Roger E. Hamlin, Ph.D.
Roger E. Hamlin is Professor of Urban Planning and Public Administration.
He directs several projects for the Institute for Public Policy
and Social Research (IPPSR) at Michigan State University. He was
previously Associate Director of IPPSR, Resident Fellow, Director
of International Programs and was Director of the Urban and Regional
Planning Program for eleven years. Prior to joining the faculty
at Michigan State he was Administrator of the Community Planning
and Development Program and Assistant Professor of Political Science
in the University of Georgia System at Columbus State University.
His current assignment includes projects that work to build governance
capacities at the sub-national level both in the US and around the
world. Dr. Hamlin earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Hamilton
College in New York and a Master's and Ph.D. degree from the Maxwell
School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
in economics and public administration. He has worked for the Senate
and the Office of Planning Services of New York State and has lived
and worked in South America, the Caribbean, Asia and Europe.
He has been an author of several books including: Financing
Small Business in America (Praeger Publications) Economy
Without Walls (Praeger Publications); Strategy for a Global
University (Michigan State U.); Creating an Economic Development
Action Plan: A Guide for Development Professionals. (Praeger
Publications); Design for the Delivery of Human Resource Services;
and Preparation for Work in a Changing Economy (Middle Cities
Education Association). He has also designed software including:
The Economic Development Information System and A Policy
Information System for Vocational Education.
Professor Hamlin has earned the White House Achievement Award,
The Nelson Jack Edwards Award for "the Greatest Contribution to
Metropolitan Detroit," and the Illinois Foundation Award. He has
earned national awards from the American Planning Association and
the American Institute of Certified Planners. He was a CIC Academic
Leadership Fellow and an American Council on Education Fellow finalist.
He has been listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the
Midwest, and Who's Who in Finance and Industry.
Learn more about Dr. Hamlin's current projects:
Global Distance Education Initiative
The Romanian Leadership Exchange
• Japanese-American Housing Program Comparative Analysys
Dr. Hamlin can be reached at hamlin@msu.edu.
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