The Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED by social scientists as a prototypical urban region of the future. Other American and international cities are only now coming to grips with many of the same urban processes Los Angeles has experienced.
During the 1990s, for example, America’s leading multi-ethnic metropolis became increasingly Latino, increasing urban density characterized this capital of urban sprawl, and the region’s de-industrialized economy began to reindustrialize. These transformations are now underway in other major urban cities across America, including New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas.
There is now substantial and growing scholarly interest in cities and urban regions around the world, and Los Angeles has become a focus of much of this research.
Founded in 1994 with a grant from the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation, the Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles' mission is to promote research, action and justice in Los Angeles. The Leavey Center is an established leader in conducting regional urban studies, providing educational experiences to students and the community, and convening policy dialogues about the state of Los Angeles and the region. The Leavey Center supports Loyola Marymount University's mission: the encouragement of learning, the education of the whole person, the service of faith and the promotion of justice. The Leavey Center's research, educational programs and Research Collection are grounded in the understanding that research and teaching are of limited utility unless they lead to the action of leaders, institutions, students and the public.
The Leavey Center welcomes requests to analyze its data, or collaborate on research and educational forums. Please send requests to:
Fernando J. Guerra, Ph.D.
Director
Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles
Associate Professor, Political Science and Chicana/o Studies
fguerra@lmu.edu
310-338-4565