He recently publishedDerelict Paradise: Homelessness and Urban Developmentin Cleveland, Ohio where he seeks answers to the question, “Who benefits from homelessness?” Kerr is currently working on a manuscript addressing the research he conducted with the Cleveland Homeless Oral History Project where he has interviewed close to 200 homeless people. From 2005-2011, Kerr taught at James Madison University and directed the Shenandoah Valley Oral History Project. Kerr specializes in the fields of environmental history, urban social history, community history, oral history, and public history. He has an MA and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University and a BA from Carleton College.