Associate Professor


Office: UH 4420B
Ph: 419.530.4709

dhammel@utnet.utoledo.edu


RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Housing , Neighborhood Revitalization, Redevelopment

 

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

 

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D . (Doctor of Philosophy) University of Minnesota, 1994.
Thesis Title: Land Rent Changes in a Gentrifying Area of Minneapolis .
MA (Master of A rts) University of Minnesota, 1988.
Thesis Title: Intra-Urban Migration Across the State Line in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
BA (Bachelor of Arts) Kansas State University, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1984.

APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor: August 2005 to present, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo
Associate Professor: June 2000 to August 2005, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University.
Acting Chair, January 2002 to July 2002, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University
Assistant Professor: August 1993 to May 2000, Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University.
Instructor: June - July 1993, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota.
Instructor: July 1991 - August 1993, Department of Independent Study, University of Minnesota.
Scholastic Committee Representative: July 1990 - July 1993, College of Liberal Arts University of Minnesota.
Instructor: September 1990 - December 1990, Learning and Academic Skills Center, University of Minnesota.
Academic Adviser: August 1989 - July 1990, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota.
Instructor: March 1990 - June 1990, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota.
Instructor: July-August 1988, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota
Teaching Assistant: September 1985 - December 1989, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota.

INTERNSHIPS

National Geographic Society, Division of Special Publications, August 1983 - December 1983.

Cartography Laboratory, University of Minnesota, January 1988 - March 1988.

ACADEMIC BOOKS

Re-Placing Capital: Gentrification, Public Policy, and the Fate of the American Inner City. With Elvin Wyly. Book Contract with Temple University Press; approved 12/03.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Wyly, E.K., M. Atia, H. Foxcroft, D. J. Hammel and K. Phillips-Watts, 2006, "American Home: Predatory Mortgage Capital and New Spaces of Neighborhood Inequality in the United States." Geografiska Annaler B . Publication Pending.

Wyly, E.K., M. Atia and D. J. Hammel, 2004, "Has Mortgage Capital Found an Inner City Spatial Fix?" Housing Policy Debate, 15: 623-685.

Wyly, E.K. and D. J. Hammel , 2004, "Gentrification, Segregation and Discrimination in the American Urban System." Environment and Planning A , 36: 1215-1241

Wyly, E.K., T.J. Cooke, D. J. Hammel , S.R. Holloway and M. Hudson, 2001, "Low- to Moderate-Income Lending in Context: Progress Report on the Neighborhood Impacts of Homeownership Policy." Housing Policy Debate , 12: 87-127.

Wyly, E.K. and D. J. Hammel , 2000, "Capital's Metropolis: Chicago and the Transformation of American Housing Policy." Geografiska Annaler B , 82: 181 - 206.

Wyly, E.K. and D. J. Hammel , 1999, "Islands of Decay in Seas of Renewal: Urban Policy and the Resurgence of Gentrification." Housing Policy Debate , 10: 711-771.

Hammel, Daniel J. , 1999, "Re-Establishing the Rent Gap: An Alternative View of Capitalised Land Rent." Urban Studies , 36: 1283-1293.

Hammel, Daniel J. , 1999 "Gentrification and Land Rent: A Historical View of the Rent Gap in Minneapolis." Urban Geography , 20:116-145.

Wyly, E. K. and D. J. Hammel , 1998, "Modeling the Context and Contingency of Gentrification." Journal of Urban Affairs , 20:303-326.

Lindquist, P. S. and D. J. Hammel , 1998, "Applying Basic Descriptive Statistics to the Classification of Climate in the Undergraduate Classroom." Journal of Geography, 99: 72-82.

Hammel, D. J. and E. K. Wyly, 1996, "A Model Identifying Gentrified Areas with Census Data." Urban Geography , 17: 248-268.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Hammel, D. J. 2006, "Public Housing Chicago Style: Transformation or Elimination?" In Chicago's Geographies: A 21 st Century Metropolis. Richard P. Greene, Mark J. Bouman and Dennis Grammenos, eds. Association of American Geographers, Washington D. C., Publication Pending.

Wyly, E.K. and D. J. Hammel , 2005, "Mapping Neoliberal American Urbanism." In Gentrification in a Global Context: The New Urban Colonialism , pp. 18 - 38. Rowland Atkinson and Gary Bridge, eds. Routledge: London. Publication Pending.

Wyly, E. K. and D. J. Hammel , 2001, "Gentrification Housing Policy, and the New Contex of Urban Redevelopment." In Critical Perspectives on Urban Redevelopment , Research in Urban Sociology , v. 6, pp. 211-276. Kevin Fox Gotham ed. Elseveir Sciend Ltd., Amsterdam.

MONOGRAPHS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Wyly, E.K., T.J. Cooke, D. J. Hammel , S.R. Holloway and M. Hudson, 2000, Learning from Just Right Neighborhoods." Building Blocks , Winter v. 1, n. 2.

Wyly, E.K. and D.J. Hammel, 2000, "Capital and Community: Chicago and the Devolution of American Housing Policy." Working Paper No. 153 , Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University.

Wyly, E.K., T.J. Cooke, D. J. Hammel , S.R. Holloway and M. Hudson, 2000, "'Goldilocks' Neighborhoods: Ten 'Just Right' Urban Markets for Affordable Homeownership" a report submitted to the Fannie Mae Foundation.

Hammel, D. J. , 2000, "Internet Use Among Local Governments in Illinois' Non-Metropolitan Communities" Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs, Western Illinois University, Macomb IL

Wyly, E.K. and D. J. Hammel , 2000, "Cities and the Reinvestment Wave: Underserved Markets and the Gentrification of Housing Policy." Housing Facts and Findings , 2 (1): 1-7.

Wyly, E.K. and D. J. Hammel , 1999, "Islands of Decay in Seas of Renewal: Urban Policy and the Resurgence of Gentrification." Working Paper No. 148 , Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University.

MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED

Hammel, D. J., 2004 "HUD." Entry in Dictionary of Human Geography , Warf, B. editor, Sage.

PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS

"The Gentrification of Recession and the Rise of the Asset-Backed Metropolis." 101 st Annual Meeting of the Association of Geographers. Denver, CO, April 2005, with E.K. Wyly.

" Capital is the Landlord: New Geographies of Subprime and Predatory Mortgage Lending." Invited Lecture, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. March 14, 2005.

"Context, Gentrification and the New American Urban System." 45 th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Portland, OR, October 2004 with E.K. Wyly.

" Capital is the Landlord: Class-Monopoly Rent and the New Geographies of Subprime and Predatory Mortgage Lending ." 34 th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association. Washington, DC, April 2004, with E.K. Wyly and M. Atia.

"Discrimination and Segregation: Mortgage Capital and the New American Inner City." Geography Colloquium, Northern Illinois University. DeKalb, IL, March 28, 2003.

"At the Bottom of the Urban Hierarchy: Gentrification and Neighborhood Change in Small Cities." 99 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New Orleans, LA, March 2003.

"Gentrification, Discrimination and Segregation: Mortgage Capital and the American Inner City." Upward Neighbourhood Trajectories: Gentrification in a New Century; International Conference on Gentrification. Glasgow, UK, September 2002.

"Tips For First-Year Faculty: What You Need To Know But Might Not Have Learned in Graduate School" Panel Discussion (invited panelist), 98 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Los Angeles, CA, March 2002.

"Reinventing the Inner City: Gentrification and Segregation in the Urban System." 98 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Los Angeles, CA, March 2002, with E.K. Wyly. "Just Right Emerging Neighborhoods." Housing Washington - Statewide Affordable Housing Conference, invited presentation. Tacoma, WA, October 2001, with E.K. Wyly.

"Smart Growth and the Effects of Continued Population Growth in McLean County." Panel Discussion (invited participant), McLean County Regional Planning Commission. Bloomington, IL, March 7, 2001.

"Preparing to Work in an Undergraduate Oriented Department." Panel Discussion (organizer and participant), 97 th Annual Meeting of the Association of Urban Geographers. New York, NY, March 2001. "Reinventing the Gold Coast and the Slum: Chicago and the Transformation of American Housing Policy" UIC 8 th Annual Great Cities Winter Forum and UCC Biannual Conference on Chicago Research and Public Policy. Chicago, IL, December 2000 .

"Capital's Metropolis: The Reinvention of Urban Policy in Chicago" 30 th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association. Los Angeles, CA, May 2000, with E.K. Wyly (session co-organizer).

Capital's Metropolis: Chicago and the Transformation of Housing Policy" 96 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Pittsburgh, PA, March 2000, with E.K. Wyly (session co-organizer).

"Islands of Decay in Seas of Renewal: Urban Policy and the Resurgence of Gentrification" 29 th Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association. Louisville, KY, April 1999, with E.K. Wyly.

"Urban Policy and the Resurgence of Gentrification" 95 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Honolulu, HI, March 1999, with E.K.Wyly (session co-organizer).

"Active Learning in Human Geography" Panel Discussion (co-organizer and participant), Annual Meetings of the West Lakes Division of the Association of American Geographers. Madison WI, October 1998.

"Teaching Geographic Techniques Courses and Their Role in the Undergraduate Curriculum" Panel Discussion (organizer and participant), 94 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Boston, MA, April 1998.

"Rethinking Capitalized Land Rent" 93 rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Ft. Worth, TX, April 1997.

"Modeling Gentrification: A Comparative Analysis of Four Metropolitan Areas." 92 nd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Charlotte, NC, April 1996, with E.K. Wyly

"Historical Land Rent Changes and the Rent Gap." 90 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, CA, April 1994.

"A Method for Identifying Gentrified Areas With Census Data." 90 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. San Francisco, CA, April 1994, with E. K. Wyly.

"A Developmental Model for Readmitting Suspended Students." Region Six Conference of the National Academic Advising Association. Bloomington, MN, April 1993.

"Ground Rent Changes and Redevelopment in Downtown Minneapolis." 89 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Atlanta, GA, April 1993.

"The Rent Gap in Gentrifying Areas." Rocky Mountain/Great Plains Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Manhattan, KS, October 1992.

"Empirical Evidence of the Rent Gap in Minneapolis." 88 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. San Diego, CA, April 1992.

"The Role of Potential Land Rent in Gentrification." 87 th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Miami, FL, April 1991.

"The Rent Gap and Residential Land Values." West Lakes Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. St. Paul, MN, October 1988.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

New Schools New Neighborhoods, Spring and Summer 2006, Western Ohio Research Consortium ($20,000), PI.

Toledo Neighborhood Performance Indicators, Spring and Summer 2006, Western Ohio Research Consortium ($10,000), Co-PI

The Top 10 Neighborhoods for Affordable Homeownership, Summer 2000, Fannie Mae Foundation ($4,500), Co-PI.

Internet Use Among Local Governments in Illinois' Non-Metropolitan Communities, Summer 2000, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs , Western Illinois University ($2,250), PI

University Research Grant, Summer 1998, Illinois State University ($3,000), PI.

University Research Grant, Summer 1995, Illinois State University ($2,400), PI

Instrumentation, Laboratory and Instructional Grant, May 1995, National Science Foundation ($50,000) including matching funds from the College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University, Co-PI

BOOK REVIEWS

Hammel, D. J., 2001, "Valuing the Built Environment: GIS and House Price Analysis, by Scott Orford." Environment and Planning A , 33: 185-186.

SELECTED SERVICE ACTIVITY (Internal)

Graduate Internship Coordinator, Department of Geography and Planning, August 2005 to present.

Chair, Open Rank Position Search Committee, Department of Geography and Planning, Fall 2005 - Spring 2006.

Illinois State University Academic Senate, May 2004 to August 2005.

Chair, Rules Committee of Academic Senate, Illinois State University, August 2004 to August 2005.

University Academic Planning Committee, May 2004 to August 2005.

Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Department of Geography-Geology, August 1996 -- May 2005, Illinois State University.

College Faculty Status Committee (Promotion and Tenure), College of Arts and Sciences, May 2001 - November 2001; May 2002 - May 2004.

Department Faculty Status Committee, Department of Geography-Geology, May 1995 - May 1997 and May 1999 - May 2001.

Search Committee Chair at Illinois State for five different positions in Geography (1998 - 2002) and Department Chair position in Economics (2003) and Speech Pathology Audiology (2004).

Faculty Co-Sponsor Geography Club/Gamma Theta Upsilon Honorary, Department of Geography-Geology, August 1997 to May 2005, Department of Geography-Geology.

Co-Director, Spatial Analysis/Cartography Laboratory, Department of Geography-Geology, August 1995 to August 1999, Illinois State University.

College Curriculum Committee (secretary), August 1995 to December 1997, Illinois State University.

Faculty Mentor, Madison House/Watterson Residence Hall, August 1994 to May 1996, Illinois State University.

Retention Committee, September 1994 to May 1995, College of Arts and Sciences, Illinois State University.

SELECTED SERVICE ACTIVITY (External)

Secretary-Treasurer/board member of the Urban Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, March 1999 to May 2002.

Paper or Grant Peer Reviews: Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society, Environment and Planning A, Professional Geographer, Material Culture Urban Geography, Fannie Mae Foundation, National Science Foundation.

Housing Subcommittee for the McLean County Regional Comprehensive Plan , 1999 - 2000.

Volunteer Tutor, McLean County Literacy Program (approx. 3 hours per week), August 1995 to December 2001.

INTERVIEWS WITH THE MEDIA

WGLT 89.1 FM Radio , April 16, 2005. Four minute interview on GLT Datebook concerning urban sprawl.

The Dallas Morning News , March 27, 2001. Quoted on the potentially deleterious effects of a middle-income development sponsored by former HUD Secretary, Henry Cisneros in a poor area of San Antonio, TX.

The Daily Vidette , March 20, 2001. Quoted on Issues of Smart Growth in McLean County.

Pantagraph , March 7, 2001. Quoted on Issues of Smart Growth in McLean County.

Pantagraph , November 12, 2000. Subject of a full-page article on Geography and Geography Awareness Week.

USA Today , September 26, 2000. Quoted in two articles concerning my research on affordable housing in hot real estate markets.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

"Human Geography in Action" - A one week, NSF funded active learning workshop conducted at Arizona State University, June 1998.

"Boot Camp for Professors" -- A one week college teaching seminar offered by the University of Colorado at Denver Office of Teaching Improvement August 1994.

Literacy and ESL Training for Tutors, McLean County, IL Sharing the Ability to Read program.

PAST AND PRESENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association of American Geographers
Urban Affairs Association
American Planning Association
National Council for Geographic Education
Illinois Geographical Society
St. George Geographical Society
National Academic Advising Association

COURSES TAUGHT

Urban Development and Housing
Research Methods
Urban Geography
Urban and Regional Planning
Human Geography
Geography of the United States
Regional and Area Studies Field Course in London UK
Foundations of Inquiry
Earth Science/Physical Geography
The Language of Maps
Economic Geography
World Geography
Planning Academic Success Strategies