Careers

Listed below is a sample of some of the positions and fields our Urban Studies alumni work in today.

Higher Education

  • Professor, Public Policy, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
  • Professor, Dept. of Criminology, Law, and Justice at the University of Illinois – Chicago
  • Professor, Community Development, Case Western Reserve University
  • Professor, Wayne State University
  • Professor, Community Health, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Professor, Social Work, UW-Whitewater
  • Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo, SUNY
  • Associate Professor of Women’s Studies at University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Associate Professor, Social Sciences, SUNY-Cobleskill, NY
  • Associate Professor, Dept of Women Studies, Cal State-Northridge
  • Assistant Professor, Public Administration, U.W.-Oshkosh
  • Assistant Professor, Urban Studies, Tennessee State University
  • Lecturer, UW-Whitewater,
  • Lecturer, UW-Extension. Racine, Wisconsin
  • Director of Lake County Campus, Aurora University
  • Administrative Program Manager, International Studies, UWM
  • Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Baton Rouge
  • Chair, Economics Department, Milwaukee Area Technical College
  • Director, Corporate and Governmental Relations, St. Norbert College
  • Senior Scientist, UWM Employment and Training Institute
  • Associate Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
  • Professor, College of Nursing, Marquette University
  • Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Program Coordinator, Center for Healthy Communities, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Associate Professor and Chair, Undergraduate Social Work Program, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois
  • Assistant Professor, Journalism Faculty, Marquette University

Primary and Secondary Education

  • Instructor, Department of Social Studies, Nicollet High School, Glendale, Wisconsin
  • Instructor, Departments of English and Social Studies/World Affairs, Milwaukee Public Schools
  • Instructor, Hayward School District, Hayward, California

Government

  • Deputy City Manager, Takoma Park, Maryland
  • Senior Advisor for the United Nations in the Latin American Region and for the President’s Social Cabinet in the Republic of Panama
  • Urban Development Officer, Office of the Minister for Regional Affairs of Estonia
  • Town Administrator, Town of Caledonia
  • Field Office Director, Housing and Urban Development, Milwaukee, WI
  • Milwaukee County Supervisor, 13th District
  • CDBG Fiscal Analyst-Senior, City of Milwaukee Common Council
  • Urban Development Director, City of Baton Rouge
  • Policy Analyst, Center for Economic Development
  • Regional Director, Wisconsin Division of Health, Bureau of Public Health
  • Battalion Chief for the City of Milwaukee First Department
  • U.S. Probation Officer, U.S. Department of Probation and Parole
  • Senior Administrative Specialist, Community Block Grant Office, City of Milwaukee, Department of Admin
  • Associate Planner, City of New Berlin Planning Department
  • Housing Resource Specialist, City of Milwaukee, Department of Development
  • Director of Development, Social Development Commission
  • Technical Services Agent, 30th Street Industrial Corporation
  • Chief, Local Transportation Programs, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
  • Research Analyst, City of Milwaukee
  • Senior Information Processing Consultant, UWM, Social Science Research Facility
  • Director, Bureau of Highway Safety, Wisconsin Dept of City Development
  • Historic Preservation Officer, Town of Princeton
  • Special Agent, FBI
  • Records Center Coordinator, Milwaukee County Records Center
  • Transit Director, Waukesha Metro Transit
  • Worker’s Compensation Manager, State of Wisconsin, Bureau of State Risk Management
  • Assistant Housing Manager, NYC Housing Authority
  • Assistant Director, UWM Center for Urban Initiatives & Research
  • Director, Truancy Abatement and Burglary Suppression Program
  • Associate Director, City of West Bend Housing Authority
  • Deputy Chief, Bureau of Instruction and Training, Milwaukee Fire Dept
  • President and CEO. Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council
  • Claims Representative, Social Security and Disability Claims, Chicago, Illinois
  • Director, Cati Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation, Racine County
  • Executive Vice President, Executive Research, DHR International, Chicago, Illinois
  • Specialist, Waste Reduction, Cedarburg and Jefferson County
  • Director, Human Resources, City of Greenfield
  • Program Manager, Department of Planning, City of Corpus Christi
  • Executive Director, Housing Authority, County of Clackamas, Oregon
  • County Supervisor, 8th District, Milwaukee County
  • Regional Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, San Francisco, California

Non-Profit Organizations/Community Organizations

  • Policy Analyst, Social Development Commission, Milwaukee, WI
  • Development Director, Habitat for Humanity, Milwaukee.
  • Executive Director of Latino Health Organization
  • Project Manager for the Campaign for a Sustainable Milwaukee
  • Program Manager, Main Street Program
  • Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Housing Development Corporation, Inc.
  • Executive Director, The Gathering of Southeastern Wisconsin
  • Resource Center Coordinator, Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee
  • Program Officer, Milwaukee Foundation
  • Community Development Officer, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
  • Manager, Hank Aaron Street Trail, Department of Natural Resources
  • Coordinator, Southeast Region Trail, Department of Natural Resources
  • Senior Researcher, Children’s Research Center, Sacramento, California

Health Care

  • Senior Vice President and Chief Integration Officer, Aurora Health Care, Inc.
  • Executive Director of Latino Health Organization
  • Vice President of Marketing and Sales of Riverside Health Systems
  • Insurance Verifier, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
  • Director of Program Evaluation, Milwaukee County Mental Health Division, Community Services Branch
  • Outreach Coordinator, Wisconsin Women’s Cancer Control Program
  • Bereavement/Volunteer Coordinator, Care United Hospice
  • Manager, Geriatric Assessment Center, Aurora Healthcare
  • Executive Director, Medical Services, U.S. Human Health
  • Specialist, Ultrasound Sales, Amesham Health
  • President and COO, Horizon Healthcare

Misc.

  • Account Executive, Todd Robert, Murphy Marketing Communications
  • Columnist, Chicago Sun Times
  • Business and Governmental Relations Manager, Madison Gas & Electric
  • Senior Staff Analyst, Compuware Corporation
  • Development Director, Leaven, Inc.
  • Project Director, VE Carter Development Group, Inc.
  • Manager, Neighborhood Development Division, Ogden Corporation
  • Public Relations Specialist, Wisconsin Electric
  • Associate Pastor, Portview Christian Center Assembly of God
  • Manager of Telecommunications, City of Philadelphia
  • Specialist, Home Ownership, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • News Editor, Dow Jones Newswires, New Jersey