JAMES CHRISTOPHER MIZES, PhD
[email protected] Postdoctoral Research Fellow Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Science Sociales (IRISSO) | Université Paris-Dauphine Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Paris Sciences et Lettres Tassigny 5775 Paris Cedex 16 Education 2013-2019 PhD in City & Regional Planning University of California, Berkeley Department of City & Regional Planning Committee: Teresa Caldeira, Stephen Collier, Ananya Roy, Gillian Hart Fall 2014/2015 Exchange Scholar at Columbia University (New York, NY) Department of Anthropology 2012 Master of Arts in Geography and Urban Studies Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) Department of Geography and Urban Studies 2009 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Webster University (St. Louis, MO) Department of History, Politics, and International Relations 2007 Associate Degree in General Transfer Studies St. Louis Community College at Meramec Research Interests Municipal finance, state formation, public infrastructure, urban street markets governing/governance/government, decentralization, fiscal autonomy, liberal administration, global development, urban and planning theory, value, publics, territory, risk, West Africa, ethnography. Academic Positions 2020-21 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Université Paris-Dauphine, Paris Sciences et Lettres Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales (IRISSO) Funded by the Institut Francilien Recherche Innovation Société (IFRIS) Manuscripts in Preparation In Progress Mizes, J.C Communal autonomy: The politics of public finance in a democratic Dakar. (Book Manuscript). In Progress Donovan, K.P. & Mizes, J.C. “Capitalizing Africa: Global finance in the new millennium.” Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. (Proposal Accepted). Mizes: CV 2 In Progress Mizes, J.C. “Investing in independence: The ‘culture of the stock exchange’ in West Africa” in Capitalizing Africa: Global Finance in the New Millennium (eds) Donovan, K.P & Mizes, J.C.