Jennifer Wolch
Jennifer Wolch is a professor of Urban Planning, Geography and dean of the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.[1]
Before accepting the dean position, Wolch was the Founder and Director of the Center for Sustainable Cities at the University of Southern California. She received her Ph.D in Urban Planning from Princeton University, her dissertation focusing on Urban Social Policy and Planning, Human-Animal Relations, Cultural Diversity and Attitudes Toward Animals and Urban Sustainability.
Awards
- Distinguished Scholarship Honors by the Association of American Geographers, 2005
- Rockefeller Fellowship Recipient, Residential Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Italy, 2003
- Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient, 1997
- USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 1997
- Residency at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1995–1996
Works
- Wolch, J. R. (2005). Spatial Segregation of the Poor in Southern California: A Multidimensional Analysis. Spatial Segregation of the Poor in Southern California: A Multidimensional Analysis.
- Wolch, J. R., Emel, J. (1998). Animal Geographies: Place, Politics and Identity in the Nature-Culture Borderlands. Animal Geographies: Place, Politics and Identity in the Nature-Culture Borderlands/Verso.
- Wolch, J. R., Dear, M. J. (1993). Malign Neglect: Homelessness in an American City. Malign Neglect: Homelessness in an American City/Jossey Bass Wiley.
- Wolch, J. R. (1990). The Shadow State: Government and Voluntary Sector in Transition. The Shadow State: Government and Voluntary Sector in Transition/Foundation Center.
- Wolch, J. R., Dear, M. J. (1989). The Power of Geography: How Territory Shapes Social Life. The Power of Geography: How Territory Shapes Social Life/Unwin Hyman.
- Wolch, J. R., Dear, M. J. (1987). Landscapes of Despair: From Deinstitutionalization to Homelessness. Princeton, New Jersey: Landscapes of Despair: From Deinstitutionalization to Homelessness/Princeton University Press.
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