May 31, 2022
Congratulations to Stella FitzGerald ‘22, winner of the Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for best senior project in American Studies! Stella’s project, “Community Value Over Property Value: The Politics and Possibilities of The Community Land Trust in New York City,” examines residential segregation and discriminatory housing policies and offers community land trusts as an alternative approach to combat gentrification and displacement and ensure affordable housing and economic and social well-being.