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
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 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. 2021-2023 (with Monica M. Villarreal).
Early Start Program Mentoring Families Pilot.” Funded by Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant,Office for Inclusions and Intercultural Initiatives, Michigan State University. 2021-2022.
Making Ends Meet: Differences in Neighborhood Brokerage Resources in Ethnic-Racial Communities in the Post-COVID Era. Funded by the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Initiative, College of Social Science and Social Work, Michigan State University. 2021-2022.
A Fair Chance: The Geography of Opportunities. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council. 2020-2023.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Galster, G. C., Magnusson Turner, L., & Santiago, A. M. (2022). Decomposing educational disparities between immigrants and natives in Oslo: How gender, parents and place matter.Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, doi:10.1080/1369183X.2022.2096578.
Santiago, A. M., & Leroux, J. (2022). Does pre-purchase counseling help low-income buyers choose and sustain homeownership in socially mixed destination neighborhoods?Journal of Urban Affairs, 44(3), 416-438.https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.1944170. Special Issue, Creating Mixed Communities through Housing Policies: Global Perspectives.
Levin, I., Santiago, A. M., & Arthurson, K. (2022). Creating mixed communities through housing policies: Global perspectives.Journal of Urban Affairs, 44(3), 291-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.1983442 Special issue, Creating Mixed Communities through Housing Policies: Global Perspectives.
Santiago, A. M., & Leroux, J. (2022). Family Self-Sufficiency program outcomes for participants enrolling during and after the Great Recession. Families in Society, 103(1), 21-36.Special issue, Financial Capability and Asset Building: Achievement, Challenges and Next Steps.
Galster, G. C., Magnusson Turner, L., & Santiago, A. M. (2021). Neighborhood selection by natives and immigrants: Homophily or limited spatial search?Housing Studies, doi: 10.1080/02673037.2021.2014415
Santiago, A. M., & Leroux, J. (2021). Hogar dulce hogar?: Pre-purchase counseling and the experiences of low-income Latinx homeowners in Denver.Cityscape, 23(3), 95-136. Special issue, The Hispanic Housing Experience, Part II.
Santiago, A. M., & Smith, R. J. (2021). The struggle for justice in communities continues. Journal of Community Practice, 29(4), 329-333. doi:10.1080/10705422.2021.2008708
Patterson, K., Santiago, A. M., & Silverman, R. M. (2021). The enduring backlash against racial justice in the United States: Mobilizing strategies for institutional change. Journal of Community Practice,29(4), 334-344. doi: 10.1080/10705422.2021.1998875.Special issue,Beyond Lip Service: Bringing Racial Justice to Black and Brown Communities.
Lee, E., & Santiago, A. M.(2021). Cumulative exposure to neighborhood conditions and substance use initiation among low-income Latinx and African American adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,18, 10831. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010831, Special issue, Life Course Neighborhood Effects.
Santiago, A. M., Berg, K. A., & Leroux, J. (2021). Assessing the impact of neighborhood conditions on neurodevelopmental disorders during childhood. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, https://doi.org/10.3390/, Special issue, Life Course Neighborhood Effects.
Santiago, A. M., & Smith, R. J. (2021). No neighborhood left behind: Building an ethos of community interconnections.Journal of Community Practice, 29(2), 91-98 https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2021.1959840
Aarland, K., Santiago, A. M., Galster, G. C., & Nordvik, V. (2021). Childhood housing tenure and young adult educational outcomes: Evidence from sibling comparisons in Norway. Journal of Housing Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2021.101772
Smith, R. J., & Santiago, A. M. (2021). The storming of Washington, DC: The city of love against the city of white supremacy. Journal of Community Practice,29(1), 1-10. DOI: 10.1080/10705422.2021.1894866
