About Marc Doussard
Biography
I am a political economist interested in work, inequality, urban politics and public policy. My research on these topics dips into many methodological and (especially) disciplinary areas of expertise, including Urban Studies and Urban Planning; Geography; Social Work; and Policy Studies. I tie together these diverse interests by focusing on the linkages between different forms of inequality and, correspondingly, strategies for contesting cities’ foundational inequalities through the political and policy process.
Education
- PhD, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2008
- MUPP, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002
- BA, History, magna cum laude, Columbia College, New York, 1997
Research and publications
Ongoing and upcoming research
Ongoing and Upcoming Research
Current Research Projects
Basic Income and Alternative Economic Policy
2024
“Seeding Policy: Viral Cash and the Diverse Trajectories of Basic Income in the U.S.” Forthcoming, International Social Security Review.
2023
“Viral Cash: Basic Income Trials, Policy Mutation and Post-Austerity Politics in U.S. Cities.” Environment and Planning A. DOI: 10.1177/0308518X231203083
“Building Distributive Populism: Basic Income and Political Alternatives to Ethno-Nationalism. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rsad040/7424516
Economic and Racial Justice Politics
Books
Justice at Work: The Rise of Economic and Racial Justice Coalitions in Cities (with Greg Schrock). University of Minnesota Press.
Degraded Work: The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market. University of Minnesota Press, unanimous winner of the 2015 Davidoff Award.
2023
“Economic and Racial justice Coalitions and the Rise of Progressive Cities” (with Greg Schrock). Journal of Urban Affairs. DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2023.2198134
“Urban Policy Entrepreneurship: Activist Networks, Minimum Wage Campaigns and Municipal Action Against Inequality” (with Greg Schrock). Urban Affairs Review. DOI: 10.1177/10780874221101530
2022
“Sustaining the Grassroots: How Community Organizations Mitigate the Downsides of Collaborating with Unions” (with Brad Fulton). Journal of Urban Affairs. DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2021.1874246
“From Capital to Capabilities: Human Development Theory and New Directions in Economic Development” (with Ozge Yenigun). Journal of Planning Education and Research. DOI: 10.1177/0739456X221091434
2021
“Racial Justice is Economic Justice: Chicago’s Grassroots Collaborative Expands Economic Fairness by Prioritizing Racial Equity.” In Igniting Justice and Progressive Power: The Partnership for Working Families Cities.
2020
“Organizing Together: Benefits and Drawbacks of Community-Labor Coalitions for Community Organizations” (with Brad Fulton). Social Service Review. DOI: 10.1086/707568
2019
“Which Hospitals Participate in Community Building? What Eds and Meds Spend on Community Economic Development” (with Steve Sherman). Journal of Urban Affairs. DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2018.1559649
Past Research Projects:
- Makers and manufacturing entrepreneurship
- Economic development policy
- Degraded work
- Infrastructure privatization
Teaching and advising
Classes taught
- UP 330: The Modern American City
- UP 505: Urban and Regional Analysis
- UP 545: Economic Development Policy and Practice
- UP 589: Research Design and Methods
- UP 594-MD: Policy Mobilities
Students advised
PhD:
- Max Eisenburger (ABD)
- Steve Sherman (PhD 2019)
- Ozge Yenigun (PhD 2023)
Master of Urban Planning:
- Chris Ackerman-Avila
- Anna An
- Nick Bartholomew
- Ashma Basnyat
- Carol Brobeck
- Alejandro Campos
- Kelly Chen
- Adrienne Cooke
- Marcus da Costa
- Brianna Gipson
- Ming Hang
- Cristen Hardin
- Taryn Harm
- Scott Humphrey
- John Kwon
- Tejashree Kulkarni
- Jacob Malmsten
- Mitchelle Margolis
- David Mischiu
- Joe Monahan
- Shriya Rangarajan
- Swati Rastogi
- Claudlène Saint Vil
- Angela Urban
- Brian Waters
- Chieh Yang
- Alli Young
- Yuan Zhang
- Lyn Zhong