Research Agenda and Associated Outcomes

 

Agenda

Item

Research Outcome

Teaching Outcome

Service  Outcome

 

1.)  establish industrial suburbs as a plausible differentiation of the larger suburban literature

(2002-2003)

 

 

 

2002

-Federal Reserve Bank conference presentation

2003

-book published

2010

-book second printing

 

 

2003-2004

-book and

 documentary as

 teaching tools

-lecture topic

-field work guide

2011

-guest speaker in classes to present industrial suburb topics

 

2003

-public television documentary

-newspaper features

2004

-establish Theising Research Collection at SIUE Archives

2007

-secured the Bowman Papers for SIUE Archives

2011

-Theising collection expanded and re-catalogued with annotated finding guide

 

 

2.)  examine economic development issues facing urban cores generally, and industrial suburbs particularly

(2003-2004)

 

 

 

2003

-institutional culture paper delivered at CIH conference

2004

-Institute for Urban Research grant award for TIF study

2005

- TIF paper delivered at MPSA conference

2011

-Delivered economic development analysis at Urban Affairs Association conference

 

 

2004

-institutional culture paper as lecture topic (guest lecture to SOC335)

2005-2007

-incorporate this theme on field trips for POLS344 Urban Politics

2011

-Re-designed POLS344 into POLS444 Urban Politics Seminar that expands on economic themes (awaiting approval)

 

2005

-work with City of Godfrey on TIF

2007-2008

-serve on the University’s Economic Development Task Force

2009-2011

-work with local agencies to explore these issues

 

3.)  examine the role of institutional capacity within special districts and how those districts operate

(2005-2006)

 

 

2004

-presentation to Black Studies Program

2006

-presentation at SHC in Birmingham

2008

-article published in Journal of Illinois History

 

 

2007-2009

-integrate this discussion into POLS344 Urban Politics and POLS320 Intro to Public Admin

 

2007

-spoke to another Federal Reserve Bank conference

2011

-work with local agencies to examine and build on capacity

 

4.)  examine the applications of industrial suburb capacity in the Metro Area, particularly as they relate to infrastructure and taxation

(2006-2007)

 

2006

-Impact of National Road study (publication forthcoming)

2007

-Evolving Purpose paper presented at MPSA conference

2007-2008

-secured external grant for Land Value Taxation study for East St. Louis area

 

 

2006

-continue and expand POLS320 Intro to Public Admin  case study project and field work

 

 2007-2008

-make this a priority of the IUR on campus

2008

-presentation of LVT study at the Georgist Conference in Kansas City

2011

-presentation of this material to ESL officials, along with concept models for implementation