Participant Info
- First Name
- Amanda
- Last Name
- Seligman
- Country
- United States
- State
- WI Wisconsin
- seligman@uwm.edu
- Affiliation
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Website URL
- https://uwm.edu/history/people/seligman-amanda/
- Keywords
- urban, community organizing, Milwaukee, Chicago, race, housing, real estate, schools, public policy, riots, urban renewal, block clubs, graduate school
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Amanda I. Seligman is Professor of History and Urban Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she has taught since 1999. She holds an AB in Classics from Princeton University and a PhD in History from Northwestern University. Her current research project is the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee, co-edited with Margo Anderson.
- Recent Publications
Seligman, Amanda I. Chicago’s Block Clubs: How Neighbors Shape the City. University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Graf, Ann M., Seligman, Amanda I., and Anderson, Margo J. Bibliography of Metropolitan Milwaukee. Marquette University Press, 2014.
Seligman, Amanda I. Is Graduate School Really for You: The Whos, Whats, Hows, and Whys of Pursuing a Master’s or PhD. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Seligman, Amanda I. Block by Block: Neighborhoods and Public Policy on Chicago’s West Side. University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- @AmandaISeligman
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- North America
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Public History, Race, Urban History
