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 Biographical Sketch & Bibliography

Sammis B. White
Professor
Department of Urban Planning
Associate Dean, School of Continuing Education

sbwhite@uwm.edu

 

 

Education
Williams College, BA, American History and Literature
University of Pennsylvania, MCRP and Ph.D., City and Regional Planning

 

Teaching Area
Policy Analysis
Housing Markets and Public Policy

 

Memberships
APA, GLSEDR

 

Teaching Experience
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Professor, 1993- present
Associate Professor, 1975-1993
Assistant Professor, 1972-1975
University of Pennsylvania, Instructor, 1971-72

 

Research Interests
Public policy; economic development; education; entrepreneurship; alternatives to incarceration; housing; income support; other social and economic aspects of planning.

 

Publications (Selected)

Recent Books
Co-editor, Financing Economic Development in the 21st Century. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, March 2003, with Richard Bingham and Edward Hill.

 

Co-Author, The Entrepreneurial Process: Economic Growth, Men, Women, and Minorities, (Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books, December 1997) with Paul Reynolds.

 

Recent Journal Articles/Reports
“The Impact of Employer Characteristics and Workforce Commitment on Earnings of Former Welfare Recipients.”

 

Economic Development Quarterly. Vol. 16, No 4, 326-341, November 2002. With Lori A. Geddes.

 

Jobs in the New Millennium: Wisconsin’s Regional Economies 1999-2003.  Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, August 2004, Vol 17, No. 4.

“Health Insurance in Wisconsin.” 2004.  Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, 17:2 (April), 28 pp.

 

An Economic Tale of Two Cities: How Green Bay Outgrew Milwaukee in the Nineties.  Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report. 16:2 March 2003.

 

Urban School Design: An exploration of the Connections between Building Design and Academic Performance in Today’s Urban Elementary Schools. PAVE Report.  February 26, 2004. With Ryan Horton

 

The MPS Principal Coaching Program: First Year Evaluation. 2003 and Second Year Report, September 2004.  With Eugene Baer.

 

Income Success Among Former Welfare Recipients: Work Matters Most.  Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, 15:6 September 2002.

 

“Disappearing Wisconsin Welfare Recipients: Where Did They Go? Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, Vol. 14, No. 9, December 2001. 24pp., with Lori Geddes.

 

“Economic Lessons for Welfare Mothers,” Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report, Vol. 14, No. 1, February 2001, 31 pp.

 

Cooperation Not Consolidation: The answer for Milwaukee Governance.  Wisconsin Policy Research Institute Report. 15:8 November 2002, 31 pp.

 

Recent Projects 
Principal Investigator, Wisconsin’s Changing Economies, January – June 2004.

 

Principal Investigator, Evaluation of UWM’s SkillsNet Program. March – August 2003.

 

Principal Investigator, Rethinking Urban School Design. Partners Advancing Values in Education. Milwaukee.  May - December 2003.

 

Principal Investigator, Housing Market Analysis: Martin Luther King Drive Area.  Martin Luther King Drive Economic Development Corporation. July 2001-December 2002.

 

Research and Creative Activities
Income Success Among Former Welfare Recipients. Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.

The Formation of the North Shore Fire Department: A Lesson in Intergovernmental Cooperation. Metropolitan Milwaukee Initiatives.

Cooperation or Consolidation? The Answer for Milwaukee Governance. Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.

The Expanded Role of UW-Milwaukee in Regional Economic Development. Chancellor Zimpher.

The Design of the Modern Urban School. Partners Advancing Values in Education.

Evaluation of the Milwaukee Public School System's Principal Coaching Program. Milwaukee Public Schools.