Sixth annual Krueckeberg doctoral conference in Urban Studies, Urban Planning and Public Policy Monday, March 10, 2014 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION The 6th Annual Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference in Urban Studies, Urban Planning and Public Policy is scheduled for Monday, March 10, 2014 at the Bloustein School at Rutgers University in New…
…Moderator: Richard Rothstein, Research Associate of the Economic Policy Institute Presenters: Patrick Sharkey, Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University and author of Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress Toward Racial Equality. Paul Jargowsky, Professor of Public Policy, Rutgers University and author of Concentration of Poverty…
Dr. Paul Jargowsky (professor, FASC-public policy and director, Center for Urban Research and Education) offered expert perspective on urban redevelopment matters during an interview that appeared in this weekly regional business newspaper. https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2014/11/17/why-stockton-acquiring-showboat-is-good-for.html…
…Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine. His scholarly interests are in rhetoric, narrative, and intercultural communication with specific focus on issues of homelessness, poverty, welfare, race, and sexual violence. His new book, Homeless: Narratives from the Streets, recounts stories of homelessness in an effort to improve public policy….
April 14, 2017 @ 12:15 pm-1:30 pm – A half-century after the βWar on Povertyβ of Lyndon Johnson, poverty rates remain unchanged. Scholars have advanced polarized theories about the causes of poverty, as politicians have debated how (or if) to fund welfare programs. Yet little research has been conducted where the poor are provided a platform to speak on their own behalf. While […]
