Tyeshia Redden

Dr. Tyeshia Redden is an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Toronto. Here, she examines spatial injustice and its relationship to the African Diaspora, particularly through the lens of popular culture. Interested in the role of narrative construction in racialized spatial injustice, blending humanistic inquiry with qualitative research methods, Dr. Redden has authored articles that can be found in the Journal of the American Planning Association, the Journal of Planning History, Land, and Metropolitics. Her current research investigates linkages between Olympic development and public policy. A graduate of Savannah State University and the University of Florida, Dr. Redden previously worked as a policy analyst in the metro-Atlanta region. She has received the American Planning Association Florida Chapter’s Excellence in Neighborhood Planning Award and co-designed Habitat for Humanity International’s Advancing Black Homeownership Initiative affiliate curriculum. Dr. Redden is the Master of Science in City Planning program's social policy concentration advisor and a core faculty instructor.

Publications

Redden, T. (2025). The Resonance of Anti-Black Violence in the Great Outdoors. Land, 14(6), 1252. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14061252

Redden, T. (2025). Marielle Franco and the Fight for the City Statute in Rio de Janeiro. Metropolitics, https://doi.org/10.56698/metropolitiques.2133

Larsen, K., Redden, T., Dedenbach, L., & Frank, K. (2025). Historic Town-Gown Partnerships: Planning, Race, and Power. Journal of Planning History, 24(2), 104-132. https://doi.org/10.1177/15385132241265981

Redden, T., Dedenbach, L., Larsen, K., & Frank, K. (2022). Gainesville’s Forgotten Neighborhood: An Examination of Narratives in Planning. Journal of the American Planning Association, 88(3), 392-404. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2021.1981775

Dedenbach, L., Frank, K., Larsen, K., & Redden, T. (2020). Building the Foundation for Arnstein’s Ladder: Community Empowerment through a Participatory Neighborhood Narrative. In Learning from Arnstein's Ladder (pp. 288-303). Routledge.