Jamie Harris

Senior Lecturer

Office: Bolton Hall 766
Phone: (414) 229-4629
E-mail: jmh@uwm.edu

Fall Office Hours: M 1:00–2:00, T 2:00–3:00 and by appointment

Degree: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Research Interests:
Welfare Reform and Policy, Privatization, Government-nonprofit Relations, Community Organizations, Sociology of Space

Teaching Interests:
Social Problems, Social Class and Inequality, Urbanism and Urbanization, Industrial Sociology, Sociology of Welfare, Political Sociology, Research Methods (qualitative and quantitative)

Spring 2010 Course
SOCIOL 307-201: Industrial Sociology
SOCIOL 377-001: Urbanism and Urbanization

Fall 2009 Course
SOCIOL 307-201: Industrial Sociology (pdf)

Past Course Syllabi
SOCIOL 102-002: Social Problems in American Society Fall 2007 (pdf)
SOCIOL 261-201: Introduction to Statistical Thinking in Sociology Spring 2008 (pdf)

Publications:
Lengyel, T. & Harris, J. 2005. "Connecting need and capacity: A study of Mental Health Services for Milwaukee County youth." Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Alliance for Children and Families.

Lengyel, T. & Harris, J. 2003. "Emerging issues for incarcerated parents and their children: Hawaii in national perspective." Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Alliance for Children and Families.

Harris, J. & Lengyel, T. 2002. "Ends that don’t meet: Employment under welfare reform in Welfare Policy through the Lens of Personal Experience." (Eds.) Tom Lengyel and David Campbell. (pp. 9-28). Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Alliance for Children and Families.

Harris, J. & Zipp, J. 1999. "Black candidates, roll-off, and the black vote." Urban Affairs Review, 34(3): 489-498.