Katrin B. Anacker
Biographical Background
October 2004

Education
Ph.D. candidate (degree expected 08/05), City and Regional Planning (CRP), The Ohio State University (OSU)
Dissertation: “Analyzing Mature Suburbs through Property Values: Excessive Sprawl, Scarce Reinvestments and Racial Disparities”

Master of City and Regional Planning, OSU, 1999
Master of Art (Public Policy and Management), OSU, 1999
Master’s Thesis (CRP): “Voting with Their Purses? A Preliminary Comparison of Old Shopping Centers in the United States and in Germany”

Publications
Anacker, Katrin B., and Hazel A. Morrow-Jones.
“Neighborhood Factors Associated with Same Sex Households in US Cities.” Urban Geography (forthcoming).
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A., Edward J. Malecki, and Katrin B. Anacker.
“Challenges of City Planning and City Development in the US: Current Situation and Prognosis.” Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen 148. 1 (2004): 42-49.
Selected Awards & Fellowships
OSU/Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA)
Dissertation Research Grant, 2003/2004 ($30,000)
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Dissertation Fellowship, 2003/2004 ($10,000)
Lambda Alpha International (LAI)
Dissertation Fellowship, 2003/2004 ($3,000)
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Early Doctoral Student Research Grant, 2002-2004 ($15,000)
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)/Fannie Mae Foundation (FMF)
Best Student Paper on Housing and Community Development, 11/02 ($1,000)
German-American Fulbright Commission
Graduate Studies Fellowship, 1997/1998 (~$40,000)
Carl Duisberg Society
Work-Study Grant, 1988/1989 (~$10,000)
Publications in Progress
Evans-Cowley, Jennifer and Katrin B. Anacker.
“Planning for in Progress Telecommunications: A Case Study of Telecom Hotels’
Regulatory Techniques in Germany.”
Anacker, Katrin B. and Jan Glatter.
“Americanization of German Cities? The Cases of Dresden, Germany and Columbus, Ohio.” (working title)
Morrow-Jones. Hazel A. and Katrin B. Anacker.
“The Effectiveness of Technology-Assisted Learning and International Travel in Comparative Urban Planning Education.” (working title)
Anacker, Katrin B.
“Flipping Schemes and Vulnerable Neighborhoods: The Case of Mansfield, Ohio.” (will be submitted in fall 2004)
Anacker, Katrin B. and Uwe Altrock.
“From Conversion to Cash Cow? The Case of Lueneburg, Germany.” (will be resubmitted in fall 2004 to book editors Wim Wievel and David Perry for Urban Universities as Real Estate Developers: International Cases [working title]).
Working Papers
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A., Katrin B. Anacker, and Wenqin Chen.
“Predicting Homeownership in Neighborhoods: An Experimental Analysis with American Community Survey Data for Franklin County, Ohio.” The Ohio State University Center for Urban and Regional Analysis Working Paper 03-02. http://cura.osu.edu/research/publications/publications.htm
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A. and Katrin B. Anacker.
“Analysis of Home Ownership Rates with American Community Survey Data: A Case Study for Franklin County, Ohio.” The Ohio State University Center for Urban and Regional Analysis Working Paper 03-01. http://cura.osu.edu/research/publications/publications.htm
Research Presentations
Anacker, Katrin B.
“Analyzing Mature Suburbs through Property Values: Excessive Sprawl, Scarce Reinvestments and Racial Disparities.” 2004 Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Portland, Oregon. 10/21/04.
Anacker, Katrin B. and Uwe Altrock.
“From Conversion to Cash Cow? The Case of Lueneburg, Germany.” International Universities as Developers: Authors’ Workshop (eds. Wim Wievel and David Perry). Cambridge, Massachusetts. 05/22/04.
Anacker, Katrin B.
“Analyzing Mature Suburbs through Property Values: Excessive Sprawl, Scarce Reinvestments and Racial Disparities.” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Dissertation Fellows Symposium. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 05/08/04.
Anacker. Katrin B.
“Neighborhood Factors Associated with Same Sex Households in US Cities.” Lunds Universitet Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi. 05/03/04.
Anacker, Katrin B.
“Analyzing Mature Suburbs through Property Values: First Preliminary Results.” The Ohio State University. 18th Annual Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum. 04/17/04.
Anacker, Katrin B.
“Analyzing Mature Suburbs through Property Values: Excessive Sprawl, Scarce Reinvestments and Racial Disparities.” Clemson University Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture. 01/30/04.
Morrow-Jones, Hazel A. and Katrin B. Anacker.
“What? No Long Form? What the American Community Survey Means to You.” The Ohio State University Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (CURA) Roundtable. 01/16/04.
Anacker, Katrin B.
“Analyzing Mature Suburbs through Property Values: The Case of Columbus, Ohio.” Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) & Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Third Joint Congress, Leuven, Belgium. 07/09/03.
Anacker, Katrin B.
“Flipping Schemes and Vulnerable Neighborhoods: The Case of Mansfield, Ohio.” 44th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Baltimore, Maryland. 11/23/02.
Research Experience
OSU, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, 01/01 - 06/03
American Community Survey (ACS), 01/01 - 09/03
Real Estate Property Flipping in Mansfield, Ohio, 10/01 - 09/02
Columbus’ City Image, 01/01 - 09/01
Housing Research Foundation, 07/01 - 09/01
Evaluation of HOPE VI in Atlanta and Indianapolis

Professional Experience
Editor “The New Planner”/APA (1999/2000)

Workshops
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences (CSISS)/Spatial Perspectives on Analysis for Curriculum Enhancement (SPACE)
“Spatial Analysis and GIS for Undergraduate Course Enhancement in the Social Sciences.” San Diego, California, 08/04.
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences (CSISS)
“Geographically Weighted Regression and Associated Statistics.” Santa Barbara, California, 08/03.
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences (CSISS)
“Accessibility in Time and Space: A GIS Approach.” Columbus, Ohio, 07/01.

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Introduction to Planning for Housing (2003)
Introduction to City and Regional Planning (2004)