Kenya Covington Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: ST 204
Phone: (818) 677-6463
Fax: (818) 677-5850
E-mail: kcovington@csun.edu
Education
Ph.D. 2003 University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Public Policy
M.C.P. 2000 University of Maryland, College Park, Urban Planning
M.A. 1994 Old Dominion University, Applied Sociology
B.A. 1992, Kean University, Sociology
Specialty Areas
Urban and Social Policy
Geography of Child Care
Affordable Housing
Courses
URBS 310 – Growth and Development of Cities
URBS 408 – Policymaking for Urban Planners
URBS 416 – Urban Housing
Publications and Presentations
Covington, Kenya and Rodney Harrell. (Forthcoming). “From Renting to Homeownership: Using Tax Incentives to Encourage Homeownership among Renters.” Harvard Journal on Legislation.
Covington, Kenya. (May 2005). “African American Women Depend Heavily on Social Security.” Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Issue Brief, Washington, DC.
Covington, Kenya and William Spriggs. (2004). “Negative Effects of State Welfare Policy on Recipient College Enrollment.” Review of Black Political Economy. No. 2 (32), pp.7-26.
Cox, Kenya (2004). “The Transformation of the Welfare Caseload.” In Lee Daniels (ed.) State of Black America 2004, New York, NY.
Cox, Kenya (2003). “The Child Care Imbalance: Impact on Working Opportunities for Poor
Research:
Professor Covington is most interested in identifying how urban and social policy impact families (including working poor, low-income families, single parents, African Americans and other racial and ethnic populations, urban and rural dwellers and their children) and how the structural features dominating communities within metropolitan areas determine access to resources and economic opportunities. She has pursued quantitative research on these topics and for over ten years has worked hands-on in policy think tanks evaluating the effects of welfare policy, transportation policy, housing policy, social security reform, head start, child care and other urban and social policies that determine access to important work supports. Future research will explore the transformation of urban fringe communities, while also focusing on how the transformation impacts neighborhood social fabric, child wellbeing, and access to opportunity.