THOMAS, June Manning

THOMAS, June Manning. American, b. 1950. Genres: Race relations, Regional/Urban planning, Urban studies. Career: Coordinator of a voters' education project in Orangeburg, SC, 1968; Michigan State University, East Lansing, codirector of Office of Black Affairs, 1970, instructor, 1976-77, assistant professor of urban and metropolitan studies and urban planning, 1977-81, associate professor, 1982-95, professor of urban and regional planning and urban affairs, 1995-, director of Urban and Regional Planning Program, 1996-2000; Michigan Department of Social Services, policy plan- ner, 1974; Cleveland State University, OH, associate professor of urban studies, 1981-82. University of Michigan, King-Chavez-Parks Visiting Scholar, 1990. Michigan Department of Commerce, special assistant and program evaluator for Manufacturing Services Bureau, 1985-86. Lansing Fair Housing Center, founding member of board of directors, 1984-89; consultant to City of Detroit and Community Development Services Inc. Publications: (with R.L. Green and others) Discrimination and the Welfare of Urban Minorities, 1981; (with J. Darden, R.C. Hill, and R.W. Thomas) Detroit: Race and Uneven Development, 1987; Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit, 1997; (ed. with M. Ritzdorf, and contrib.) Urban Planning and the African American Community: In the Shadows, 1997; Planning Progress: Lessons form Shoghi Effendi, 1999. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to academic journals. Address: Urban & Regional Planning Program, 208 Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture Bldg, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1221, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]