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Jamie Harris

Jamie Harris

  • Teaching 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

  • Tuesdays: 4-5pm
  • Wednesdays: 4-5pm
  • By appointment

Courses Taught

  • URB STD 150 - Multicultural America (City-building, Social Movements, and Urban Change)
  • URB STD 289/489 - Undergratuate Internship in Urban Studies
  • URB STD 360 - Green Cities: Urban Agriculture, Sustainability and Environmental Justice (Perspectives on the Urban Scene, topic)
  • 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
  • URB STD 927 - Graduate Internship in Urban Studies (CPT course)

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 (NIMBY/YIMBYism; affordable housing; housing mobility)
  • Green Urbanism, Urban Agriculture, Environmental Governance
  • 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 presented at the International Conference on Urban Affairs, April, 2026, Chicago, IL.
  • Harris, J. "Teaching Urban Studies 101." Panel moderator, International Conference on Urban Affairs, April, 2025., Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Harris, J. “Milwaukee’s ongoing fair and affordable housing crisis: Housing policy, advocacy, and new housing developments.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Urban Affairs, April, 2023, Nashville, TN.
  • Harris, J. “Placemaking and embodied space: Resistance and identity in a low-income housing development.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Urban Affairs, 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 International Conference on Urban Affairs, 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 International Conference on Urban Affairs, 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.