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• BA in Psychology, Reed College
• MA in Sociology, Stanford University
• Masters of Urban Planning, University of Washington
• PhD in Interdisciplinary Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington

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• BA in Anthropology, Pitzer College
• MA in Geography & Environmental Studies, Northeastern Illinois University
• PhD in Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Matthew Anderson is a Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Eastern Washington University, and teaches the introductory course, PLAN 100: The City, and a variety of upper level/graduate courses, such as PLAN 442: Sustainable Communities and PLAN 501: Planning Foundations. Dr. Anderson obtained his PhD in Geography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and holds an MA in Geography and Environmental Studies from Northeastern Illinois University. His research interests, broadly speaking, are focused on the political economy of the city, the politics of water provision and governance in the American northwest, and critical social and spatial theory. In each case, he examines emergence and evolution, particularly in terms of the ways in which communities and governing institutions are responding to rapidly changing socio-political, economic, and environmental realities. 

His recent research examines the dynamics of rent and processes of housing commodification in Portland and Seattle, and currently, in Kyoto, Japan and Copenhagen, Denmark. He is also examining the politics and spatial management of homelessness and widening inequality in Portland, Seattle, and Spokane.

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• BA, University of Washington
• JD, Gonzaga University
• MURP, Eastern Washington University

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• BA, Western Washington University
• MUP, University of Washington
• PhD, University of Washington