FACULTY DIRECTORY
John Goering
Professor
Mailing Address:
Baruch College/CUNY
School of Public Affairs
One Bernard Baruch Way, Box D-0901
New York, NY 10010
Office Location: 137 east 22nd Street, Room 208
Phone: 646 660-6960
Fax: 646 660-6701
Email: John.Goering@baruch.cuny.edu
Biography
John Goering received his Ph.D. from Brown University in sociology and demography. His research focuses upon housing and neighborhood development, as well as race and ethnic issues. He is the author of several dozen articles as well as editor and author of The Best Eight Blocks in Harlem (University Press, 1977; Housing Desegregation and Federal Policy (University of North Carolina Press, 1986); Mortgage Lending, Racial Discrimination and Federal Policy (Urban Institute Press, 1996); and another book, Choosing a Better Life? Evaluating the Moving to Opportunity Experiment, was published by The Urban Institute Press in Spring 2003. He has served on the editorial boards of the Urban Affairs Review, New Community, Housing Studies, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. His article summarizing research on the MTO experiment has been recently published in Journal of Housing Research. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has scheduled a policy-focused assessment of MTO for publication in their Economic Policy Review. At the Ralph Bunche Institute at The Graduate Center, he is co-directing a Mellon Foundation grant focused on the interface between international and domestic human rights policies. Before joining the faculty, Professor Goering directed evaluation and research on housing, neighborhood change, and civil rights issues at HUD, and then served on the staff of the Clinton White House Initiative on Race. For the American Sociological Association, he served on their Committee on Sociologists in Government (1992-1995); the Committee on Archives (1993-1998); and the Program Committee for the Year 2000 and the year 20001 ASA Annual Meetings (for ASA President’s Joe Feagin and Douglas Massey). He serves as a consultant on research and litigation for HUD.
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