Marc Levine

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Marc V. Levine is Professor Emeritus of History, Economic Development, and Urban Studies and was the co-founder and long-time director of the Center for Economic Development. Dr. Levine also has held visiting professorships in Urban Studies at the l’Institut national de la recherche scientifique- Urbanisation, Culture, et Société (INRS-UCS) in Montreal and l’Université de Paris-Nanterre. He has also served as an economic policy adviser to the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and has worked with numerous city governments and community organizations and foundations across North America. He is the author or co-author of four books and scores of academic papers and newspaper columns, on topics such as state and local economic development policy, racial inequality in cities, employment trends in metropolitan areas, and language policy in divided societies. His research is frequently cited in the media, most recently in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, the Atlantic magazine, the BBC, Swiss Public Radio and Television, Milwaukee Public Radio (WUWM), Wisconsin Public Television (WPT), and the PBS NewsHour. Among his recent studies are: Milwaukee 53206: The Anatomy of Concentrated Disadvantage in an Inner City Neighborhood, 2000-2017;