Thomas J. Vicino

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Maryland, Baltimore

347 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-2619
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
vicino@neu.edu
Vita

Areas of Study

Urban Public Policy, Political Economy of Metropolitan Areas, Suburbanization and Smart Growth, Globalization and the City

Cities and Suburbs: New Metropolitan Realities in the US. New York: Routledge, 2010 (with John Rennie Short and Bernadette Hanlon).
Transforming Race and Class in Suburbia: Decline in Metropolitan Baltimore. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
"The Spatial Transformation of First-Tier Suburbs, 1970 to 2000: The Case of Metropolitan Baltimore." Housing Policy Debate 19: 3 (2008), pp. 479-518.
"The Quest to Confront Suburban Decline: Political Realities and Lessons." Urban Affairs Review 43: 4 (2008), pp. 553-581.
"The Political History of a Postwar Suburban Society Revisited." History Compass 6: 1 (2008), pp. 364-388.
"The Fate of Inner Suburbs: Evidence from Metropolitan Baltimore." Urban Geography 28: 3 (2007), pp. 249-275 (with Bernadette Hanlon).
"Megalopolis 50 Years On: The Transformation of a City Region." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 31: 2 (2007), pp. 344-367 (with John Rennie Short and Bernadette Hanlon).

Executive Council Member of the Urban Politics Section of American Political Science Association, 2008 to 2010.
Best Paper Committee Member of the Urban Politics Section of American Political Science Association, 2007.
Invited Participant and Lecture, "Smart Growth and Community Investment." The Smart Growth at 10 Years Conference. College Park, Maryland, October 3-5, 2007.
Invited Testimony, "Affordable Housing in Metropolitan Maryland." The Maryland Governor's Commission on Housing Policy. Annapolis, 2004.
Member, Urban Affairs Association.
Member, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
Member, American Political Science Association.