Conference speaker
JCS
Jennie C. Stephens
Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy and Director
Northeastern University, USA
Jennie C. Stephens is the Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy and Director of Northeastern University’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs in Boston, USA. Her research, teaching, and advocacy focus on social and political innovation in the transformation away from fossil fuels to a more just and equitable renewable-based future including gender diversity, energy democracy, and energy justice.
Her most recent book, Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership (Island Press, 2020), inspires collective action by elevating the stories of innovative diverse leaders who are linking climate and energy with jobs and economic justice, health and food, transportation and housing.
Before joining Northeastern in 2006, Professor Stephens was on the faculty at the University of Vermont (2014-2016) and Clark University (2005-2014). She earned her PhD at Caltech in environmental science & engineering and her BA at Harvard in environmental science & public policy. Website: www.jenniecstephens.com(opens in new tab/window)