African American Poverty: Concentrated and Multi-Generational Posted January 7, 2014 at 9:45 am by RICHARD ROTHSTEIN In the current issue of The American Prospect, I review Patrick Sharkey’s Stuck in Place, a 2013 book that helps explain the persistent failure of educational policy to spur the upward mobility of low-income…
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 […]
…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….
…at Dallas. He is currently Assistant Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers–Camden and the Data Center Manager at the Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE). He currently teaches graduate courses on Regional and Economic Development, Quantitative Methods, and Geographic Information Systems….
…of youth in Baltimore, and explore how we can use public policy to disrupt the cycle of neighborhood and family poverty. View the full seminar description. OCTOBER 6, 2017 James DeFilippis, Associate Professor of Planning and Public Policy Development, E.J.Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. Title: “On…
