Laura Wolf-Powers
Biography
B.A., Yale University
Masters of Public Affairs, Princeton University
Ph.D, Urban Planning and Policy, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, Rutgers University
Laura Wolf-Powers teaches Urban Economics in the core curriculum for the Masters in City Planning as well as several courses in the Community and Economic Development concentration.
She was the 2004 winner of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning's Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for the best dissertation in planning and was the first prize winner in the economic development category of the National Urban Initiatives Competition sponsored by Clark University, the Community Development Training Institute, Freddie Mac, UMASS-Amherst and the National Community Development Association.
Work/Research
Her research interests include urban labor markets, job-centered economic development, workforce development, and the role of community-based organizations in urban politics and governance.
She is currently working on a 4-city comparison of community benefits agreements, work exploring the potential for growth in the healthcare sector to incorporate low-skilled workers into center city and regional labor markets.
Publications
Laura's work has been published in the Journal of Planning, Education and Research; Environment and Planning A; and the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
(forthcoming, 2010) "Community Benefits Agreements and Local Government: A Review of Recent Evidence" Journal of the American Planning Association.
(forthcoming 2010). with Marla Nelson "Chains and Ladders: Exploring the Opportunities for Workforce Development and Poverty Reduction in the Hospital Sector." Economic Development Quarterly.
"Keeping Counterpublics Alive in Planning" In Peter Marcuse, James Connolly, Johannes Novy, Ingrid Olivo, Cuz Potter and Justin Steil eds., Searching for the Just City. New York and London: Routledge.
"Expanding Planning's Public Sphere: STREET Magazine and Community Development in Brooklyn, NY 1971-75", Journal of Planning Education and Research
To access .pdf versions of Dr. Wolf-Powers' publications, please visit Selected Works:
- Urban Policy Award!
- December 2008 Journal of Planning Education and Research
Courses
Professor Wolf Powers teaches Urban Economics, Introduction to Community & Economic Development and Techniques of Urban Economic Development.
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