THE CARSEY INSTITUTE BROWN BAG SERIES
Spring 2006
People and Place
Presentations are held in the UNH Memorial Union Building Room 302 from 12 – 1pm unless otherwise noted. Please bring your lunch. All are welcome to attend.
Wednesday, February 8th
21 st Century Restructuring of Employment in the Northeast
Speaker: Amy Glasmeier, Visiting Faculty, Carsey Institute and the E. Willard Miller Professor of Economic Geography at Pennsylvania State University
New England communities face new challenges as fortunes are tied to late 20th century developments in industry. Dr. Glasmeier will discuss the variety of forces that are causing major shifts in employment in New England and the US and the needed policy responses.
Wednesday, March 8th
Supporting Individuals with Disabilities and Elders in the North Country
Speakers: Jan Nisbet, Director, Institute on Disability, Peter Antal, Institute on Disability, Susan Fox, Institute on Disability
The speakers will discuss the Institute on Disability’s current efforts to advance community engagement in supporting individuals with disabilities and elders. They will present field-tested municipal planning models and will outline evaluation data and implications for state and national adoption/replication.
Wednesday, April 5th
New Immigrant Settlements in Rural America: Problems, Prospects and Policies
Speaker: Leif Jensen, Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Penn State University
Communities and immigration scholars alike have been caught off guard by a new and interesting trend -- the geographic redistribution of the immigrant population away from traditional cities of destination and toward new settlement communities. Dr. Jensen will provide a description of immigrants in rural and small town America, and he will draw on a review of the literature and in-depth key informant interviews to illuminate the socioeconomic consequences and policy implications for new settlement destinations.
Wednesday, May 3rd
Empowering Low Income and Disenfranchised Groups through Community Economic Development for Economic Gain and Social Progress
Speakers: Ross Gittell, James R. Carter Professor of Management and Phillip Thompson, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The authors, of a forthcoming book on the same subject, will draw on their recent research and case studies topresent a community economic development action framework. The framework suggests how low income and disenfranchised groups can leverage their social, political and aggregate economic assets for economic gain and social progress.
This special event will take place from 5:30 – 7 pm at the Elliot Alumni Center 1925 room. All are welcome to attend.