Profile

Professor Schrock's research lies at the intersection of regional economies and local labor markets. He studies how state and local actors are integrating policies and strategies for economic and workforce development, especially in ways that promote social equity and upward mobility in low-wage labor markets. He is currently studying the implementation of "green job" initiatives in U.S. cities.

PhD (Urban Planning and Policy), University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010
MURP (Urban and Regional Planning), University of Minnesota, 2003
BA (Government & Int’l Studies), University of Notre Dame, 1998

Selected publications

Greg Schrock. 2009. "Reworking Workforce Development: Chicago's Sector-Based Workforce Centers."Report to the Chicago Workforce Investment Board and Joyce Foundation.

Markusen, Ann and Greg Schrock. 2009. "Consumption-Driven Urban Development," Urban Geography, 30 (4): 1-24.

Markusen, Ann and Greg Schrock. 2008. "Placing Labor Center-Stage in Industrial City Revitalization," pp. 179-210 in Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America's Older Industrial Areas, edited by R.M. McGahey and J.S. Vey. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

Markusen, Ann and Greg Schrock. 2006. "The Distinctive City: Divergent Patterns in American Urban Growth, Hierarchies and Specialization," Urban Studies, 43 (8): 1301-1323.

Chapple, Karen, Ann Markusen, Greg Schrock, Pingkang Yu, and Daisaku Yamamoto.  2004.  "Gauging Metropolitan 'High-Tech' and 'I-Tech' Activity," Economic Development Quarterly, 18 (1): 10-29.

Current teaching

Introduction to Urban Planning (USP 311U, Winter 2011)
Economic Applications for Urban Studies & Planning (USP 515, Fall 2010)

Recent media commentary

"Could We Be the 'Green Detroit'?" (Portland Mercury, 12/16/2010)
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/could-we-be-the-green-detroit/Content?oid=3161011

"Hard Times in Lawndale" (Chicago Reporter, July 2010)
http://www.chicagoreporter.com/index.php/c/Sidebars/d/Hard_Times_In_Lawndale

"Landing a Green Job" (Chicago Reporter, October 2009)
http://www.chicagoreporter.com/index.php/c/Cover_Stories/d/Landing_A_Green_Job

Contact:

Email: gschrock@pdx.edu
Phone: (503) 725-8312
Office: Urban Center 370C