News, Faculty – Urban Studies Programs /urban-studies/category/news/faculty-news/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Congratulations, Prof. Amanda Seligman /urban-studies/congratulations-prof-amanda-seligman/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:58:21 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=5923 Congratulations to USP faculty affiliate ʰǴ.AmandaSeligman(History and Urban Studies) and Jaclyn Kelly (51 History Department alum and Executive Director of theWisconsin Labor History Society) who have won the American Historical Association’s William and Edwyna Gilbert award for articles on teaching. …

The post Congratulations, Prof. Amanda Seligman appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Congratulations to USP faculty affiliate ʰǴ.AmandaSeligman(History and Urban Studies) and Jaclyn Kelly (51 History Department alum and Executive Director of the) who have won the American Historical Association’s William and Edwyna Gilbert award for articles on teaching. The article receiving recognition isAmandaI.Seligmanand Jaclyn J. Kelly, “,”The History Teacher(Vol. 57, no. 2, February 2024): 179-209.

The post Congratulations, Prof. Amanda Seligman appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Congratulations, Assoc. Prof. Derek Handley /urban-studies/congratulations-assoc-prof-derek-handley/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:57:45 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=5921 Congratulations to USP faculty affiliateAssoc. ʰǴ.DerekHandley(English and Urban Studies) who has won the 2025 Outstanding Book Award from the Coalition for Community Writing for Struggle for the City: Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom Movement (Penn State University Press, …

The post Congratulations, Assoc. Prof. Derek Handley appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Congratulations to USP faculty affiliateAssoc. ʰǴ.DerekHandley(English and Urban Studies) who has won the 2025 Outstanding Book Award from the Coalition for Community Writing for Struggle for the City: Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom Movement (Penn State University Press, 2024).

The post Congratulations, Assoc. Prof. Derek Handley appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Congratulations, Kat Kocisky and Prof. Ryan Holifield /urban-studies/congratulations-kat-kocisky-and-prof-ryan-holifield/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:56:58 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=5919 Congratulations to USP alumna, Kat Kocisky(PhD ‘ 24) and USP faculty affiliateProfessorRyan Holifield(Geography and Urban Studies), for their recentlypublished article,How Equitable are Urban Rail-Trails: A Review of 11 Development Plans that appears in the journal, Local Environment. You can access …

The post Congratulations, Kat Kocisky and Prof. Ryan Holifield appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Congratulations to USP alumna, Kat Kocisky(PhD ‘ 24) and USP faculty affiliateProfessorRyan Holifield(Geography and Urban Studies), for their recentlypublished article,How Equitable are Urban Rail-Trails: A Review of 11 Development Plans that appears in the journal, Local Environment.

The post Congratulations, Kat Kocisky and Prof. Ryan Holifield appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Amanda Seligman (History and Urban Studies), presented research from her recent project examining the history of North Shore governance in Milwaukee County /urban-studies/amanda-seligman-history-and-urban-studies-presented-research-from-her-recent-project-examining-the-history-of-north-shore-governance-in-milwaukee-county/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:28:26 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=9115 USP Affiliate, Amanda Seligman (History and Urban Studies), presented research from her recent project examining the history of North Shore governance in Milwaukee County, The Town of Milwaukee, Glendale, and the North Shore: Exploring the History of Suburban Governance in …

The post Amanda Seligman (History and Urban Studies), presented research from her recent project examining the history of North Shore governance in Milwaukee County appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> USP Affiliate, Amanda Seligman (History and Urban Studies), presented research from her recent project examining the history of North Shore governance in Milwaukee County, The Town of Milwaukee, Glendale, and the North Shore: Exploring the History of Suburban Governance in Wisconsin.

Presentation explores the evolution of governance on Milwaukee's North Shore from the 19th century Town of Milwaukee into the present. It focuses especially on the emergence of cooperation in service provision that is taken for granted in contemporary suburban government practices. Map of North Shore suburbs and Town of Milwaukee.

The post Amanda Seligman (History and Urban Studies), presented research from her recent project examining the history of North Shore governance in Milwaukee County appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Jamie Harris, was awarded the 2025 Outstanding Teaching Award for academic staff at the 51 Employee Excellence awards ceremony /urban-studies/jamie-harris-was-awarded-the-2025-outstanding-teaching-award-for-academic-staff-at-the-uwm-employee-excellence-awards-ceremony/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:26:01 +0000 /urban-studies/?p=9113 Urban Studies Teaching Associate Professor and Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Director, Jamie Harris, was awarded the 2025 Outstanding Teaching Award for academic staff at the 51 Employee Excellence awards ceremony.

The post Jamie Harris, was awarded the 2025 Outstanding Teaching Award for academic staff at the 51 Employee Excellence awards ceremony appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]> Urban Studies Teaching Associate Professor and Undergraduate and Graduate Studies Director, Jamie Harris, was awarded the 2025 Outstanding Teaching Award for academic staff at the 51 Employee Excellence awards ceremony.

The post Jamie Harris, was awarded the 2025 Outstanding Teaching Award for academic staff at the 51 Employee Excellence awards ceremony appeared first on Urban Studies Programs.

]]>