City and Regional Planning International Planning ColloQuium
To Do Something Skillfully: Native Artists' Livelihoods and Contributions to Community
Ann Markusen is a Cornell University A. D. White Professor-at-Large and a professor of planning and public policy and director of the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Markusen is considered a longstanding force for original research in the fields of urban planning, regional science, and political economy, and a powerful educator and promoter of women in her several fields. Her areas of expertise include arts, culture, and economic development; regional economics and planning; industrial and occupational planning; and economic impact of high technology, and military spending.
Markusen’s influential work as a regional scientist bridges the qualitative/qualitative divide utilizing a mixed-methods approach considered as critical to the future of regional science. Markusen’s work on the economies of arts communities, artists and activity, and urban revitalization underscore this approach. She has authored more than a dozen books, and more than 60 refereed articles. From 1995 to 2002, she served as a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and in 2002, was a visiting fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. She chaired the Committee on Science Engineering and Public Policy from 1998 to 2000 (having served as a member for six years). From 2001 to 2002, Markusen was a member of the President’s Commission on Offsets in International Trade. Markusen is a recipient of the McCoy Award from the American Collegiate Schools of Planning (2005) and the prestigious Alonso Prize in Regional Science (2006). She holds doctorate and master degrees in economics from Michigan State University and an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.
A. D. White Public Lecture in conjunction with the Department of City and Regional Planning
Date |
February 19, 2010 |
time |
12:20-2 p.m. |
location |
100 Caldwell Hall |
contact |
Sarah Smith |
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