MSU Senior Thesis on Bozeman Gentrification Submitted from $1,950/Month Apartment

Mon, 04 May 2026 09:00:00 -0600

An MSU sociology senior submitted her honors thesis on gentrification in the Gallatin Valley this week from a one-bedroom apartment on West Babcock that rents for $1,950 per month, a detail her thesis advisor called “methodologically rich” and her parents called “the reason we took out a second mortgage.”

Hannah Bergmann, 22, spent fourteen months researching the displacement of long-term Bozeman residents by rising housing costs, conducting interviews with families who could no longer afford to live in the neighborhoods where they grew up. She wrote the final draft at her kitchen table, which is also her desk, her dining area, and the only flat surface in the apartment not occupied by thesis research.

Gentrification on The Bozeman Daily Bee

MSU Senior Thesis on Bozeman Gentrification Submitted from $1,950/Month Apartment