London, UK: Routledge.
