About Bob Gleeson
About the Authors
Bob Gleeson and Bill Bowen have been faculty colleagues, friends, and co-authors at Cleveland State University's nationally ranked Levin School of Urban Affairs since Bob arrived at CSU in 2014. Bob serves as Professor and Albert A. Levin Chair of Urban Studies & Public Service and Bill recently changed his status to Professor Emeritus. They are co-authors of The Evolution of Human Settlements: From Pleistocene Origins to Anthropocene Prospects (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019).
Bill is a regional scientist who has specialized in public sector decision-making and problem solving in regional economic development, energy policy, environmental issues, and higher education for over thirty years. Bill's research and teaching have played major roles in transforming CSU's start-up program in urban studies into one the nation's top three urban policy programs.