Kenan is in the Dikran Izmirlian Business and Global Affairs program, a new joint degree between the School of Foreign Service and the McDonough School of Business. His academic interests revolve around markets, policy, and urbanism. Through the MURFs program, Kenan has researched affordable housing, transportation, and municipal campaign finance alongside Professor Brian McCabe. McCabe and Dogan co-published a report on DC's new public campaign finance program in Fall 2021, which was complemented with an op-ed in the Washington Post. Currently, Kenan is analyzing the welfare effects of building height regulation in DC.