Marc Levine
- Professor Emeritus, History
- Affiliated Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies
Education
- PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1982
- MA, University of Pennsylvania, 1973
- BA, University of Pennsylvania, 1973
Courses Taught
- Hist 404/UrbSt 499, 988 - Big City Life in America: Viewed through HBO’s “The Wire.”
- Hist 600 - Urban Economic Development: Why Some Cities Rise, Why Some Cities Fall
- Hist 800 - U.S. Economic Policy Since the Great Depression
- Hist 900 - The Economy of Cities
- UrbSt 720 - Theory and Practice in Local Economic Development
Independent Studies in History and Urban Studies on topics such as urban tourism, racial inequality in cities, mass incarceration, and language policy in divided societies.
Research Interests
Professor Levine’s research and teaching interests are in the areas of North American urban history and public policy. His work has focused on issues of economic change, urban development, and cultural diversity in the city. Current projects include a study of the “creative class” and urban economies; the impact of “entrepreneurial universities” on the economic fortunes of cities; the growth of entrenched segregation and racial inequality in Milwaukee since the 1970s; and a history of the urban redevelopment policies in Baltimore since the 1950s.
Related Activities
- Director, Center for Economic Development
- Director, Consortium for Economic Opportunity, UWM Milwaukee Idea
Teaching
- Contexts: The Wire Goes to College UWM
- News - UWM’s ‘The Wire’ course started academic trend
Selected Publications
Levine, Marc V.“'The Wire' et la ville américaine: un contrepoint au discours néoliberal” The Wire: l’Amérique sur écouteEd. Bacqué, Marie-Hélène, Flamand, Amélie, Paquet-Deyris, Anne-Marie, and Julien Talpin, Julien. Paris: La Découverte. (2014): 12-25.
Levine, Marc V.“Is Wisconsin Becoming a Low-Wage Economy: Employment Growth in Low, Middle, and High Wage Occupations, 2000-2013” UWMCED Working Papers(2014).
Levine, Marc V.“Zipcode 53106: A Statistical Snapshot on Inner City Distress in Milwaukee: 2000-2012” UWMCED Working Papers(2014).
Levine, Marc V.“Perspectives on the Current State of the Milwaukee Economy” UWMCED Working Papers(2013).
Levine, Marc V.The Skills Gap and Unemployment in Wisconsin: Separating Fact from Fiction2013.
Levine, Marc V.“La «classe créative» et la prospérité urbaine: mythes et réalités” La classe creative selon Richard Florida: Un paradigme urbain plausible?Ed. Tremblay, Rémy, and Tremblay, Diane-Gabrielle. Québec: Les presses de l’Université du Québec. (2010): 87-112.
Levine, Marc V.“The False Promise of the Entrepreneurial University: Selling Academic Commercialism in Milwaukee” UWMCED Working Papers(2009).
Levine, Marc V.“Tourism and Economic Regulation: Shaping the tourism labor market in Montreal” Cities and Visitors: Regulating Tourists, Markets, and City SpaceEd. Fainstein, Susan S., Hoffman, Lily M., and Judd , Dennis R.London: Blackwell Publishers. (2003): 167-184.
Levine, Marc V.“Tourism-based redevelopment and the fiscal crisis of the city: The case of Montréal” Canadian Journal of Urban Research12.1 (2003): 102-123.
Levine, Marc V.“A Third-World City in the First World’: Social Exclusion, Racial Inequality, and Sustainable Development in Baltimore, Maryland” The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of ChangeEd. Polèse, Mario, and Stren, Richard. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. (2000): 123-156.
Levine, Marc V.“The Impact of Downtown Sports Stadiums on Urban Economies: A Comparison of Baltimore and Montreal” Avanté6.1 (2000): 33-51.