Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, Ph.D.
- Professor
- Urban Strategist
- Cultural Scholar
- Author

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett is a professor and James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy. She teaches courses in economic development and urban policy and planning. She is the author of The Overlooked Americans (Basic Books), The Sum of Small Things: Culture and Consumption in the 21st Century (Princeton University Press), The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art and Music Drive New York City (Princeton University Press) and Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity (Macmillan) Currid-Halkett’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Salon, The Economist, and The New Yorker, among others.