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Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy

* Prof. Stephens is on leave from Northeastern in 2024-2025 *

Jennie C. Stephens’ research, teaching, and community engagement focus on social-political aspects of renewable energy transformation, energy democracy, climate resilience, reducing fossil-fuel reliance, gender diversity in energy and climate, and social, economic and racial justice in climate and energy policy. Before coming to Northeastern, she taught at University of Vermont, Clark University, Tufts and MIT.

 

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  • Arab-American Frontiers Fellowship, National Academy of Sciences, 2017
  • Leopold Leadership Fellowship, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. 2015-2016
  • Henry J. Leir Luxembourg Program-Clark University (LLP-CU) Conference Award. April 2014
  • Faculty Community Engagement Award, Colleges of Worcester Consortium. March, 2013
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of IDCE, Clark University. May 2011
  • Exceptional Merit Faculty Award, Clark University, 2008
  • USEPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship for Graduate Study, 1999-2002
  • Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Fellowship, 2000-2002
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship, 1998-1999
  • Harvard College Research Fellowship and Dean’s Research Award, 1996
  • Pforzheimer Student Fellowship, Radcliffe College, 1994-1995

 

 

BOOKS

ARTICLES

  • SCORAI (Sustainable Consumption Research Action Initiative)
  • New England Women in Energy & Environment
  • Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
  • Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E)
  • Society for Risk Analysis
  • Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • American Educational Research Assoc. (AERA)
  • American Association of Geographers (AAG)
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Association for Environmental Studies & Science (AESS)
  • Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM)
  • International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS)

 

 

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  • Education

    PhD, California Institute of Technology, Environmental Science and Engineering
    MS, California Institute of Technology, Environmental Science and Engineering
    BA, Harvard University, Environmental Science and Public Policy

  • Contact

  • Address

    360C Renaissance Park,
    360 Huntington Avenue,
    Boston, MA 02115

  • Office Hours

    By appointment

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Jennie C.’s Colleagues

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Barry Bluestone

Russell B. and Andree B. Stearns Trustee Professor Emeritus of Political Economy; Founding Director of the Dukakis Center; Founding Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Christopher Bosso

Interim Chair, Department of Political Science; Professor of Public Policy and Political Science

Joan Fitzgerald

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

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Brian Helmuth

Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy

Timothy Hoff

Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems and Public Policy

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Dietmar Offenhuber

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Art + Design

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John Portz

Professor of Political Science; Director, Master and PhD Programs in Political Science

Gavin Shatkin

Director, MS in Urban Planning and Policy & MA in International Affairs; Professor of Public Policy & Architecture

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Lori Gardinier

Director and Teaching Professor of Human Services; Senior Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

Emily Mann

Emily Mann

Teaching Professor of Human Services; Senior Research Associate, Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy

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Richard L. O'Bryant

Director of the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute; Research Associate of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy; Advisory Board Member, Humanities Center

Alicia Sasser Modestino

Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Research Director, Dukakis Center

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Daniel T. O'Brien

Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Criminology and Criminal Justice; Director, Boston Area Research Initiative; Director, PhD in Public Policy Program

Daniel Urman

Director of Hybrid and Online Programs in the School of Law; Director of the Law and Public Policy Minor

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Matthew C. Nisbet

Professor of Communication; Affiliate faculty in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs