Owen D. Gutfreund Associate Professor of History and Urban StudiesDirector of the Barnard and Columbia Urban Studies Programs
407 Lehman Hall, Barnard College Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:30-4:30
Courses taught:
Research Interests: Education:
Ph.D. in History, with Distinction, Columbia University, 1998
M.A. in History, Columbia University, 1990
B.A., with Honors, Vassar College, 1985 Selected Publications and Conference Papers: 20th Century Sprawl: Highways and the Reshaping of the American Landscape (Oxford University Press, 2004) "Rebuilding New York in the Auto Age: Robert Moses and His Highways" in Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York, edited by Hilary Ballon and Kenneth T. Jackson (New York: W.W. Norton, 2007) "Managing Metropolitan Growth: Lessons from the United States" (keynote speech), International Forum on Metropolitan Development, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, June 14 2007 "L'Envahissement Des Campagnes par le Villes: L'Expansion Metropolitaine aux Etats Unis" in Les Trois Sources de le Ville-Campaigne, P. Bonin and C. Gobin, eds. (Paris: Belin 2005) "Airport Hub Networks and the National Urban Hierarchy" presented at the second International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic, and Mobility, 2004 "The Rise of Sprawl" in BIG Magazine, #42, June 2002 "'What's Good for the Country is Good for General Motors, and vice versa'" - presented at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, 2001. "Small-Town Sprawl and Big-City Sprawl: A Long-Term Problem for American Communities of All Sizes" - presented at the Eighth National Conference on Planning History, 1999. "The Annexation Wars: Urban-Suburban Competition in Metropolitan Denver" - presented at the annual meeting of the Social Science History Association, 1999. Other Professional Activities:
New York Council for the Humanities, Board Member (1998-2005, Vice Chair
2001-02, Chair, 2002-2003) |
