Jeff Horner

Jeff Horner

Education

• BA Adrian College
• MUP Wayne State University

News mentions

• Detroit's population is rising, but the housing outlook market is murky
• The Packard Plant's demolition is done. Next up: Finding a new use for the sprawling site
• Detroit apartments got 20% smaller
• The Metro: Will Detroit see better days under Black leadership?
• Town without a downtown: Livonia looks to develop a Main Street after 75 years
• Slow housing market? Not in southwest Oakland County, where luxury homebuilding is booming
• The Metro: Nonprofit seeks to create community hub in former Corktown school site
• The Metro: VHF Project bringing solar-powered street art to Corktown
• America, let's talk: The Rustbelt and the American Dream
• Detroit's average commute is stuck at pre-pandemic levels — despite four times the telecommuters
• Detroit Evening Report: Detroit’s population growth; return of the Belle Isle giant slide and more
• This firm has rehabbed numerous Detroit buildings. Now it's building new houses in town
• 45% of high-ranking officials in Duggan's office don’t live in Detroit, analysis shows
• A short history of the rise, fall and return of Detroit’s Michigan Central Station
• Detroit City FC buys land, plans to build new stadium in Corktown
• Lansing has $40 million to fund new city hall. What happens next?
• 80 years later: A look back at 1943 Detroit race riots
• Wayne State class to study the legacies of Coleman A. Young
• Nearly a third of downtown Detroit is parking. Lot owners say that’s no oversupply
• Eight years on, community wants answers on dilapidated Brewster rec center

Selected publications

• The Straight Detroit: America's Premier Legacy City
• Police killings of 3 black men left a mark on Detroit’s history more than 50 years ago
• Detroit is Burning
• Why Detroit exploded in the summer of 1967

Citation index

• Google Scholar

Courses taught by Jeff Horner

Fall Term 2025 (future)

• US2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US4510 - Cities and Regions
• HIS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• GPH2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• PS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies

Spring-Summer Term 2025 (current)

• UP5650 - Metropolitan Detroit

Winter Term 2025

• PS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US4620 - Urban Studies Senior Capstone Research
• GPH2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• HIS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies

Fall Term 2024

• GPH2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US4510 - Cities and Regions
• PS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• HIS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies

Spring-Summer Term 2024

• UP5650 - Metropolitan Detroit
• US2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• GPH2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• HIS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• PS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies

Winter Term 2024

• GPH2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• GPH3130 - Introductory Urban Geography
• US2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US4620 - Urban Studies Senior Capstone Research

Fall Term 2023

• HIS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US4510 - Cities and Regions
• PS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• GPH2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies

Spring-Summer Term 2023

• UP5650 - Metropolitan Detroit
• US2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• PS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• GPH2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• HIS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies

Winter Term 2023

• GPH2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• HIS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies
• US4620 - Urban Studies Senior Capstone Research
• PS2000 - Introduction to Urban Studies