Carl Abbott, Ph.D
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning

B.A. (history) 1966 Swarthmore College, M.A. (history) 1967, Ph.D. (history) 1971, University of Chicago.

Teaching and research interests include: urban history, urban revitalization policy, regional development in the United States. Dr. Abbott is known widely for writing on the history of urban development and planning in the twentieth-century United States. He has published extensively on the history of city planning, the evolution of U.S. urban policy, and the relationships between urban growth and regional development. He served as president of the Urban History Association for 1995 and is currently co-editor of the Pacific Historical Review. He is also co-editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association. He is the author of several books; The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West received the best-book award of the Urban History Association. Dr. Abbott is also committed to efforts to bring an understanding of urban issues to nonacademic audiences through writing and work with civic organizations, museums, and public historical organizations.

Professor Abbott's contact information:
Office: Urban Center, room 370P
Phone: (503) 725.5171
E-mail: abbottc@pdx.edu
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