{"id":1462,"name":"Deborah Padgett","url":"","description":"Dr. Deborah K. Padgett, a professor at the Silver School of Social Work at New York University, has a PhD in anthropology and post-doctoral fellowships in public health and mental health services. Dr. Padgett is known for her expertise in qualitative\/mixed methods and is the author of two textbooks in this area. She is an expert on the \u2018housing first\u2019 approach to ending homelessness and is first author of a book on housing first (Oxford University Press, 2016). She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare and former President of the Society for Social Work and Research.","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/author\/deborahpadgett\/","slug":"deborahpadgett","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf-48x48.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf-96x96.jpg"},"meta":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":60402,"full":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf.jpg","blog_id":1,"192":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf-192x192.jpg","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf-96x96.jpg","24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf-24x24.jpg","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf-48x48.jpg","250":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf-250x250.jpg","125":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Headshot_pink_scarf-125x125.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}