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1969
1969

First meeting of Council of University Institutes for Urban Affairs (CUIUA).

1970
1970
  • Council of University Institutes for Urban Affairs (CUIUA) Board formed.
  • Articles of Incorporation filed in Washington, DC.
1971
1971

Tax exempt status granted as a 501©3 organization.

1972
1972-1973

Secretariat established at University of Delaware.

1975
1975

Mary Helen Callahan becomes Executive Director.

1981
1981

 

1985
1985

First conference award established: Best Paper Award.

1986
1986

Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA) Editorship moves to University of Louisville.

1987
1987

Council of University Institutes for Urban Affairs (CUIUA) changes its name to Urban Affairs Association (UAA).

1989
1989

Individual members gain voting rights in UAA elections.

1995
1995 – 2004

UAA supports initial meetings that lead to start of the European Urban Research Association (EURA).

 

2000
2000 – 2005
  • Leadership changes as two executive directors and a managing director enter and exit UAA roles.
  • Financial crisis emerges.
2000
  • UAA gives initial support to launch intranet project: Cyberhood.
  • Mary Helen Callahan ends 25-year term as Executive Director.

 

2004
2004

Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA) ranks #1 out of 28 urban journals in international rankings.

 

2005
2005
  • Scott Cummings ends 17-year term as Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA) Editor
  • Victoria Basolo (UC Irvine) assumes JUA editorship
  • Margaret Wilder becomes Executive Director

 

2006
2006—2008

Financial recovery and strategic planning

2010
2010

Laura Reese (Michigan State University) begins Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA) editorship.

2011
2011

UAA Executive Office relocates to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

2013
2013

San Francisco conference attracts record-setting 900 attendees.

2016
2016

Igor Vojnovic (Michigan State University) begins Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA) editorship.

2020
2020
  • Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City (JRE) launched with editors, Yasminah Beebeejaun (University College London) and Ali Modarres (University of Washington Tacoma).
  • UAA 50th Anniversary Conference cancelled due to COVID pandemic.
2021
2021

Bernadette Hanlon (Ohio State University) becomes Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA) Editor.

2022
2022

UAA 50th Anniversary Conference held in Washington, DC (April 12-14).