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Campus Alert
Update on Facilities Emergency, Tuesday, Oct. 20

Following this morning’s electrical incident originating in Building 42, significant progress has been made in assessing the affected facilities. Power is expected to be restored to Buildings 38, 39, 43 and 47 within the next several hours.

Buildings 32 and 42 will remain closed through the end of this week while additional assessments are completed and necessary repairs are implemented.

Academic Operations

  • SEAS will remain on Emergency Remote Instruction (ERI) through the end of the week.
  • Classes for all non-SEAS students will resume normal operations.
  • Classes at the Law School, Community College, Congress Heights and the DCA Aviation Hangar will continue as scheduled.

Administrative Operations

  • Administrative and support functions at the Van Ness campus will resume normal business operations.

SEAS Faculty, Staff and Students

SEAS staff should contact their supervisors regarding remote work expectations. SEAS faculty should coordinate with their supervisors regarding ERI and may contact CAL for instructional technology support, including Blackboard, Zoom and Webex, at [email protected].

The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and community remains our highest priority. We will continue to provide updates as additional information becomes available.

For safety concerns, contact OPSEM at 202-274-5050. For emergencies, call 911.

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Amanda Huron, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Social and Behavioral Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Information
202-677-5731
Van Ness Campus, Building 71

Dr. Amanda M. Huron, an award-winning scholar and mentor at UDC, explores the intersections of housing justice, urban commons, and DC history, leading transformative research on tenant organizing and ecological stewardship while empowering students through the DC History Research Lab.

Experience

Education

Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences/Geography, City University of New York Graduate Center 
Master of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 
Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies/Geography, Macalester College 

Roles

Member, DC History Center University Advisory Group, 2022-Present  
Member, Advisory Board, DC Legacy Project, 2021-Present  
Member, American Association of Geographers, 2009-Present 

Courses Taught

History of the District of Columbia 
D.C. Politics 
Mapping the City 
Housing Politics & Policy 
Black Land Loss in Washington (special topics course) 
World Cultural Geography 

Expertise

Directs the D.C. History Research Lab  
Supervises student internships in the field of D.C. history 

Research Focus / Works in Progress

Rethinking "white flight" from far Southeast D.C., 1950-80; CLR James at Federal City College; mapping ecological stewardship in Washington, D.C.; theorizing the urban pollinator commons; history of tenant organizing in Washington, D.C.; limited-equity housing cooperatives in Washington, D.C. 

Leadership

National Park Foundation Mellon Mentor on the project Documenting Punk and Gogo in the Nation's Capital, 2024-Present 

Impact

Selected Publications

Anderson, C., & Huron, A. (2023). The mixed potential of salvage commoning: Crisis and commoning practices in Washington, D.C., and New York City. Antipode, 55(4), 1004-1023. 

Huron, A. (2021). Caring in public: The struggle for community Park West. Washington History, 33(1), 26-34. 

Huron, A. (2018). Carving out the commons: Tenant organizing and housing cooperatives in Washington, D.C. University of Minnesota Press.

Selected Presentations

Huron, A. (2023). Seeing like a bee: Tracing the urban pollinator commons. American Association of Geographers, Denver, Colorado. 

Huron, A. (2022). Caring in public: The struggle for Community Park West. Annual D.C. History Conference, Washington, D.C. 

Huron, A. (2018). Struggling for housing, from D.C. to Johannesburg: Washington innercity self help goes to South Africa. Gentrification: Measuring, Preventing, Addressing Conference, São Paulo, Brazil. 

Selected Grants

Department of Agriculture. (2022-24). Mapping historic and contemporary ecological stewardship in Washington, D.C. 

U.S. Department of Education. (2022). D.C. History Research Lab. 

Humanities D.C. (2020-21). Black land loss in Washington: Memories of the past, hopes for the future. 

Recognitions

Award for Excellence in Community Advocacy, University of the District of Columbia, 2024 
Award for Teaching Excellence, University of the District of Columbia, 2023 
Award for Service and Advocacy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the District of Columbia, 2017 
Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the District of Columbia, 2014 

Invited Participations

Huron, A. (2024). Guest scholar respondent. Albert H. Small Symposium, George Washington University Museum.  

Huron, A. (2023). Housing justice. Race, Ethnicity and Place Conference, Washington, D.C. 

Huron, A. (2022). Practicing cooperation: On co-ops and communities in contemporary capitalism. Urban Affairs Association, Washington, D.C. 

Huron, A. (2021). Adams Morgan neighborhood talk: Affordable housing. Adams Morgan Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Washington, D.C.