Nancy Frank

Contact
414.229.5372 
frankn@uwm.edu

Nancy Frank, Associate Professor

Bio
Dr. Frank teaches planning theory and courses in environmental sustainability. Dr. Frank’s areas of interest include policy issues related to water, land use, brownfield redevelopment, urban green space, and climate change. She also serves as editor of WAPA News, the newsletter of the Wisconsin Chapter of the APA. She participates in a wide network of organizations related to her research interests, including the Wisconsin Brownfields Study Group (appointed), Center for Resilient Cities, the Energy Center of Wisconsin, and the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Inc. (Sweet Water). In addition, Dr. Frank is part of a team of SARUP faculty and alumni who started a charter high school in 2007. She works with high school students and community organizations to explore and implement community-based sustainability initiatives, such as rain gardens, urban gardents, and aquaponic food production.

Education
State University of New York-Albany, Ph.D., 1982
State University of New York-Albany, M.S., 1978
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S., 1977

Research Focus
Preservation of Open Space
Promotion of Land Use Policies
Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment

Courses
URBPLAN 692 Planning for Sustainable Energy
URBPLAN 711 Planning Theories and Practice
URBPLAN 811 Applied Planning Workshop
URBPLAN 841 Water Resources Planning

Selected Work
Nancy Frank, "Rethinking Planning Theory for a Masters-Level Curriculum." Journal of Planning Education and Research 21(3), Spring 2002, 320-330.
Nancy Frank and Michael J Lynch, Corporate Crime, Corporate Violence (revised second edition of Crimes Against Health and Safety). Albany, NY: Harrow and Heston.
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Nancy Frank, "Choosing Between Criminal and Civil Sanctions for Corporate Wrongs." In Corporations as Criminals, Ellen Hochstedler (ed.) Tokyo: Gakuyoh-Shaboh, (Japanese edition).

Ellen Hochstedler Steury and Nancy Frank, Criminal Court Process. St. Paul: West Publishing Co.

Nancy Frank and Michael J Lynch, Corporate Crime, Corporate Violence (revised second edition of Crimes Against Health and Safety). Albany, NY: Harrow and Heston, .

Nancy Frank and Michael J. Lombness, Controlling Corporate Illegality: The Regulatory Justice System. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson.

Nancy Frank, "Unintended Murder and Corporate Risk-tTing: Defining the Concept of Justifiability." Journal of Criminal Justice 16.  Nancy Frank and Michael J. Lombness, "Using Judgment: Food Inspectors' Perceptions of the Seriousness of Violations." Journal of Crime and Justice X(II).

Nancy Frank, From Criminal Law to Regulation: A Historical Analysis of Health and Safety Law, 1880-1982. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.

Nancy Frank, Crimes Against Health and Safety. Albany, NY: Harrow and Heston.

Nancy Frank, "Maiming and Killing: Occupational Health Crimes," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Nancy Frank and Michael J. Lombness, "Negotiating Enforcement Decisions: Conflict Strategies in the Regulatory Enforcement Process," in Perspectives on Social Problems, James A. Holstein and Gale Miller (eds.) (Vol. 1).

Nancy Frank, "Assaults Against Inspectors: The Dangers in Enforcing Corporate Crime," Law and Policy Quarterly. Nancy Frank, "From Criminal to Civil Penalties in the History of Health and Safety Law," Social Problems.

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