Associate Professor Emerita, Urban Studies and Planning
Dr. Karen J. Gibson is an Emeritus Associate Professor in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning. She has a B.A. in English Literature & Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, a M.S. in Public Management and Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley.
Prior to joining the Toulan School in 1998, Dr. Gibson spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow with the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE) at Carnegie Mellon University's Department of History. She was also a dissertation fellow with the Mellon Seminar on Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality: A Cross-National Perspective, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Her scholarship seeks to answer questions about the political economy of racial economic inequality in the urban setting. In Portland, research topics include housing policy and neighborhood change in the Portland's historic African American community, the Albina District (1940-present). She has published her work on racial economic inequality, urban redevelopment, and police-community relations in books and journal outlets such as Feminist Economics, Transforming Anthropology, the Journal of Planning Education and Research, and the Oregon Historical Quarterly. In her two decades at Portland State, she taught courses on urban poverty, housing, community economic development, and black urban history. She also worked with local housing and community development organizations in Portland and gave many public presentations about neighborhood change in the Albina District.
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About Karen J. Gibson (Emerita)
Dr. Karen J. Gibson is an Emeritus Associate Professor in the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning. She has a B.A. in English Literature & Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, a M.S. in Public Management and Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley.
Prior to joining the Toulan School in 1998, Dr. Gibson spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow with the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE) at Carnegie Mellon University's Department of History. She was also a dissertation fellow with the Mellon Seminar on Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality: A Cross-National Perspective, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Her scholarship seeks to answer questions about the political economy of racial economic inequality in the urban setting. In Portland, research topics include housing policy and neighborhood change in the Portland's historic African American community, the Albina District (1940-present). She has published her work on racial economic inequality, urban redevelopment, and police-community relations in books and journal outlets such as Feminist Economics, Transforming Anthropology, the Journal of Planning Education and Research, and the Oregon Historical Quarterly. In her two decades at Portland State, she taught courses on urban poverty, housing, community economic development, and black urban history. She also worked with local housing and community development organizations in Portland and gave many public presentations about neighborhood change in the Albina District.
| Present | Emeritus Associate Professor, Portland State University ‐ Urban Studies and Planning | |
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| 2006 - 2019 | Associate Professor, Portland State University ‐ Urban Studies and Planning | |
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| 1998 - 2006 | Assistant Professor, Portland State University ‐ Urban Studies and Planning | |
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| 1996 - 1998 | Research Fellow, Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy, Carnegie Mellon University ‐ History | |
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Disciplines
Honors and Awards
- Freedom Fighter Award for Contributions to Civil Rights in Portland & Oregon
- Rhonda Williams Prize, International Association for Feminist Economics, Barbados Conference
- Otto A. Davis Award for Commitment to Racial & Social Justice, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon
| 1996 | Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley ‐ City and Regional Planning | |
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| 1991 | M.S., Carnegie Mellon University ‐ Public Management and Policy | |
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| 1980 | B.A., San Francisco State University ‐ English Literature and Creative Writing | |
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