Education
Ph.D., Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
M.A., Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication
B.A., Political Science and French, Furman University
Bio
Elizabeth Nisbet is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Her research focuses on how public policy shapes inequality and inequities in labor markets and public services and establishes boundaries between the public and private sectors. Her research projects include case studies of school board policy that regulates how private funds supporting schools are raised or allocated; a study of the effect of health and labor policy on the structure of jobs and working schedules of home care aides; and studies of the policy implementation process related to publicly-funded training programs and to immigration and labor policy that structures farm work.
Professor Nisbet's articles have appeared in Urban Affairs Review, Journal of Urban Affairs, Public Management Review, Policy Studies, Economic Development Quarterly, and Administration and Society. Prior to working at John Jay College, she was a postdoctoral associate at the Center for Women and Work at the School for Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. She also had an extensive career in policy, programming, and research and evaluation for nonprofit organizations that operate domestic and international programs in education, economic security, and health, including the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, Sesame Workshop, and Helen Keller International. She began her career as a legislative assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Scholarly Work
Schaller, S. and Nisbet, E. (2020). “Events on Urban Parkland: Scrutinizing Public Private Partnerships in Parks Governance Regimes.” In Mehta, V. and Palazzo, D. (eds), Companion to Public Space. London: Routledge.
Nisbet, E. and Schaller, S. (2019). “Philanthropic Partnerships in the Just City: Schools and Parks.” Urban Affairs Review, 1-37. doi: 10.1177/1078087419843186
Schaller, S. and Nisbet, E. (2019). “Regulating Private Support for Public Goods: De-Clubbing Public Schools.” Journal of Education Policy.
Nisbet, E. (2018). “Tied Farmworkers in Free Markets: Congressional Hearing Debates on the Roles of Market and State from 1995-2012.” Policy Studies. doi: 10.1080/01442872.2018.1501798.
Nisbet, E. (2013). “Minimum and Low-Wage Jobs.” In Smith, V. (Ed.). Sociology of Work. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Nisbet, E. and Entmacher, J. (2012). “Minimum wage hike will create jobs.” The Star Ledger. May 23.
Nisbet, E. (2011). “Policy and Low-Wage Labor Supply: A Case Study of Policy and Farm Labor Markets in New York State.” Washington: Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
Nisbet, E. and Rodgers, W.M. III. (2008). “Ronald L. Oaxaca.” In Darity, William A., Jr. (Ed.). International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. 9 vols. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.