John Mollenkopf is director of the Center for Urban Research.  He is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate Center and coordinates its interdisciplinary concentration in public policy and urban studies. He has authored or edited thirteen books on urban politics, urban policy, immigration, and New York City.  Prior to joining the Graduate Center in 1981, he directed the Economic Development Division of the New York City Department of City Planning and taught urban studies and public management at Stanford University.  He received his PhD from Harvard and BA from Carleton College.  With Philip Kasinitz, Mary Waters, and Jennifer Holdaway, Mollenkopf has recently completed a book on the education, labor market outcomes, and political and civic involvement among second generation immigrant and native minority young adults in the New York metropolitan area.  Other recent work includes studies of immigrants and politics in New York and Los Angeles, the political incorporation of immigrants in Europe and the U.S., and the comparative study of the second generation in eight European countries.  His Place Matters:  A Metropolitics for the 21st Century, co-authored with Peter Dreier and Todd Swanstrom, won the Michael Harrington Prize of the American Political Science Association in 2002.  The New York Chapter of the American Planning Association gave him its Robert Ponte award for distinguished contributions to the understanding of economic development in New York City.  He has served as a consultant to many public agencies in New York City, is a member of the MacArthur Foundation research network on Building Resilient Regions, and is a member of the steering committee organizing the Research Consortium for New York City Schools.

John Mollenkopf's publications