Arianna J. King holds a Ph.D. in Urban Studies (2023) from Tulane University’s City, Culture, and Community Program. Prior to doctoral study, she earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Fine Arts (2006) from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and an M.S. in Urban Studies (2015) from the University of New Orleans with a focus in Urban Planning & Urban Anthropology. Dr. King is committed to the use of interdisciplinary approaches that combine historical, geographical, and anthropological theories and methods to explore our global urban world and the everyday practices of ordinary people in cities. Her teaching philosophy is grounded in people-centered research that helps students better understand the intersections between urban studies, gender studies, market trading, urban planning policy, and public space. Arianna is currently working on a manuscript based on her dissertation: Beyond the Market Walls: An Ethnography of Market Modernization in Cape Coast.

curriculum vitae

Publications:

• King, A. (2022). Gender, Food, and ‘The Right to the City’ in the Ghanaian Marketplace. Gender & History: Special Issue-Food & Sovereignty 34, no. 2.
• King, A. & Aubrey Edwards (2021). The Fabric of Urban Change. Urban Matters. Institute for Urban Research: Malmo, Sweden (Vol. 1).
• King, A. (2016). Access to Opportunity: A Case Study of Street Food Vendors in Ghana’s Urban Informal Economy. In V. Demos & M. T. Segal (Eds.), Gender and Food (Vol. 22). Emerald Group Publishing.
• McKinney, L. & Arianna King. (2019) “Climate Change and Gender Discrimination in Ghana” In Women's Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century. Oxford University Press.
• Ritzer, G. (ed), Gotham, K. & Arianna J. King. (2019). “Urbanization” in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology. Malden, MA: John Wiley.

Presentations:

• "The Socio-Spatial Reality of ‘Skirt and Blouse’ Politics in Cape Coast, Ghana.” 2024 African Studies Association. Chicago, IL.
• “Beauties or Beasts?: Comparing “White Elephants” in Cape Coast & New Orleans.” 2021 African Studies Association. Virtual- Washington D.C.
• “Life at the Cusp: Imagining Futures from Rural to Urban Ghana.” Chaired Panel co-coordinated by myself, Emily Williamson, Sarah Monson, Emily Stratton, and Netty Carey. 2020 African Studies Association. Virtual-Washington D.C.

• Tulane University, School of Liberal Arts 2022-23 Dissertation Completion Fellowship
• U.S. Department of State, Fulbright U.S. Student Program, 2019-2020 Urban Studies & Planning Research Grant
• Studio in the Woods, Scholar-in-Residence Writing Fellowship, New Orleans, LA, 2020
• Mellon Community Engaged Scholar Fellowship ($10,000), Tulane Mellon Program, 2017
• Tulane University School of Liberal Arts Graduate Studies Fellowship, 2015
  
• Peace Corps Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Graduate Studies Program, University of New Orleans, 2013