Tune in to WOL 1450 AM and Tune-in Radio, on March 12, at 10:30 am, ET, for Everything Co-op. This week Vernon interviews Stacey Sutton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. Vernon and Stacey will discuss her research on “Cooperative Cities,” and proven strategies to educate legislators on the potential impact of cooperatives on economic development.

Prof. Sutton is Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Policy in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs (CUPPA), at the University of Illinois Chicago. Sutton’s research focuses on the solidarity economy specifically worker-owned cooperatives, community economic democracy, community land trusts, and equitable development strategies. In a recent study, Prof. Sutton examines how twelve cities are creating municipal enabling environments for worker-owned cooperatives, as well as potential limits of local state involvement in the cooperative movement.

Prof. Sutton has written on racial transition and gentrification, the Black exodus from Chicago, and why Black capitalism will not reduce the racial wealth gap. Her work has been published in top urban journals and policy reports. Prof. Sutton holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and in Sociology from Rutgers University, an MBA from New York University, and a BA from Loyola University in Baltimore.

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