Kelly Kinahan

Biography

Kelly Kinahan, Ph.D., earned her doctorate in Urban Studies & Public Affairs from Cleveland State University in 2016.

Dr. Kinahan’s research examines the relationships between historic preservation planning, housing, and community development. She is interested in understanding how policies governing the built environment shape neighborhood-level inequalities and affect marginalized populations. Her research explores the connections between historic preservation and neighborhood change processes, devoting particular attention to gentrification and housing affordability. She also works on co-producing community-engaged scholarship related to housing affordability, displacement, evictions, and unhoused populations, towards fostering policy changes that advance racial and social justice.

Education

Ph.D., Urban Studies & Public Affairs, Cleveland State University, 2016.
MURP, Urban and Regional Planning, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2008
BA, Historic Preservation, Mary Washington College, 2004.

Selected Publications

Kinahan, Kelly L. and Sarah Mawhorter. (2021). “Tensions between demolition and preservation in Philadelphia.” Journal of Planning Education & Research. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0739456X211042068

Kinahan, Kelly L. and Stephanie Ryberg-Webster. (2021). “Reviving Cleveland’s Commercial Corridors: Analyzing the Storefront Renovation Program, 1983-2016.” Journal of Urban Affairs. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.1915152

Kinahan, Kelly L. (2021). “Spatial-temporal Neighborhood Patterns in Four Legacy Cities.” Urban Affairs Review, 57(2) 492-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/10780874198978

Kinahan, Kelly L. and Matthew H. Ruther. (2020). “Uncovering the Relationship between Historic Districts and Same-Sex Households.” Journal of the American Planning Association, 86(4), 481-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2020.1762507

Kinahan, Kelly L. (2019). “The neighborhood effects of federal historic rehabilitation tax credit investments in six legacy cities.” Housing Policy Debate, 29(1) 166-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2018.1452043

Kinahan, Kelly L. (2019). “Historic preservation as a community development tool in legacy city neighbourhoods.” Community Development Journal, 54(4), 581-604. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsy035

Ryberg-Webster, Stephanie and Kelly L. Kinahan. (2017). “Historic preservation in declining city neighbourhoods: Analysing rehabilitation tax credit investments in six US cities.” Urban Studies, 54(7), 1673-1691. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098016629313

Kinahan, Kelly L. (2017). “Collections of industrial and product design: A pathway for improved economic development connections among cultural institutions.” International Journal of Cultural Policy, 23(3), 372-389. https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2015.1056173

Kinahan, Kelly L. (2016). “Design-based economic development: Understanding the role of cultural institutions and collections of industrial and product design.” Economic Development Quarterly, 30(4), 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891242416658347

Ryberg-Webster, Stephanie and Kelly Kinahan. (2014). “Historic preservation & urban revitalization in the 21st century.” Journal of Planning Literature, 29(2), 119-139. https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412213510524