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Nikotris Perkins

  • Dissertator, Urban Studies

Research Interests

Black Women and Community Cultivation Transportation Equity Restorative Justice in Urban Planning

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Current USP/UWM Appointment (TA/RA/Fellowship)

Advisor Erin Winkler

Thesis or Dissertation Title/Major Research Field Black Women and Beloved Community

Bio Nikotris (pronounced ni-KÄH-tris),is dedicated to cultivating communities where people are valued, especially those who have been historically excluded and made to participate in systems designed for their harm. She works with youth, adults, associations, coalitions, for- and non-profits, as well as those in leadership positions. These partnerships are centered around transformational shifts that not only help people understand themselves and how they show up collectively in their mission. Nikotris envisions spaces that center anti- racist practices and perspectives resulting in behavior and culture shifts that embrace, value, and engage all identities.

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.