Mark S. Rosentraub

Mark S. Rosentraub is professor of urban affairs at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs of Cleveland State University. Dr. Rosentraub also serves as director of the Ruth Ratner Miller Center for Greater Cleveland's Future. Through that center, the College and University's commitment to enhancing the economy of Greater Cleveland is underscored through research and the building of partnerships. Before assuming the position of Dean in January 2001, Dr. Rosentraub was professor of public affairs and associate dean of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University at Indianapolis. He served as associate dean from July 1989 through December 2000. Dr. Rosentraub also founded Indiana University's Center for Urban Policy and the Environment and served as its director from 1992 to 1998. Dr. Rosentraub received his doctorate from the University of Southern California and his undergraduate and master's degrees from Queens College of the City University of New York.

Professor Rosentraub's research interests focus on urban tourism and the economic and intangible value of sports, the arts, and other amenities for urban centers; the financing plans for civic assets including sports facilities and the arts; the financing, organization, and delivery of urban services; and economic development issues. His work has included studies of urban change and growth, public-private partnerships, economic development strategies, and the relationship between sports, the arts, tourism, and economic development.

Dr. Rosentraub's Major League Losers: The Real Costs of Sports And Who's Paying For It was published by Basic Books in January 1997 and a second and revised edition was released in June of 1999. This work has been reviewed in more than 100 newspapers and magazines including the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, Business Week, and the Los Angeles Times. Dr. Rosentraub's research has been reviewed and discussed in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek, Business Week, Money magazine, more than 125 local newspapers, several television shows including Nightline, MacNeil Lehrer News Hour, ABC News, ESPN's Sports Center, HBO's Real Sports, and by more than 100 radio and television stations across the nation including National Public Radio.

Dr. Rosentraub has testified before congressional and state legislative committees (Indiana, Texas, Minnesota) discussing the relationship between sports and the public sector. He has worked for several cities including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Indianapolis, and San Diego in their efforts to retain teams and build facilities. Dr. Rosentraub has also been a consultant for Major League Baseball, the San Diego Padres, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Racing League and serves as an advisor to Cleveland's Gateway Redevelopment Corporation (the agency with responsibility for Jacobs Field and Gund Arena). Dr. Rosentraub's economic development research has been published in Public Administration Review, Economic Development Quarterly, the Journal of Sports and Social Issues, the Journal of Urban Affairs, and other edited collections.

Dr. Rosentraub's other research publications include more than 60 articles (and book chapters) which have appeared in Urban Affairs Review, the Journal of the American Planning Association, Public Administration Review, Public Finance Revenue, Economic Development Quarterly, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Social Science Journal, Policy Studies Review, Policy Studies Journal, Public Productivity Review, Journal of Environmental Systems, State and Local Government Review, as well as several other journals and numerous collections. In 2004, Dr. Rosentraub co-authored a new book, The Economics of Sports: An International Perspective. In 1992, Dr. Rosentraub's efforts to develop the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment for Indianapolis led to the award of an $8.6 million grant from the Lilly Endowment.

During his career, Dr. Rosentraub has been principal investigator for more than $11 million in contract research for numerous governments and private organizations. Dr. Rosentraub has been a visiting scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Alberta, the Freie Universitat in Berlin (Germany), Humboldt Universitat (Berlin, Germany), and at Amerika Haus in Germany. His honors include the best article of the year award from the American Review of Public Administration (2000), the Bynum Mentor Award for Mentorship from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (1994), and teaching awards from Indiana University in 1993, 1995, and 1998. In 2003, Dr. Rosentraub was appointed commissioner for the Gateway Redevelopment Corporation, the agency responsible for Jacobs Field and Gund Arena in Cleveland.

Why high salaries for pro athletes make sense, Op-ed from the Indianapolis Star, 7/25/03, by Mark Rosentraub

Great Universities Common Trait among Great Regions Crain's Cleveland Business, 6/30/03, by Mark Rosentraub

What the deal must do. Op-ed from The Plain Dealer 6/17/03, by Mark Rosentraub

Build a New Mind-Set Op-ed from The Plain Dealer 2/21/03, by Mark Rosentraub

Dean Mark Rosentraub's report - The Guns and Butter of Urban Redevelopment: Big Ticket Items, Neighborhoods, and A New Convention Center

Sample Syllabi:

• Urban Economic Development: Entertainment, Hospitality Businesses, and the Rebuilding of Downtown Areas - UST 693, Spring 2004