ONLINE: Understanding the Importance of Marketplaces in History and Moving Forward

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Alfonso Morales, Ph.D., Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor 

Understanding the Importance of Marketplaces in History and Moving Forward

Alfonso Morales, Ph.D. (Northwestern), is professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is originally from rural New Mexico with roots in family farming there and in West Texas. He has established a nationally and internationally recognized and policy-relevant program of research on street vendors and marketplaces that has described the organization and consequences of marketplace processes historically and across populations. He has extensive experience with students in community-based outreach and research.

Welcome and introductions by Marissa Feller from Verona, Wisconsin.  She is a rising senior studying sociology and history in the UW-Madison College of Letters & Science.

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