About
Chris Herring is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research focuses on poverty, housing, and homelessness in US cities. Chris’ work has been published in academic journals including the American Sociological Review, Social Problems, The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and City and Community.
Resources featuring Chris Herring, PhD
Pervasive Penalty: The Negative Impacts of Policing Homelessness for the Unhoused and Medical/Welfare Providers
This Stress, Trauma, and Resilience (STAR) Seminar will provide an overview of the causes and consequences of policing homelessness and alternative solutions drawn from a case study of San Francisco. This presentation will draw from a decade of ethnographic research that integrates multiple perspectives. This includes: time embedded in encampments and nights in shelters with those experiencing homelessness; and navigating the criminal, legal, and welfare systems with the houseless, police officers, sanitation workers, and the Department of Public Health's social workers. The first part of ...
