Urban Studies Program

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  • Professor, Political Science
  • Director, Urban Studies
  • Director, Center for Economic Development
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  • Teaching Associate Professor, Urban Studies
  • Associate Program Director, Urban Studies
  • Undergraduate & Graduate Studies Director, Urban Studies

Administrative Staff

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  • Administrative Assistant III, Urban Studies
  • Administrative Assistant III, Political Science

Affiliated Faculty and Staff

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  • Professor, Department Chair, Geography
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies
  • Affiliated Professor, Sociology
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  • Associate Professor, Sociology
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Dean, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
  • Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies
  • Director, Geospatial Data Science Lab
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  • Associate Professor, English
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, African and Africa Diaspora Studies
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  • Associate Professor, Urban Planning
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Professor, Geography
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Professor, Political Science
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies
  • Affiliated Professor, Public and Non-Profit Administration
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  • Professor, Sociology
  • Professor, Urban Studies
  • Affiliate Professor, History
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  • Associate Professor, English
  • Director of Graduate Studies, English
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Associate Professor, Public Health Policy
  • Program Director, MPH
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Professor, Sociology
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Associate Professor, Administrative Leadership
  • Institute for Systems Change and Peacebuilding, Wm. Collins Kohler Chair
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Associate Professor, Urban Planning
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Department Chair, Educational Policy and Community Studies
  • Professor, Educational Policy and Community Studies
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Professor, History
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Associate Professor, History
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Associate Professor, Geography
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Associate Professor, Nursing
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Associate Professor, Geography
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies

Graduate Students

Abbott, Fiona
  • Graduate Student, Urban Studies
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  • Teaching Assistant Doctoral, Urban Studies
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  • Teaching Assistant - Doctoral, Urban Studies
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  • Master's, Urban Studies
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  • Master’s Project Assistant, Urban Studies
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  • Dissertator, Urban Studies
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  • Doctoral, Urban Studies
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  • Project Assistant, Master's, Urban Studies
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  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Urban Planning
  • Doctoral Student, Urban Studies
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  • Doctoral, Urban Studies
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  • Doctoral Student, Urban Studies
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  • Doctoral Student, Urban Studies
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  • Dissertator, Urban Studies
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  • Master's, Urban Studies
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  • Master's, Urban Studies
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  • Project Assistant - Doctoral, Urban Studies
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  • Dissertator, Urban Studies
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  • Dissertator, Urban Studies

Emeriti

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  • Distinguished Professor Emerita, History
  • Affiliated Professor Emerita, Urban Studies
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  • Associate Professor Emeritus, Sociology
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies
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  • Professor Emeritus, History
  • Affiliated Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies
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  • Professor Emerita, History
  • Affiliated Professor Emerita, Urban Studies
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  • Professor Emerita, Geography
  • Affiliated Professor, Urban Studies
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  • Professor Emeritus, Sociology
  • Affiliated Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies
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  • Professor Emerita, Sociology
  • Affiliated Professor Emerita, Urban Studies
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  • Associate Professor Emeritus, History
  • Affiliated Assoc. Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies
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  • Professor Emeritus, History
  • Affiliated Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies
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  • Professor Emeritus, Sociology
  • Affiliated Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies
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  • Professor Emeritus, Sociology
  • Affiliated Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies

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