Erualdo González Romero is Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at California State University, Fullerton. He earned his Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Irvine. As an ethnic studies and critical urbanist scholar, questions about what could lead to more equitable and just urban futures intrigue him. His research areas are gentrification, neighborhood change, planning processes, urban health, governance, and public policy, emphasizing Mexican immigrants and communities of color.

Erualdo’s upbringing in an underserved and dynamic immigrant neighborhood of the inner city of Santa Ana, CA, collaborations with the community, and his participatory research skillset position him well to write about ideas and real-world examples. He is the author of Latino City: Urban Planning, Politics, and the Grassroots (2016), co-editor of Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures (2022), and has published in leading journals, such as the Journal of Planning Education and Research, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, Journal of Urban Affairs, Preventive Medicine, among others.