About Yonah
Yonah is a native of Durham, North Carolina and is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Urban Studies and Plannin
Education and Teaching
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA | 2016-Present PhD student in City Planning, Department of Urban Studies an
Research
My research examines urban planning and policy from a variety of perspectives: The history of U.S. federal urban policy, trans
Writing
I have worked as a journalist and op-ed contributor on hundreds of articles for more than a dozen outlets, including The New Y
Planning Experience
Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC), Chicago, Illinois Project Manager, January 2014-July 2016 (Previously employed as Associ
The Transport Politic
The Transport Politic was created in October 2008 and tracks the state of transit in the U.S. and around the world; I founded
Conference and Workshop Presentations
Academic Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, April 2018, Toronto ON “The origins of monofunctionality: Postwar Amer
Design
Below, find a selection of the design work I conducted as a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and at Yale U