Urban Studies affiliates, Bonds and Handley discuss their project
Urban Studies affiliates, associate prof. Anne Bonds and assistant professor Derek Handley discussed their project.… Continue Reading »
Urban studies affiliate, Schneider discusses pedestrian safety and reduce reckless
Urban studies affiliate, Schneider discusses pedestrian safety and reduce reckless
Urban studies affiliate, professor Robert Schneider discussed how to promote pedestrian safety and reduce reckless driving on WUWM Lake Effect segment.… Continue Reading »
USP distinguished professor emerita Margo Anderson coauthored brief regarding the addition of citizenship question to the 2020 census
USP distinguished professor emerita Margo Anderson coauthored brief regarding the addition of citizenship question to the 2020 census
USP distinguished professor emerita Margo Anderson coauthored an amicus brief regarding the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census, an issue that is currently before the Supreme Court.… Continue Reading »
Erin Winkler: How we talk about race to children
Erin Winkler: How we talk about race to children
A recent article in the UWM Report, “How do we talk to children about race? UWM researcher offers advice,” focuses on Associate Professor Erin Winkler’s (African and African Diaspora Studies and Urban Studies) research with children and teachers over the years on the topic of race. … Continue Reading »
PBS News Hour: How Wisconsin is trying to head off a major worker shortage
Marc Levine interviewed by PBS News Hour on Major Worker Shortage
Listen to the PBS News Hour, How Wisconsin is trying to head off a major worker shortage. The news edition includes a Sept. 6, 2018 interview with UWM Professor Emeritus Marc Levine.… Continue Reading »
Is your ZIP code your destiny? Marcus Britton featured in UWM Report
Is your ZIP code your destiny? Marcus Britton featured in UWM Report
In a recent article of the UWM Report, Professor Marcus Britton discusses his research in the study of neighborhoods and the influences of Milwaukee’s segregation on education and poverty as well as a comparison to other cities’ efforts to combat segregation.… Continue Reading »
Interview with USP Distinguished Professor, Margo Anderson, on History of Citizenship Question on Census
Interview with USP Distinguished Professor, Margo Anderson, on History of Citizenship Question on Census
Urban Studies Distinguished Professor, Margo Anderson, was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered, discussing the history of the citizenship question on the US Census.… Continue Reading »
UWM Report Article: Impact of Violence
Dr. Jenna Loyd, assistant professor of public health policy and administration in the Zilber School of Public Health and a faculty member of the College of Letters and Science’s Urban Studies Programs, is interviewed by the UWM Report. Read “Researcher Focuses on Impact of Violence on Public Health.”… Continue Reading »
Marc Levine on the BBC
Marc Levine participates in the BBC News video presentation of “Inside the Mind of White America” in which racism and race relations in urban Milwaukee (and America in general) are discussed. See video on BBC News.… Continue Reading »
Faculty News 2010-2013
2013 Professor Margo Anderson named Distinguished Professor Anderson’s research has focused on American social, urban and women’s history, including the U.S. Census. Since joining the UWM faculty in 1977, her work on the history of the Census Bureau has made … Continue Reading »