UAA Members: The Executive Office will be sending instructions regarding the nomination period for the Fall Governing Board Election on September 17. If you do not receive an email, please contact support@uaamail.org. We want to make sure you receive future email messaging regarding the election, including access to your ballot.Read More
Help us celebrate our colleagues. . . nominate someone for the Contribution to the Field of Urban Affairs Award! Nominating is easier than ever.Read More
Let’s show our appreciation. . . nominate someone for the Mary Helen Callahan Distinguished Service Award! Nominating someone is easier than ever thanks to a new, simplified form. Nominations are due = October 1, 2024Read More
The UAA is seeking speakers who can provide expertise on professional development topics for early-career, and/or mid-to-advanced career professionals.Read More
We are excited to announce our 2024-2025 professional development opportunities. These unique career-building activities are available to UAA members. Join or Renew!Read More
Tom Borrup and Andrew Zitcer are thrilled to announce a new edited volume Democracy as Creative Practice: Weaving a Culture of Civic Life. In this time of democratic deficit, artists and culture bearers are showing us new ways of addressing gaps in dialogue across difference, voter mobilization, community development, racial reckoning, and more. The book...Read More
Dear UAA Community, We are pleased to announce the launch of the application/nomination forms for the 2025 Urban Affairs Association (UAA) awards. A brief description of each award is provided below. Full descriptions, including award benefits & nomination instructions, are available on the UAA website. You must be a current UAA member to nominate someone for...Read More
Papers are invited from scholars and practitioners with thoughtful, rigorous research, analysis and commentary on residential densification in urban areas, to further cross-national comparative conversations on the forms, challenges and outcomes of densification in countries around the world. We expect this project to lead to an edited volume or a special issue of a relevant...Read More
Derek Hyra has a new book coming out August 5, 2024. In Slow and Sudden Violence, Hyra weaves together a persuasive unrest narrative, linking police aggression to an ongoing cycle of racial and spatial urban redevelopment repression. By delving into the real estate history of the St. Louis region and Baltimore, Hyra shows how housing...Read More
The Scholar Development Editors (SDEs) of the Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA), which is sponsored by the Urban Affairs Association (UAA), will host the UAA Publishing Fellows Program from August 2024 to August 2025. The Publishing Fellows Program is for early career scholars (Doctoral students, untenured assistant professors). The year-long program will include writing and publication workshops, as well as individual...Read More
The University of Memphis Department of Public and Nonprofit Administration is proud to host the 2024 Southeastern Conference for Public Administration (SECoPA) “Transforming Public and Nonprofit Governance: Shaping Sustainable Communities for Tomorrow”. The deadline for the Call for Papers has been extended!—submit your proposal for individual presentation, fully formed panel, or workshop here. We are especially...Read More
The College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs (CAPPA) is pleased to announce Deden Rukmana as the new Director of the Master of City and Regional Planning program in the Department of Public Affairs and Planning. Rukmana currently serves as professor and chairperson of the Department of Community and Regional Planning at Alabama A&M University....Read More
