Renia Ehrenfeucht, PhD, MUP Associate Professor Planning and Urban Studies UNO 2000 Lakeshore Drive MH 368, New Orleans LA 70148 rehrenfe@uno.edu 323-219-8620 Education Ph.D., Urban Planning, Mar 2006 University of California, Los Angeles Master of Urban Planning, Jun 1998 University of Washington, Seattle B.A. with honors, Environmental Studies and Sociology, Aug 1993 University of California, Santa Barbara Academic and professional positions Associate Professor, Aug 2011 present Department Chair, 2012 present Planning and Urban Studies Department, University of New Orleans Assistant Professor, Jan 2006 Jul 2011 Planning and Urban Studies Department, University of New Orleans Land Use Planner, Sep 1996 Apr 2000 Driscoll & Hunter, Hearings Examiners, Seattle, Washington Scholarship and related activities Journal articles Renia Ehrenfeucht, Ian Riekes Trivers and Casey Schreiber, forthcoming, Towards Sustainable Urban Forms in Shrinking Cities? The Impacts of Rental Housing Configuration in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2014, Art, Public Spaces and Private Property along the Streets in New Orleans, Urban Geography 35(7): 965-979. DOI:10.1080/02723638.2014.945260. Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2013, Nonconformity and Street Design in West Hollywood, California, Journal of Urban Design 18(1): 59-77. DOI:10.1080/13574809.2013.739500. Renia Ehrenfeucht and Marla Nelson, 2013, Young Professionals as Ambivalent Change Agents in New Orleans after the 2005 Hurricanes, Urban Studies 50(4): 825-841. DOI: 10.1177/0042098012452323. 1
Books Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2012, Precursors to Planning the Streets of Los Angeles, California, c 1880-1920, Journal of Planning History 11(2): 107-123. DOI:10.1177/1538513211428275. Renia Ehrenfeucht and Marla Nelson, 2011, Planning, Population Loss and Equity in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Planning Practice and Research 26(2): 129-146. DOI:10.1080/02697459.2011.560457. Renia Ehrenfeucht and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, 2010, Planning Urban Sidewalks: Infrastructure, Daily Life, and Destinations, Journal of Urban Design 15(4): 459 471. DOI:10.1080/13574809.2010.502333. Evelyn Blumenberg and Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2008, Civil Liberties and the Regulation of Public Space: The Case of Sidewalks in Las Vegas, Environment and Planning A 40(2): 303-322. DOI:10.1068/a37429. Renia Ehrenfeucht and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, 2007, Constructing the Sidewalk: Municipal Government and the Production of Public Space in Los Angeles, 1880 1920, Journal of Historical Geography 33(1): 104-124. Marla Nelson, Renia Ehrenfeucht and Shirley Laska, 2007, Planning, Plans and People: Professional Expertise, Local Knowledge and Governmental Action in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Cityscape 9(3): 23-53 [Invited]. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2009, Sidewalks: Conflict and Negotiation over Public Space, The MIT Press. Paperback published in 2012. Carl Grodach and Renia Ehrenfeucht, Urban Revitalization: Remaking Cities in a Changing World (textbook), Manuscript under contract with Routledge. Book chapters Renia Ehrenfeucht and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, 2014, The Irreconcilable Tension between Dwelling in Public and the Regulatory State, in The Informal American City: Beyond Day Labor and Taco Trucks, edited by Vinit Mukhija and Anastasia Loukaitou- Sideris, The MIT Press. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2014, This Is My Front Yard! Claims and Informal Property Rights on Sidewalks, in The Informal American City: Beyond Day Labor and Taco Trucks, edited by Vinit Mukhija and Anastasia Loukaitou- Sideris, The MIT Press. Renia Ehrenfeucht and Marla Nelson, 2013, Recovery in a Shrinking City: Challenges to Rightsizing Post-Katrina New Orleans, in The City after Abandonment, edited by Margaret Dewar and June Manning Thomas, University of Pennsylvania Press. 2
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Evelyn Blumenberg and Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2004, Sidewalk Democracy: Municipalities and the Regulation of Public Space, in Regulating Place: Standards and the Shaping of Urban America, edited by Eran Ben- Joseph and Terry Szwold, Routledge. Other publications Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2013, Urban Planning and Geography, Oxford Bibliographies in "Geography". Ed. EIC Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press, 8-26-2013. http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199874002/obo- 9780199874002-0080.xml. Renia Ehrenfeucht and Justice McPherson, 2013, Report: Walking in the City, Sponsoring Agency US DOT through the Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency, Project 11-11, June. Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2013, My Storm: Managing the Recovery of New Orleans in the Wage of Katrina, Journal of Urban Affairs 35(4): 493 500. [Book Review]. Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2011, Beyond Preservation: Using Public History to Revitalize Inner Cities, Journal of Historical Geography 37: 394-395 [Book Review]. Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2010, The Los Angeles Plaza: Sacred and Contested Space, Journal of Historical Geography 36: 111-112 [Book Review]. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2010, Vibrant Sidewalks in the United States: Reintegrating Walking and a Quintessential Social Realm, ACCESS 36: 22-29. Renia Ehrenfeucht, 2007, Rethinking Urban Parks: Public Space and Cultural Diversity, Urban Affairs Review 43: 125-128 [Book Review]. Presentations Oct 2014, The Irreconcilable Tension between Dwelling in Public and the Regulatory State, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia (with Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris) Oct 2014, This Is My Front Yard! Claims and Informal Property Rights on Sidewalks, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia (with Anastasia- Loukaitou-Sideris) Oct 2014, Planning for Relocation in the Face of Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Sustained Population Loss, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia (with Marla Nelson) May 2014, Invited presenter, Learning from Detroit: Turbulent Urbanism in the 21 st Century, A Michigan Meeting, Ann Arbor 3
Apr 2014, Optimism and Realism in Shrinking Cities, Urban Affairs Association, San Antonio Jul 2013, roundtable participant, Inclusion roundtable, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning-AESOP joint congress, Dublin Oct 2012, Stewardship and Responsibility in New Orleans Neighborhoods, or How Residents Manage Neighborhood Change in a Shrinking City, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Cincinnati Jul 2012, Rental Housing Development in a Shrinking City: The Case of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, Association of European Schools of Planning, Ankara Feb 2012, Maintenance and Space Claiming on New Orleans Streets and Sidewalks, Association of American Geographers, New York City Oct 2011, roundtable participant, Shrinking Cities: Ubiquitous and Losing Stigma? Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake City Oct 2011, The Impact of LIHTC Projects on Rebuilding the Neighborhood Fabric in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Salt Lake City (with Ian Riekes Trivers and Casey Schreiber) Jan 2011, Recovery in a Shrinking City, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans (with Marla Nelson) Oct 2010, Art, Property and Legitimacy along the Streets in New Orleans, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Minneapolis Oct 2010, roundtable participant, The Pedagogy and Practice of Everyday Urbanism, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Minneapolis Oct 2010, Recovery in a Shrinking City: Challenges to Rightsizing Post-Katrina New Orleans, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Minneapolis (with Marla Nelson) Oct 2010, Abutters Claims and the Sidewalk s Publicness, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Minneapolis (with Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris) Sep 2010, Opportunities and Tensions in a Post-Katrina Brain Gain, Symposium: New Orleans Political Economy, New Orleans (with Marla Nelson) Jun 2010, The Challenges to Restructuring the Urban Form after Sudden and Prolonged Population Loss in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Symposium: Cities after Abandonment, Ann Arbor (with Marla Nelson) 4
Apr 2010, Property and Mobility Claims in New Orleans, Association of American Geographers, Washington DC Oct 2009, Mediating Conflicting Uses on U.S. Urban Sidewalks: The Role of Planners, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Arlington (with Anastasia Loukaitou- Sideris) Aug 2009, Re-urbanization or Privatization? Rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina, ISA - RC 21, Sao Paulo, Brazil Jul 2008, Urban Infrastructure and Equitable Redevelopment in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Planners Network, Winnipeg (with Marla Nelson) Jul 2008, Managing Underutilized Land and Directing Redevelopment in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chicago (with Marla Nelson) Apr 2008, Restructuring the Urban Fabric in Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Case of Pontchartrain Park, Urban Affairs Association, Baltimore (with Marla Nelson) Nov 2007, Planning, Plans, and People: Professional Expertise, Local Knowledge, and Governmental Action in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Milwaukee (with Marla Nelson and Shirley Laska) Apr 2007, Equity in a Divided City: Evaluating Louisiana s Housing Recovery Programs, Urban Affairs Association, Seattle (with Marla Nelson) Nov 2006, Planning for Homelessness and the Public Space Debates, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Dallas-Fort Worth (with Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris) Oct 2006, Equity in a Divided City: Evaluating Louisiana s Housing Recovery Programs, Symposium: Race, Place, and the Environment after Katrina, New Orleans (with Marla Nelson) Other scholarly activity Reviewer: Urban Design International; Urban Geography; Professional Geographer; Planning Practice & Research; Urban Studies; Journal of Canadian Studies; Environment and Planning A; Journal of Urbanism; Journal of Urban Design; Journal of the American Planning Association; Journal of Planning History; Journal of Historical Geography Reviewer (books or book proposals), Routledge (2011, 2012, 2013); SUNO Press (2014); NYU Press (2014); SAGE (2011); University of Chicago (2011; 2012) 5
Session organizer: Informality in North America (with Kimberly Kinder), two sessions. Urban Affairs Association, Miami, Apr 2015 Discussant, Space and Place paper session, Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Oct 2014, Philadelphia Invited presenter, UCLA Complete Streets for California 2012 conference, Mar 2, 2012 Invited presenter, Tulane Disaster Recovery Workshop, Feb 6-10, 2012; Feb 20-25, 2011 Invited panelist, New Orleans Blight Forum, Christ Church Cathedral-Stuart Hall, May 25, 2011, organized by Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative Session organizer, Making Way: Property Rights Struggles on Sidewalks (with Annette Kim), Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Minneapolis, Oct 2010 Session organizer, Property Rights and the Street (with Annette Kim) Association of American Geographers, Washington DC, Apr 2010 Session organizer, Rebuilding Strategies: People, Organizations, Professionals, the Government and the Market in Post-Disaster Recovery Planners network, New Orleans, May 2007 Guest lecturer, SPHL 603, Tulane School of Public Health, New Orleans, Feb 11 2008; Feb 16 2009; Feb 22 2010 Professional society membership: Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning; Urban Affairs Association; Planners Network Association of the Collegiate Schools of Planning, Faculty Women s Interest Group, Secretary, 2014-2015 Grants and contracts Title: Walking in the City; Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency/US DOT; $23,354; 7/1/2013 Title: Living with Population Loss, A Visual Essay; UNO CEO Grant; $6493; 5/19/2012; Title: Factors Affecting where Socially Motivated Creative Professional Live and Work; LSU ScoRe Grant; $11,412, 6/1/2009 6
Teaching and mentoring Teaching Teaching areas: History of cities in global perspective, comparative approaches to urban planning theory and practice (including environmental planning and historic preservation planning), urban theory, contemporary urban issues and public sector responses, history of urban design, the built urban environment, everyday urbanism, qualitative research design and methods (all levels) Courses taught: Shape of the City, Introduction to Cities and Urban Life, Environmental Planning, Social Policy, Citizen Participation, Seminar in Culture and Historic Preservation, Urban Planning Capstone Studio, Urban Theory, Seminar in Urban Studies, Research Design, Research Design Practicum Student mentoring 18 MA thesis committee (chair; completed) 27 MA thesis committee (committee members; completed) 2 MA comprehensive exam supervision (completed) 3 PhD committee (chair; completed) 4 PhD committees (committee members; completed) 5 PhD committees (chair; current) Advisor for 2009 Chase Community Development Competition: 5523 St. Claude Avenue: Bringing Fresh Food to the Lower Ninth Ward (1 st place) Advisor for the 2010 Chase Community Development Competition: The LaSalle Street Corridor (advanced to finals) Academic administration Department Chair, Planning and Urban Studies Department (Aug 2012 current) Instigated review of undergraduate program & adapted curriculum to better meet student needs and interests; instigated review of course schedules for all programs and revised to best serve students and faculty teaching load and expertise; increased outreach to alums through campus events and developed first departmental alums and friends listserv Coordinator, PhD in Urban Studies Program, Planning and Urban Studies Department (Jan 2011 current) Began revising curriculum in PhD Program 2013-2014 to reflect two areas of demand from students and faculty expertise: 1) heritage studies and 2) urban planning and policy; heritage studies will be an integrated curriculum drawing on cultural resource management, historic preservation and public history; the PhD changes builds on changes to the historic preservation track for which I developed a new course in 2011 (URBN 6000 Seminar in Culture and Historic Preservation), the content of which was integrated into two courses (URBN 5002, 5003) 7
Coordinator, Master of Science in Urban Studies (MSUS) Program, Planning and Urban Studies Department (Jan 2010 Aug 2013) Instigated curriculum and course revision in 2012-2013 to address low completion rates and low enrollment, new curriculum in place fall 2013, completion rates increased in 2014-2015 (2 year program); revised historic preservation track and added cultural resource management as components of the MSUS program Faculty Governance Committee (Apr 2014 current) Committee formed to guide university s restructuring in the face of declining student enrollments and state financial support Faculty Senate (Jan 2012 current) Academic Freedom, Tenure and Professional Ethics Committee COLA Dean Search Committee (Fall 2013 Fall 2014) Community Development Finance Lab Curriculum Development, 2009 2010 (curriculum now offered through the Master of Urban and Regional Planning program) Co-convener, Rockefeller Fellowship Program for community development professionals (2009 2010) Planning and Urban Studies Graduate Courses and Curriculum Committee representative (Aug 2008 May 2012) Planning and Urban Studies departmental library liaison (Aug 2007 May 2012) Planning and Urban Studies PhD Executive Committee (Aug 2006 May 2011) Faculty Search Committee (3 committees, 2007-2008; 2 committees, 2010-2011; 2 committees, 2012-2013) Community engagement Juror and Future Team Member, Future Ground Design and Policy Competition, sponsored by the Van Alen Institute and New Orleans Redevelopment Authority, Aug 2014 May 2015 Land of Opportunity Multimedia Project, advisor, New Orleans, LA, 2012 current Project scholar for a Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities grant proposal, distribution and engagement of film Land of Opportunities (not funded) Project scholar for National Endowment for the Humanities grant proposal, public history and interpretation of Dwyer Canal (Gentilly, New Orleans) (not funded) New Orleans Public School Facilities Advisory Committee, New Orleans, LA, Apr 2008 Aug 2009 City-wide planning team, Unified New Orleans Plan, Worked on the Community Facilities portion of the plan, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, New Orleans, LA, 2006 2007 8
UNOP District 3 Steering Committee Member, Unified New Orleans Plan, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, New Orleans, LA, 2006 2007 Neighborhood Capacity Collaborative, New Orleans, LA, Aug 2006 Mar 2007, Collaboration among the International Project for Nonprofit Leadership at UNO, Mercy Corps, RALLY, and the Tulane School of Social Welfare to develop neighborhood assessments tools, neighborhood organizational capacity assessment tools, and an organizational capacity building curriculum for neighborhood groups Neighborhoods Partnership Network, founding interim boardmember, New Orleans, LA, Apr 2006 Oct 2006 9