Kevin Beck is an associate professor in the University of Hartford's Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. His research focuses on housing, neighborhoods, and inequality. Kevin has written about residential mobility, neighborhood effects, assisted housing, gentrification, housing wealth, and immigrant integration. His articles have been published in City and Community, Sociological Perspectives, Urban Affairs Review, Critical Sociology, and Socius.

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Before coming to Hartford, Kevin earned a PhD in sociology from the University of California San Diego and an M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Regional Studies from Columbia University. During the 2025-2026 academic year, he will teach Introduction to Sociology, Urban Sociology, and an honors section of Introduction to Sociology.