Jen Petersen
Sustainable Growth Strategist for Cities and Companies
Partnering with private, public, and not-for-profit organizations,
I work to bring sustainability values to the fore of my clients' value propositions and to the core of their operations...
...In a brand management firm I guided executives in the design and launch of a sustainable branding division, adding Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)-certified sustainability reports to their existing brand strategy offerings. At a large public agency, I joined a national team of engineering, planning, design, and public health professionals to co-author The Model Street Design Manual. Within a private college's environmental policy institute, I conceived of and led teams to orchestrate the LA StreetSummit 2010--an event where nationally-recognized guest speakers, diverse workshops, and ‘field’ activities engaged hundreds of participants from across Southern California, about streets as vectors of economic development, public health, safety, and life quality. Within an undergraduate business college, I re-designed a multi-faceted course that prepares students to lead organizations sensitive to the responsibilities and opportunities that arise at the intersection of business and rapidly-changing societies. Current projects involve aligning the interests of property owners and small businesses to promote place-anchoring growth in the Columbia Waterfront District of South Brooklyn, New York.
Sustainable Growth Strategist for Cities and Companies
Partnering with private, public, and not-for-profit organizations,
I work to bring sustainability values to the fore of my clients' value propositions and to the core of their operations...
...In a brand management firm I guided executives in the design and launch of a sustainable branding division, adding Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)-certified sustainability reports to their existing brand strategy offerings. At a large public agency, I joined a national team of engineering, planning, design, and public health professionals to co-author The Model Street Design Manual. Within a private college's environmental policy institute, I conceived of and led teams to orchestrate the LA StreetSummit 2010--an event where nationally-recognized guest speakers, diverse workshops, and ‘field’ activities engaged hundreds of participants from across Southern California, about streets as vectors of economic development, public health, safety, and life quality. Within an undergraduate business college, I re-designed a multi-faceted course that prepares students to lead organizations sensitive to the responsibilities and opportunities that arise at the intersection of business and rapidly-changing societies. Current projects involve aligning the interests of property owners and small businesses to promote place-anchoring growth in the Columbia Waterfront District of South Brooklyn, New York.
EDUCATION
Degrees
(Richard Sennett, Committee Chair)
Licenses, Certifications, and Continuing Education
TEACHING
Adjunct Professor
New York University
1/2007-5/2011
9/2009-5/2010
Teaching Assistant
New York University
5/2008-7/2009
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
Managing Editor, Sociological Forum
8/2004-9/2008
Managed daily operations for official journal of the Eastern Sociological Association. Facilitated blind peer review and revise/resubmit process for submitted manuscripts. Together with Editor, compiled accepted articles and supporting material for quarterly publication. Handled journal finances.
Program Coordinator, Los Angeles Term Program
Azusa Pacific University
7/2001-6/2003
Facilitated undergraduate experiential education semester study program in Los Angeles. Reviewed and selected applicants. Formulated experiential curricula and field projects with faculty. Planned and led program orientations and end-of-semester retreats. Coordinated and monitored student internships at community organizations and City government. Coordinated family homestays in diverse central city neighborhoods. Mentored students in academic, civic and spiritual development.
Community Organizer
Childcare Providers for Justice
1998-2000
Launched and led effort to organize Family Day Care Home providers, established first union-like organization of home childcare providers in the country. Developed local leadership, conducted policy research, won support among elected officials for improved monitoring of state-subsidized childcare programs. Raised $13,000 from direct donor solicitation and grant proposals.
Coalition for Economic Survival
1999-2000
Led LA City Housing Dept’s efforts to preserve affordable housing and eliminate slum conditions within Systematic Code Enforcement Program. Formed tenant associations and developed leadership to improve habitability. Served on Mayor’s Housing Crisis Task Force. Coalition building. Secured major media coverage.
HONORS FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Awards
Articles
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
Presenter
Paper: “Whose Streets? Paving the Right to the City”
Paper: “Embodying Risk and the Risks of Embodiment: Pedaling Automobility”
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Contact:
115 Court Street,#3 Brooklyn, NY 11201 m. 213.304.0477 e-mail: jen.petersen@nyu.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D., Sociology. New York University (09/2011)
(Richard Sennett, Committee Chair)
- Master of Arts, Sociology. New York University (01/2007) Areas of expertise: Urban and Political Sociology; Organizations and Institutions
- Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology. Occidental College (05/1999)
- International Sociological Association Research Council 21 Ph.D. Winter School, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Aug 2009)
- EUREX-Research and Training Network Summer School Urbino, Italy (July 2006)
- Global Stewardship Study Program Belize, Central America (Fall 1996)
Licenses, Certifications, and Continuing Education
- New York State Real Estate Salesperson License (Aug 2011)
- Global Reporting Initiative Certification, ISOS Group, LLC (Jan 2011)
- Spatial Perspectives on Analysis for Curriculum Development Workshop, University of California Santa Barbara (July 2007)
- Basic Real Estate Finance, Urban Land Institute Education Programs (Jan 2007)
TEACHING
Adjunct Professor
New York University
1/2007-5/2011
- Business and its Publics, Stern Undergraduate Business College (Sp 2007, 2008, 2011)
- Social Science Research Methods, School for Continuing and Professional Studies (F 2010)
9/2009-5/2010
- Critical Ethnography (F 2009)
- Social Movements (Sp 2010)
Teaching Assistant
New York University
5/2008-7/2009
- Leading in Organizations, Stern Graduate School of Business (Sp 2008, Sp 2009)
- Introduction to Metropolitan Studies, Dept. of Social and Cultural Analysis (F 2008)
- Cites, Communities, and Urban Life, Dept. of Sociology (Sp 2008)
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
Managing Editor, Sociological Forum
8/2004-9/2008
Managed daily operations for official journal of the Eastern Sociological Association. Facilitated blind peer review and revise/resubmit process for submitted manuscripts. Together with Editor, compiled accepted articles and supporting material for quarterly publication. Handled journal finances.
Program Coordinator, Los Angeles Term Program
Azusa Pacific University
7/2001-6/2003
Facilitated undergraduate experiential education semester study program in Los Angeles. Reviewed and selected applicants. Formulated experiential curricula and field projects with faculty. Planned and led program orientations and end-of-semester retreats. Coordinated and monitored student internships at community organizations and City government. Coordinated family homestays in diverse central city neighborhoods. Mentored students in academic, civic and spiritual development.
Community Organizer
Childcare Providers for Justice
1998-2000
Launched and led effort to organize Family Day Care Home providers, established first union-like organization of home childcare providers in the country. Developed local leadership, conducted policy research, won support among elected officials for improved monitoring of state-subsidized childcare programs. Raised $13,000 from direct donor solicitation and grant proposals.
Coalition for Economic Survival
1999-2000
Led LA City Housing Dept’s efforts to preserve affordable housing and eliminate slum conditions within Systematic Code Enforcement Program. Formed tenant associations and developed leadership to improve habitability. Served on Mayor’s Housing Crisis Task Force. Coalition building. Secured major media coverage.
HONORS FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Awards
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Outstanding Teaching Award (NYU, 2008-09)
- Henry M.MacCracken Fellowship, New York University (NYU, 2003-2010)
- Myrtle J. Atkinson Foundation Scholarship Award (Occidental College, 1998-99)
- Glenn and Dorothy Puder Scholarship (Occidental College, 1998-99)
Articles
- 2011. "Re-Placing Streets: Putting the Place Back in Streets" (with Pippa Brashear). Chapter 12 in Model Design Manual for Living Streets. Ryan Snyder and Associates, Ed. (funded by Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation).
- 2010. “Integrated Reporting in a Competitive World of Cities” In The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: Reflections and Next Steps. Robert G. Eccles, Beiting Cheng and Daniela Saltzman, Ed. Harvard Business School e-book.
- 2007. “Pedaling Hope.” Magazine on Urbanism. (Winter) http://www.monu.org/monu6/Petersen_final.pdf
- 2010. “Guest View: Adding Bike Lanes Adds to Public Spaces” The
Pasadena Star-News (Opinion. 06 March
2010)
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2009. “Book Review: In Pursuit of a Streets Revolution” www.streetsblog.org (10 March 2009)
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2008. “San Francisco Debuts Car-Free Sunday Streets” www.streetsblog.org (5 September 2008)
- 2008. “Summer Streets: Bikes and Pedestrians Get Along Fine
Without Cars” www.streetsblog.org (12 August 2008)
- Whose Streets? Paving the Right to the City. 2012 (anticipated)
- Real Estates: deepening propertied values. 2013 (anticipated)
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
Presenter
- Annual Meetings of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, D.C. (April 2010)
Paper: “Whose Streets? Paving the Right to the City”
- NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation, Urban Transportation and Planning Doctoral Series (March 2010)
- International Sociological Association, Research Council 21, Sao Paulo (Aug 2010).
Paper: “Embodying Risk and the Risks of Embodiment: Pedaling Automobility”
- The Right to the City: Prospects for Critical Urban Theory and Practice, Center for Metropolitan Studies, Berlin Technical University (Nov 2008)
- Planners Network Conference, Chicago, IL (May 2006)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
- At-Large Member, Brooklyn Bridge Park Community Advisory Committee (Jan 2011-present)
- Co-founder, Living Streets LA (Fall 2009)
- Participant, Green LA Transportation Working Group (May 2009-present)
- Volunteer, New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign (Sept 2007-present)
- Regional Chair, Occidental College Alumni-in-Admissions Program (Sept 2006-Sept 2007)
- Co Planner, 13th & 14th Annual Graduate Student Conferences, Dept. of Sociology, NYU (2003-2005)
- English Teacher, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Summer 1998)
Contact:
115 Court Street,#3 Brooklyn, NY 11201 m. 213.304.0477 e-mail: jen.petersen@nyu.edu
