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Academic Publications 

Under Review 

Favors, Akilah. “Gatekeeping the Black Mecca: Race, Class, and Curtailing Displacement in Atlanta.” Journal of Social Problems.
 

Articles in Preparation 

Favors, Akilah.  "“From the Background to the Forefront: How Familial Class Environments Shape Black middle-class Perceptions and Responses to Gentrification.” 

Favors, Akilah. "The Art of Resistance: Fortifying Black Healing and Creativity in Urban Structures of Economic Insecurity." 

Favors, Akilah. "Black Women Architects: Reclaiming Home in the Neoliberal Context of Unaffordable Housing.” 

Public Scholarship 

Technical Report: Favors, Akilah and Hightower, Joy. 2023. Chief Diversity Inclusion Officer Impact Study: Descriptive Analysis Report. 

Technical Report: Favors, Akilah and Hightower, Joy. 2022. Docusign Employee Focus Groups and Executive Interviews: Descriptive DEIB Analysis Report. 

Neighborhood Study: Jenna, Dublin; Lindberg, Jim; Powe, Michael; Favors, Akilah; ..........Wilhite. 2020. Preserving African American Places: Growing Preservation’s Potential as a Path for Equity Report.

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