Faculty
David Wilson
- Professor of Geography
- Research Interests: David Wilson is currently investigating projects pivoting around the political economy of the U.S. city. Specific projects examine the politics of urban growth regimes in Midwest cities, the politics of competing discursive formations that generate gentrified neighborhoods and poverty communities, and the racializing of the contemporary urban issues of crime and city growth. At the moment, he serves on the editorial boards of Urban Geography, Professional Geographer, Social and Cultural Geography, Syracuse University Press (Society, Space, and Place Book Series), Inter-Cultural Studies, the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography project and Acme: International Journal for Critical Geography.
- Office: 332 Davenport Hall
- Phone: 333-0877
- E-mail: dwilson2@uiuc.edu
Courses
Research in Progress
- Political Economy of the United States City
- Spatiality, Power, and Urban Political Movements
- The Power and Sustainability of Growth Regimes
Recent Publications
Books And Edited Volumes
Wilson, D., 2006. Cities and Race: the New American Black Ghetto (London: Routledge).
Wilson, D., 2005. Inventing Black-On-Black Violence: Discourse, Space, Representation (Syracuse: Syracuse University).
Wilson, D., and H. Bauder, 2001. Invited guest editor of special issue, Tidschrift Vor Economisch En Sociale Geografie, “Discourse and the Making of Marginalized People.”
Jonas, A. and D. Wilson, 1999. Two Decades Later: Critical Perspectives On The Growth Machine Thesis (Albany: SUNY) Edited collection.
Wilson, D., 1997. "Globalization and the Changing United States City." Invited guest editor for The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Volume 51, May, 257 pgs.
Wilson, D. and Huff, J., 1994. Marginalized Places and Populations: A Structurationist Agenda (Westport: Praeger) edited collection.
Jakle, J. and D. Wilson, 1992. Derelict Landscapes: the Wasting of America's Built Environment (Lanham, Md: Rowman and Little-field).
ARTICLES
Wilson, D., 2007. “A Flawed Reading: Notes On Inventing Black-On- Black Violence,” Social and Cultural Geography, forthcoming.
Wilson, D., 2007. “The New Segregation in U.S. and U.K. Cities.” In J.R. Short, P. Hubbard, and T. Hall (eds.)The Compendium of Urban Studies (Newbury Park: Sage).
Wilson, D., 2007. “The Life of David Harvey.” In R. Beauregard (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Urban Studies (Newbury Park: Sage).
Wilson, D., 2007. “The Global Trope: Rust Belt Cities in America,” Globalizations, forthcoming.
Wilson, D., 2006. “Fractures and Cleavages: The Growing Polarization in Chicago.” In R. Greene, M. Baumann, and D. Grammenos (eds.) Geography’s Chicago Understanding the Chicago Region (Washington D.C: Association of American Geographers).
Rhoads, B. and D. Wilson, 2006. “Observation of Our World.” In J.P. Jones and Basel Gomez (eds.) Interrogating Contemporary Research Methods (Oxford: Blackwell), forthcoming.
Wilson, D., 2005. “The Counter-Narrative Begins: Confronting Capital And the Ideas of James DeFilippis,” Urban Geography, 27, 3, 111-114.
Wilson, D. and D. Grammenos, 2005. “Gentrification, Political Struggle, And the Body: Chicago’s Humboldt Park,” Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 23, 1, 295-312.
Wilson, D., 2004. “Making Historic Preservation in Chicago: Space,Discourse, and Neoliberalism,” Space and Polity, 8, 1, 43-59.
Wilson, D., 2004. “Toward A Contingent Urban Neoliberalism,” Urban Geography, 25, 8, 771-783. Special Issue: New Developments in Anglo Urban Geography.
Wilson, D., Grammenos, D. and J. Wouters, 2004. “Neighborhood Restructuring and Political Conflict: Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood,” Environment and Planning A, 36, 2, 114-131. Special Issue: New Trends in Gentrification Research.
Wilson, D. and T. Mueller, 2004. “Growth Coalitions, Language, and Metaphorical Deployment in St. Louis,” Professional Geographer, 56, 2, 282-294.
Wilson, D. Gregory, K. And M. Creekmore, 2003. “Identity Constituting and Everyday Practices in Rural, Illinois,” Great Lakes Geographer, 24, 71-89.
Wilson, D. and J. Wouters, 2003. ”Spatiality and Growth Discourse: The Restructuring Of America’s Rust Belt Cities,” Journal of Urban Affairs, 25, 2, 123-139. Special Issue: Contemporary Geographical Perspectives On Urban Politics and Policy.
Wilson, D., 2002. “Constructing “Black-On-Black Violence:” the Conservative Reality,” Acme: International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 1, 38-59.
Rhoads, B.L., Wade, R. Wilson, D., et. al., 2002. “Integrating Science and Technology to Support Stream Naturalization Near Chicago, Illinois,” Journal of American Water Resources Association, 38, 931-944.
Wilson, D., 2001. “Coloring the City: Black-On-Black Violence And Liberal Discourse,” Journal of Economic and Social Geography, 92, 3,261-279.
Wilson, D., 2001. “Forum on Byron Miller: Geography and Social Movements,” Political Geography, 20,7, 923-924.
Wilson, D. and H. Bauder, 2001. “Discourse and the Making of Marginalized People,” Journal of Economic and Social Geography, 92, 3, 259-261.
Wilson, D. and D. Grammenos, 2000. "Progress Report: Spatiality and Urban Redevelopment Movements," Urban Geography, 21, 4, 361- 371.
Rhoads, B., Urban, M., Wilson, D. and E. Herricks, 1999. “The Role of Scientists and Non-Scientists in Environmental Management,” Environmental Management, 23, 3, 302-321.
Jonas, A. and D. Wilson, 1999. "New Trends In the Growth Machine Thesis." In A.E.G. Jonas and D. Wilson (eds.) Two Decades Later: Critical Perspectives On the Growth Machine
Thesis (Albany: SUNY) 3-19.
Wilson, D., 1998. "Progress Report: The Politics of Urban Representation," Urban Geography, 19, 5, 531-542.
Wilson, D., 1997. "Globalization and the United States City," Annals of the American Academy of Social and Political Sciences, May, 551, 8-16.
Wilson, D. and P. Moss, 1997. "Geography and Sociology Interconnect: the Rise of Spatiality Studies in Urban Geography." In R. Hutchison (ed.) New Perspectives in Urban
Sociology (New York: JAI Press).
Wilson, D., 1996. Metaphors, Growth Coalitions, and Black Poverty Neighborhoods In A U.S. City, Antipode, 28, 1, 72-97.
Wilson, D., 1995. "Building A Reality: Growth Coalition Representations and Uneven Development in Two U.S. Cities,” Planning Theory, 14, 1, 96-115.
Wilson, D., 1995. Progress Report: Urban Conflict Politics and The Poststructuralist Gaze, Urban Geography, 16, 8, 734-743.
Wilson, D., 1995. "Excavating the Dialectic of Blindness and Insight: Anthony Giddens' Structuration Theory," Political Geography, 14, 3, 309-318.
Wilson, D., 1995. "Urban Neighborhood Disinvestment and Altruistic Capitalist Bureaucracies: An Empirical Assessment." In K. Misra (ed.) Urban Development and Public Policy: The Dreams and Realities of Transition (Vikas: New Delhi).
Wilson, D., Margulis, H., and J. Ketchum, 1994. "Spatial Aspects of Housing Abandonment in the 1990s: The Cleveland Experience," Housing Studies, 9, 4, 493-509.
Wilson, D. and J. Browning, 1994. "Politics and Community Development: The Black Underclass On Chicago's Near West Side," Tidschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 85, 53-66.
Wilson, D., 1994. "Structurationist Studies in Geography: A Critical Review." In D. Wilson and J. Huff (eds.) Marginalized Places and Populations: A Structurationist Agenda Westport:
Praeger).
Wilson, D. and Huff, J., 1994. "Contemporary Human Geography: The Emergence of Structuration Theory in Inequality Research." In D. Wilson and J. Huff (eds.) Marginalized Places and Populations: A Structurationist Agenda (Westport: Praeger).
Wilson, D., 1994. "The Dynamics of U.S. Zoning." In R. W. Fairbridge and D.E. Alexander (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Environmental Science (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold).
Wilson, D., 1993. "Everyday Life, Spatiality, and Inner City Disinvestment In A U.S. City," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 17, 4, 578-594.
Wilson, D., 1993. "Connecting Social Process and Space in the Geography of Religion," AREA, 25, 4, 75-77.
Wilson, D., 1993."Organizations and Urban Spatial Structure: A Review and Appraisal," Journal of Planning Literature, 3, 227- 237.
Wilson, D., 1992. "Social Reproduction and Local Organizations: A Social Constructionist Approach," Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 10, 3, 215_230.
Wilson, D., 1991. "Urban Change, Circuits of Capital, and Uneven Development," The Professional Geographer, 43, 4, 403-415.
Wilson, D., 1990. "Comments on the Decline of Fieldwork in Human Geography," The Professional Geographer, 42, 2, 219-221.
Wilson, D., 1990. "Institutions, Agency and Micro_Scale Gentrification: A Tale of Two Neighborhoods," Journal of Urban Affairs, 12, 3, 267-283.
Wilson, D., 1989. "Toward A Revised Urban Managerialism: Structure, Agency, and Community Development Block Grants," Political Geography Quarterly, 8, 21-41.
Wilson, D., 1989. "Community Development Block Grants, Politics And Local Development: A Critical Comment," East Lakes Geographer, 24, 143-153.
Wilson, D., 1989. "Local State Dynamics and Gentrification in Indianapolis, Indiana," Urban Geography, 10, 1, 19-40.
Wilson, D. and A. Slack, 1989. "Toward An Applied Phenomenology: the Case of Abandoned Pier Use in Hoboken, New Jersey," Environmental Management, 13, 1, 117-123.