Jamie Harris

Teaching Associate Professor, Urban Studies
Associate Program Director, Urban Studies
Undergraduate & Graduate Studies Director, Urban Studies

Education

PhD, Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2005
MA, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1996
BA, Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993

Office Hours

Undergraduate & Graduate Studies Director Office: Bolton Hall 702A

Mondays: 2:30pm–3:30pm
Thursdays: 4:00pm–5:00pm
By appointment

Courses Taught

URB STD 150 - Multicultural America (City-building, Social Movements, and Urban Change)
URB STD 289/489 & 927 - Undergraduate and Graduate Internship in Urban Studies
URB STD 377 - Urbanism and Urbanization
URB STD 450/450G - Urban Growth and Development: A Global View
URB STD 600 - Capstone Seminar in Urban Studies

Research Interests

Current PI for housing study: "Milwaukee’s Ongoing Housing Crisis: Housing Policy, Advocacy, and New Housing Developments" IRB# 20.084
Community Organizations and the Nonprofit Sector
Housing; Place and Space
Welfare Policy/Comparative Welfare States
Global Urban Development
Race and Ethnic Studies
Teaching Pedagogy
Qualitative Research Methods

Recent Presentations

Harris, J. "Making sense of housing policy divides: NIMBYism, YIMBYism and Milwaukee’s distinctive housing landscape." Paper accepted at the Urban Affairs Association annual conference, April, 2026, Chicago, IL.
Harris, J. “Milwaukee’s ongoing fair and affordable housing crisis: Housing policy, advocacy, and new housing developments.” Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association annual conference, April, 2023, Nashville, TN.
Harris, J. “Placemaking and embodied space: Resistance and identity in a low-income housing development.” Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association conference, April 2017, Minneapolis, MN.
Harris, J. “Getting back to our roots: How to develop and sustain community engagement in urban studies/affairs academic programs. Roundtable co-convener and presenter at the Urban Affairs Association conference, April 2017, Minneapolis, MN.
Harris, J. “Spatial Orders and Proximities in Organizational Analysis: A case of welfare program collaborations in a low-income housing development.” Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association conference, March, 2011, New Orleans, LA.

Selected Publications

Harris, J. (2022). “Review of Anti-Eviction Mapping Project. Journal of American History, Volume 108, Issue 4. Https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaac113

Lengyel, T. & Harris, J. (2005). “Connecting need and capacity: A study of Mental Health Services for Milwaukee County youth.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Alliance for Children and Families.

Lengyel, T. & Harris, J. (2003). “Emerging issues for incarcerated parents and their children: Hawaii in national perspective.” Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Alliance for Children and Families.

Harris, J. & Lengyel, T. (2002). “Ends that don’t meet: Employment under welfare reform in Welfare Policy through the Lens of Personal Experience.” (Eds.) Tom Lengyel and David Campbell. (pp. 9-28). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Alliance for Children and Families.

Harris, J. & Zipp, J. (1999). “Black candidates, roll-off, and the black vote.” Urban Affairs Review, 34(3): 489-498.