Publications

My research and writings have wide relevance to U.S. urban and educational policymaking. I also frequently speak at professional and academic conferences, symposium, and classes. I welcome invitations for public talks and workshop facilitation at professional associations, community organizations, K-12 schools, and university classrooms.

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Academic Journal Articles and Book Chapters

MARKING CHANGE AT THE JERSEY SHORE: LESSONS FROM ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY ↗︎ (PDF)

Martin A. Bierbaum and Ariel H. Bierbaum (2023) Informationen zur Raumentwicklung (IzR), Journal of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) within the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR), Germany, Special Issue on International Small Cities

PLANNING FOR OPPORTUNITY: LINKING SMART GROWTH TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Jonathan Paul Katz. (2022) Book chapter in Gerrit-Jan Knaap, Rebecca Lewis, and Arnab Chakraborty (Eds.) The Handbook for Smart Growth. Edward Elgar Publishing

SCHOOL-CENTERED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM BALTIMORE’S 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL BUILDINGS PROGRAM ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Alisha Butler, and Erin O’Keefe (2022) Community Development

SCHOOL-CENTERED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND A QUEST FOR SPATIAL JUSTICE: EXPLORING COMPETING THEORIES OF ACTION IN BALTIMORE ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Alisha Butler, and Erin O’Keefe (2022) Planning Theory & Practice

LEVERAGING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM BALTIMORE’S 21 CENTURY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Alisha Butler, and Erin O’Keefe (2022) Urban Education

SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, SCHOOL RE-ZONING, AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT IN TWO MARYLAND COUNTIES ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum and Gail Sunderman (2021) education policy analysis archives

TOWARDS MOBILITY JUSTICE: LINKING TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATION EQUITY IN THE CONTEXT OF SCHOOL CHOICE ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Alex Karner, and Jesus M. Barajas (2020) Journal of the American Planning Association

MANAGING SHRINKAGE BY “RIGHT-SIZING” SCHOOLS: THE CASE OF SCHOOL CLOSURES IN PHILADELPHIA ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum (2020) Journal of Urban Affairs Special Issue on Promoting Social Justice and Equity in Shrinking Cities, 42(3): 450-473.

MINDFUL MAPPING: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO HELPING YOUTH NAVIGATE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE ↗︎

Bethany J. Welch, Ariel H. Bierbaum, and Andrea Rusli. (2020) Book chapter in Janet Loebach, Sarah Little, Adina Cox, and Patsy Eubanks Owens (Eds.) Handbook for Designing Public Spaces for Young People: Processes, Practices and Policies for Youth Inclusion. Routledge.

TOWARDS ENGAGED, JUST, AND SMART COMMUNITIES: LESSONS FROM WEST BALTIMORE ↗︎

Willow Lung-Amam, Ariel H. Bierbaum, Sheri Parks, Gerrit Knaap, Gail Sunderman, and Lauren Stamm (2019) Housing Policy Debate Special Issue Smart Cities, Housing, and Community Development Policy - online first

SCHOOL CLOSURES AND THE CONTESTED UNMAKING OF PHILADELPHIA'S NEIGHBORHOODS ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum (2018) Journal of Planning Education and Research - online first

NEWS MEDIA'S DEMOCRATIC FUNCTIONS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION: AN ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPER FRAMINGS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSURES ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum (2018) Urban Education - online first

GENTRIFICATION, DISPLACEMENT, AND THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT ↗︎

Miriam Zuk, Ariel H. Bierbaum, Karen Chapple, Karolina Gorska, and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris (2018) Journal of Planning Literature, 33(1): 31-44

QUALITATIVE SPACES: INTEGRATING SPATIAL ANALYSIS FOR A MIXED METHODS APPROACH ↗︎

Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana and Ariel H. Bierbaum (2015) International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14(2): 92-103

PUTTING SCHOOLS ON THE MAP: LINKING TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN, and SCHOOLS ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum and Jeffrey M. Vincent (2013) The Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, No. 2357: 77-85

TRAJECTORIES OF OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS OF COLOR: BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND PLACEMAKING STRATEGIES FOR CREATING EQUITABLE, HEALTHY, AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ↗︎

Deborah L. McKoy, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Ariel H. Bierbaum (2010) In Changing Places: How Communities Will Improve the Health of Boys of Color (edited by Christopher Edley, Jr. and Jorge Ruiz de Velasco)

SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FOR LEARNING: A REPLICABLE MODEL OF SERVICE-LEARNING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ↗︎ (PDF)

Deborah L. McKoy, David Stern, and Ariel H. Bierbaum (2010) Social Studies Review, 49(1): 82-85.

Working Papers, Reports, Conference Proceedings

SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, SCHOOL RE-ZONING, AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT IN TWO MARYLAND COUNTIES: HOW LAND USE POLICY SETS THE CONDITIONS FOR SCHOOL RE-ZONING ↗︎ (PDF)

Ariel H. Bierbaum and Gail Sunderman (2021) Poverty and Race Journal

BALTIMORE’S SCHOOL-CENTERED NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTMENTS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE 21ST CENTURY SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM ↗︎ (PDF)

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Erin S. O’Keefe, and Alisha Butler (2020) Report for the Maryland Philanthropy Network’s School-Centered Neighborhood Investment Initiative, Baltimore, MD

THE BURDEN OF CHOICE? ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL CHOICE ON STUDENT TRAVEL AND HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITY IN PHILADELPHIA ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum and Jesus M. Barajas (2019) Available at SSRN.

LINKING TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATION EQUITY IN THE CONTEXT OF SCHOOL CHOICE

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Alex Karner, and Jesus M. Barajas (2019) White paper presented at Research Roundtable: Exploring the Intersections between Transportation Justice and Student Travel, Washington, D.C.

RESEARCH ROUNDTABLE SUMMARY: EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF TRANSPORTATION JUSTICE AND STUDENT TRAVEL ↗︎ (PDF)

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Tabia Gamble, Alex Karner, and Jesus M. Barajas (2019) Roundtable held in Washington, D.C., January 12, 2019.

SMART CITIES, CONNECTED COMMUNITIES: USING TECHNOLOGY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF WEST BALTIMORE RESIDENTS ↗︎ (PDF)

Willow Lung-Amam, Ariel H. Bierbaum, Sheri Parks, Lauren Stamm, Gail Sunderman, and Gerrit-Jan Knaap (2018) Report produced in collaboration with the Upton Planning Committee, Mount Royal Community Development Corporation, and Druid Heights Community Development Corporation, Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology, and Morgan State University. Funded by the National Science Foundation Smart and Connected Communities Program (SCC-1737495).

POLICY BRIEF ON WASHINGTON, DC MAYOR BOWSER'S PROPOSED CHARTER SCHOOL WALKABILITY PREFERENCE ↗︎ (PDF)

Contributing author and editor (2017) Published by American University School of Public Affairs Metropolitan Policy Center

GENTRIFICATION, DISPLACEMENT, AND THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT: A LITERATURE REVIEW ↗︎

Miriam Zuk, Ariel H. Bierbaum, Karen Chapple, Karolina Gorska, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Paul Ong, and T. Thomas (2015) Working Paper 2015-05 from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Community Development Investment Center

FAMILIES AND TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT: CREATING COMPLETE COMMUNITIES FOR ALL ↗︎

Jeffrey M. Vincent, Ariel H. Bierbaum, Deborah L. McKoy, Michael P. Rhodes, Sam Zimbabwe, Kelley Britt, and Elizabeth Wampler (2012) Transit-Oriented Development Best Practice Guidebooks, 1(205), 1-28

OPPORTUNITY-RICH SCHOOLS AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: SEVEN STEPS TO ALIGN HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION WITH INNOVATIONS IN CITY AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ↗︎

Deborah L. McKoy, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Ariel H. Bierbaum (2011) White paper for the What Works Collaborative and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY: ALIGNING HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES PLANNING IN THE BAY AREA ↗︎

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Deborah L. McKoy (2011) White paper for the Association of Bay Area Governments FOCUS Initiative

LINKING TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, FAMILIES, AND SCHOOLS ↗︎ (PDF)

Ariel H. Bierbaum, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Deborah L. McKoy (2010) Community Investments: Journal of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 22(2): 18-21.

THE MECHANICS OF CITY-SCHOOL INITIATIVES: TRANSFORMING NEIGHBORHOODS OF DISTRESS AND DESPAIR INTO NEIGHBORHOODS OF CHOICE AND PROMISE ↗︎

Deborah L. McKoy, Ariel H. Bierbaum, and Jeffrey M. Vincent (2009) White paper prepared for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Choice Neighborhoods Program

SMART SCHOOLS, SMART GROWTH: INVESTING IN EDUCATION FACILITIES AND STRONG COMMUNITIES ↗︎

Bruce Fuller, Deborah L. McKoy, Jeffrey M. Vincent, and Ariel H. Bierbaum (2009) Working paper prepared jointly by the Center for Cities & Schools and Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)