Davon Woodard heads to South Africa for first phase of research on social networks in minority communities

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During an earlier trip to Johannesburg, Davon Woodard explored one of the city's most popular gathering places, the Neighbourgoods Market.[/caption]

will spend the 2019 Fall academic semester as a visiting scholar at the

in Johannesburg, South Africa. There, the Ph.D. student in the planning, governance, and globalization program in the

and a research trainee in the National Science Foundation-sponsored

administered through the

, will conduct the first phase of research for his dissertation. He is comparing both online and offline social networks in two historically marginalized black communities — Johannesburg and Bronzeville in Chicago, Illinois — to get a better understanding of their structure, practices, and effects.  Click

to read more about Davon's research on social networks.