Dr. Jeffery Lowe
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers University
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Departments: Urban Planning & Environmental Policy
Dr. Jeffrey Lowe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs; and Director of the Center of Excellence for Housing & Community Development Policy Research (HCDPR) (a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Center of Excellence), at Texas Southern University. Prior to joining the Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy faculty, he was Visiting Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. Dr. Lowe also held faculty positions in urban planning at Jackson State University, Florida State University, and The University of Memphis, respectively. Dr. Lowe is a past Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Advanced Research Collaborative, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Dr. Lowe’s research focuses on social justice and racial equity concerns within the context of community development and housing. His scholarship advances understanding and policy recommendations for innovations in community-based planning, recovery and resilience, and neighborhood revitalization and land use decisions in cities and regions. He is the author of Rebuilding Communities the Public Trust Way: Community Foundation Assistance to CDCs, 1980-2000 (Lexington Press 2006), which highlights cases of community foundation assistance to CDCs from 1980 to 2000 in Cleveland, Ohio, Miami, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana, and other publications including those in Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and Planning, Housing Policy Debate, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Urban Geography. At present, Dr. Lowe serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Planning Education and Research, is an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Planning Association, and is a board member of the Great Plains Restoration Council. His efforts as an activist scholar aided in establishing the New York City Community Land Initiative and the Houston (Texas) Community Land Trust.
Dr. Lowe earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University; a Master of City and Regional Planning from Morgan State University; and a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Policy Development from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Areas of Specialization:
Housing and Community Development, Planning and Race, Political Economy of Community Development Organizations, Public Philanthropy, University-Community Partnerships.