Kathe Newman, Ph.D.

Professor

Director, Urban Planning and Policy Development Program

Director, Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement

Graduate member of the Geography Graduate program

Rutgers Collaborative Fellow

B.A., Manhattan College; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Contact

Room 368, Civic Square Building
(848) 932-2799
knewman [at] rutgers.edu

Research Interests

Urban change
Housing finance
Economic development

Kathe Newman is a Professor in the Urban Planning and Policy Development Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Director of the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement. Dr. Newman holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate School and University Center at the City University of New York. Her research explores urban change, what it is, why it happens, and what it means. Her research has explored processes of financialization, governance, gentrification, foreclosure, urban redevelopment, food security, and community participation. Dr. Newman has published articles in Urban Studies, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Urban Affairs Review, Shelterforce, Progress in Human Geography, Urban Geography, Housing Studies, GeoJournal, and Environment and Planning A. She is an associate editor at Environment and Planning A.

Complete Curriculum Vitae (C.V.)

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Undergraduate Courses

Urban Revitalization
Voorhees Fellows Studio

Graduate Courses

Community Development Studio
Urban Redevelopment
Housing Economics and Markets
Urban Political Theory
Financialization and the City

Recent Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals

2020: Nicholas Shatan & Kathe Newman (2020) The state market relationship as a real estate technology: FHA multifamily development and preservation, 1934 – present, Urban Geography, 41:8, 1065-1089, DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2019.1670571
2018: Rosenthal, Amy and Newman, Kathe. “Beyond the Shadow State: Governing the Public Private Food Assistance System.” Urban Affairs Review. First published March 20, 2018.
2015 Newman, Kathe. “Globalization of Finance and the Future of Home Mortgage Finance.” Housing Policy Debate. 25 5:789-791.

Chapters in Books or Monographs

2016: Newman, Kathe. Community Development in the Age of Obama. in James DeFilippis. Urban Policy in the Age of Obama.

Other Publications

2017: Cuite, Cara, Royals, Erin and Newman, Kathe. New Brunswick Food System Action Plan. Working Together for a Food Secure New Brunswick. February.
2017: Newman, Kathe, Cuite, Cara, and Erin Royals. Ed. New Brunswick Community Food Assessment: Working Together for a Food Secure New Brunswick. Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement. New Brunswick: Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement. 150p. August.
2016: Newman, Kathe, Cuite, Cara and Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service Fellows. New Brunswick’s Food Pantry System. A Report to Feeding New Brunswick Network and the New Brunswick Community Food Alliance.
2015: Cuite, Cara, Newman, Kathe and Dixon, Sarah. Farmers Markets and CSAs in New Brunswick. New Brunswick Community Food Assessment White Paper Series. Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement.
2015: Kathe Newman, Deborah Plotnik and the New Brunswick Community Garden Coalition. Urban Agriculture and Community Gardens in New Brunswick. New Brunswick Community Food Assessment White Paper Series. Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement.
2015: Newman, Kathe and Cuite, Cara. SNAP and WIC in New Brunswick: New Brunswick Community Food Assessment White Paper Series. New Brunswick: Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement.
2015: Kathe Newman, Lisanne Finston, Anne Bellows and Heather Fenyk. Community Food Security in New Brunswick: An Organizational History. New Brunswick Community Food Assessment White Paper Series. New Brunswick: Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement.

Areas of Expertise: Community Food Security, Community Planning, Governance, Housing, Housing Finance, Urban and Social Theory