Education

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

Research and Teaching Interests

Courses Taught

Urban Studies 150: Multicultural America (City-building, Social Movements, and Urban Change)—Required course for majors; Offered alternating spring semesters (includes service learning); Also offered online during Summer/UWinteriM – Syllabus

Urban Studies 377: Urbanism and Urbanization—Required course for majors; Offered spring semester – Syllabus

Urban Studies 450: Urban Growth and Development: A Global View—Offered alternating spring semesters – Syllabus

Urban Studies 600: Capstone Seminar in Urban Studies—Required course for urban studies majors (students develop research project and present at annual Student Research Forum); Offered spring semester only – Syllabus

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.

Recent Presentations

Harris, J. “Milwaukee’s ongoing fair and affordable housing crisis: Housing policy, advocacy, and new housing developments.”  Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association, 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.