FACULTY PROFILE


Professor Jill Gross
 Photo © Hunter College
 Jill Simone Gross
Visiting Assistant Professor

Hunter College
Department of Urban Affairs and Planning

   

E-mail:
 
igross@hunter.cuny.edu
 
Schedule:    Spring 2001

Teaching Interests

Comparative International Planning and Development
Comparative Urban Development
Citizen Participation in Planning and Development
Urban Social and Economic Development
Community Organizing
Urban Government and Politics (including New York City's)

Courses

POLS V 3313  American Urban Politics

Education

The Graduate School and University Center, CUNY, Ph.D. Political Science, 1998
Dissertation title: Urban Political Participation in London: The Impact

of Institutional Transformation
The London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc. Politics and
Government of the United Kingdom, 1987
State University of New York, Cortland/Polytechnic of North London, UK
Exchange Program in International Studies, B.A. Political Science, 1984

Current Appointment

Assistant Professor, Graduate Division, Hunter College of the City University of New York, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, 1998-present

Academic Awards and Fellowships

Zabar Intern Award, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 1998
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 1992-95
University Tuition Scholarship, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 1992
University Tuition Fellowship, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 1991-92

Recent Publications and Reports

"Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Economic Development in New York City" (co-author Edward T. Rogowsky) in Managing Capital Resources, Fritz Wagner, Tim Joder and Tony Mumphrey (eds.) (Garland Publishing Inc., 2000).

"Changing Brooklyn: The Revitalization of Downtown and the Building of Metro Tech" (co-author Edward T. Rogowsky) for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (March 2000).

"To BID or Not To BID: Economic Development in New York City" (co-author Edward T. Rogowsky) in Metropolitics (New York: Barnard-Columbia University Urban Policy Center, September 1997).

Recent Conference and Seminar Presentations

Strategic Leadership in London: Comparing the GLC and the GLA. A seminar presentation at the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of West England, Bristol, United Kingdom, June 2000.

Tourism Promotion and Culture in New York. A paper presented at Roma - New York Comparative Urban Projects, Second Annual Seminar, Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Recerche sulla Popolazione e la Società di Roma Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza," Italy, June 2000.

Public-Private Partnerships for Economic Development: The Case of Downtown Brooklyn. A paper presented at Roma - New York Comparative Urban Projects, Second Annual Seminar, Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Recerche sulla Popolazione e la Società di Roma Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza," Italy, June 2000.

Managing Development in New York City: The Case of Business Improvement Districts. A paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 2000.

 


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