e.polis Fall 2025
Volume XVI
Resistance, Justice, and Belonging in the City

e.polis Production Editor
Danilova Tatiana, M.S. Student
Faculty Advisor
Jamie Harris, Ph.D., Undergraduate & Graduate Studies Director
Editors
Maria Rose Francis, Muriel Marseille, Jack Rongstad, Russell Star-Lack, Yuchen Zhao
In This Issue
e.polis Fall 2025 Open Submission Article №1
Public Subsidies for Stadiums and Civic Discourse: A Comparative Study of Milwaukee’s Recent Experiences
Jack Rongstad, M.S., Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Estimated reading time: 25 minutes
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e.polis Fall 2025 Open Submission Article №2
Transformative Liberation in Nalo Hopkinson’s Brown Girl in the Ring
Jamee N. Pritchard, PhD candidate, African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Estimated reading time: 29 minutes
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2024 Best Senior Capstone Seminar Paper in Urban Studies
Shades of Green: A Spatial Analysis of Tree Canopy Disparities in Milwaukee’s Urban Landscape
Isabella Wineke, BA Student, Urban Studies Programs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Estimated reading time: 24 minutes
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Book Review
Struggle for the City: Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom Movement
by Derek G. Handley, University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2024, 204 pages
Reviewed by Russell Jacob Star-Lack, M.S.-MLIS Student, Urban Studies & Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
Scholar Profile
Interview with Andrew F. Kincaid, Associate Professor of English & Affiliate in Urban Studies Programs, UWM
Interviewed by Muriel Marseille, MS Student, Urban Studies Programs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Estimated reading time: 27 minutes
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