Shannon Rieger is a research assistant at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, where she works on issues related to homeownership, housing affordability, and community development. Before joining the Joint Center, she worked as a policy analyst with a Berkeley, California-based consulting group, where her projects focused on policies that build inclusive neighborhoods, promote equitable economic development, and increase affordable housing opportunities.
Several of her past projects have looked to employee-ownership as a strategy for advancing sustainable community and economic development. In 2014, she collaborated with several San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits to develop a “Bay Area Blueprint,” outlining regional pathways toward employee-ownership. She has also spent time with several organizations that work on urban policy and planning in international contexts, including UNESCO and the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Her interest in international urban policy has recently led her on research trips to Guatemala and Chile in partnership with the Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo and the Universidad Católica del Maule, respectively.
She received a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning and a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies from University of California–Berkeley.
