Michael Maloney M.Ed., MRP, is a community organizer, social researcher, consultant and activist. He holds advanced degrees Education and Planning. As a community organizer he has worked in Walnut Hills, Over-the-Rhine, East End and Lower Price Hill. He has also helped establish programs in Northside, South Fairmount and Camp Washington. He was founding director of the Urban Appalachian Council in Cincinnati and headed the Appalachian Area Office of Catholic Social Services of Southwestern Ohio which served
several rural counties. He has taught Appalachian studies, planning, and philosophy courses at several area colleges and universities. He currently operates a consulting service, Michael Maloney and Associates. Recent clients include the Ohio Arts Council, Save the Children, Episcopal Appalachian Ministries, Cincinnati Human Relations Commission, and the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice. He has conducted numerous neighborhood studies and community needs assessments. His Social Areas of Cincinnati (five editions) provide documentation of how Cincinnati and the metropolis have changed demographically from 1970-2005-2009. These studies have been a template used by other researchers for community planning, needs assessments, and documenting patterns of poverty, crime, and neighborhood integration as well as epidemiological studies. Other publications include Appalachia: Social Context Past and Present (Fourth and Fifth Editions with Phillip Obermiller, eds.).
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