Jennifer S. Minner, PhD Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning 204 West Sibley Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 t. +1 607.255.5561 c. +1 607.227.4004 f. +1 607.254.1971 [email protected]
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Community and Regional Planning, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. Concentration in Historic Preservation, Portfolio in Sustainability (a cross-disciplinary credential). 2013.
Master in Urban and Regional Planning, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Concentration in Community Development. 2000.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Major in Cultural Anthropology. 1995.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Ithaca, New York. Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning. 2019 – present. Assistant Professor, City and Regional Planning. 2013 – 2019.
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Refereed Journals
Minner, Jennifer. (2019) Assembly and Care of Memory: Placing Objects and Hybrid Media to Revisit International Expositions. Curator: The Museum Journal 62(2): 151-176. DOI: 10.1111/cura.12291
Minner, Jennifer and Abbott, Martin.* (2019). Conservation logics that reshape mega-event spaces: San Antonio and Brisbane post expo. Planning Perspectives. Published on-line first. Pages 1-25. DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2019.1585281
Goodman, Wylie* and Minner, Jennifer. (2019) Will the Urban Agricultural Revolution be Vertical and Soilless? A Case Study of Controlled Environment Agriculture in New York City. Land Use Policy 83, 160- 173. DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.12.038
Minner, Jennifer. (2018). Open Data Flows, Spatial Histories, and Visualizing the Future. Journal of Preservation Education and Research 10, 33-49.
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Gandhi, Akshali* & Minner, Jennifer. (2017). Economic Development Challenges for Immigrant Retail Corridors: Observations from Chicago’s Devon Avenue. Economic Development Quarterly, 31(4), 342-359. DOI: 10.1177/0891242417730401.
Schmit, Todd, Jablonski, Becca,* Minner, Jennifer, Kay, David, & Christensen, Libby. (2017). Rural Wealth Creation of Intellectual Capital from Urban Local Food System Initiatives: Developing Indicators to Assess Change. Community Development, 1-25. DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2017.1354042.
Minner, Jennifer & Shi, Xiao* (2017). Churn and change along commercial strips: Spatial analysis of patterns in remodelling activity and landscapes of local business? Urban Studies, 54(16), 3655–3680. DOI: 10.1177/0042098016684274.
Minner, Jennifer & Chusid, Jeffrey. (2016). Time, Architecture, and Geography: Modeling the Past and Future of Cultural Landscapes. APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology, 47(2/3), 49-58. Winner of 2016 Oliver Torrey Fuller Award.
Minner, Jennifer. (2016). Revealing Synergies, Tensions, and Silences between Preservation and Planning. Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(2), 72–87. DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2016.1147976.
Minner, Jennifer & Holleran, Michael. (2016). Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(2), 69-71. DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2016.1142391.
Minner, Jennifer, Holleran, Michael, Roberts, Andrea, & Conrad, Joshua. (2015). Capturing Volunteered Historical Information: Lessons from Development of a Local Government Crowdsourcing Tool. International Journal of E-Planning Research 4(1), 19–41.
Minner, Jennifer. (2011). Enduring Debates and Multiple Values in the Controversial Restoration of an Early Twentieth-Century Texas Landscape. Journal of Preservation Education and Research 4, 39-52.
* Denotes students or alumni from Cornell University.
Edited Volumes
Minner, Jennifer & Holleran, Michael. (2016). Special Issue on Historic Preservation and Planning. Journal of the American Planning Association 82(2).
Book Chapters
Minner, Jennifer, Evans-Cowley, Jennifer, & Afzalan, Nader. (2019, forthcoming, accepted). Technology to Deepen and Expand Planning Education. Book chapter submission for International Handbook of Planning Education, to be published by Routledge. Editors Nancey Green Leigh, Steven P. French, Subhrajit Guhathakurta, and Bruce Stiftel. †
Minner, Jennifer. (2018). Tours of Critical Geography and Public Deliberation: Applied Social Sciences as Guide. In Wells, J., & Stiefel, B. L. (Eds.), Human-Centered Built Heritage Conservation: Theory and Evidence- Based Practice. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN-10: 1138583944; ISBN-13: 978-1138583948 †
Minner, Jennifer, Roberts, Andrea, Holleran, Michael, & Conrad, Joshua. (2018). A Smart City Remembers its Past: Citizens as Sensors in Survey and Mapping of Historic Places. New Approaches, Methods and Tools in Urban E-Planning. Lisbon, Portugal: IGI Global.
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Minner, Jennifer. (2017). Geodesign, Resilience, and the Future of Former Mega-event Sites. In Geertman, S., Allan, A., Stillwell, J., & Pettit, C. (Eds.), Planning Support Science for Smarter Urban Futures. New York, NY: Springer. †
Minner, Jennifer. (2016). Framing Lost Utopias: The Place of International Expositions in Time. In Doskow, Jade, Pare, Richard, Minner, Jennifer, and Belogolovsky, Vladimir. Lost Utopias: Photographs of Jade Doskow (pp. 10-15). London: Black Dog Publishing.
Minner, Jennifer, Holleran, Michael, Roberts, Andrea, & Conrad, Joshua. (2016). Capturing Volunteered Historical Information: Lessons from Development of a Local Government Crowdsourcing Tool. Geospatial Research: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. Lisbon, Portugal: IGI Global. Pages 319-343. Reprint of article published in International Journal of E-Planning Research. †
Minner, Jennifer. (2015). Recoding embedded assumptions: adaptation of an open source tool to support sustainability, transparency and participatory governance. In Geertman, S., Ferreira, Jr., J., Goodspeed, R., & Stillwell, J. (Eds.) Smart Cities and Planning Support Systems. Pages 409-425. New York, New York: Springer. †
† Denotes peer-reviewed chapters and chapters in peer-reviewed books.
Book Essays and Reviews
Minner, Jennifer. (2019, accepted, forthcoming). Shaping Cities in an Urban Age (book review). Journal of the American Planning Association.
Minner, Jennifer. (2019, accepted, forthcoming). Recasting the World’s Fair: A Panoply of Views. Journal of Urban History.
Minner, Jennifer. (2014). Review of the book Landscape Urbanism and Its Discontents: Dissimulating the Sustainable City, by Duany, A., & Talen, E. (Eds.). Journal of the American Planning Association, 80(4), 449- 450.
Minner, Jennifer. (2014). Review of the book The Accidental Playground: Brooklyn Waterfront Narratives of the Undesigned and Unplanned, by Campo, D. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 34(4), 472-473.
Other Conference Proceedings
Minner, Jennifer and Abbott, Martin. (2018). How Urban Spaces Remember: Memory and Transformation at Two Expo Sites. 18th International Planning History Society Conference, Yokohama, Japan. †
Minner, Jennifer. (2012). Visualizing Urban Change: GIS to Enhance Preservation and Planning Curriculum, ESRI Education Users Conference.
† Peer-reviewed.
Other Publications and Reports (Selected)
Minner, Jennifer, Small, Zachary, Pryce, Ashley, Meyer Claire, & White, Olivia. (Eds.). (2017). Equity Preservation Workshop Final Report. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
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Minner, Jennifer, Chusid, Jeffrey, Shi, Xiao, Feng, Yanlei, Sun, Feiyang, Azel, Nico, & Taru. (2017). Visualizing the Past, Present, and Future of New York City’s 1964-5 World’s Fair Site Using 3D GIS and Procedural Modeling. Report submitted to the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Parks Service.
Jablonski, Becca, Schmit, Todd, Minner, Jennifer, Kay, David, Jensen, Jennifer. (2016). Defining the Rural Wealth Impacts of Regional Food Systems. Research and Policy Brief Series. Ithaca, NY: Community and Regional Development Institute.
Minner, Jennifer. (2015). IMHO to IOHO: A Call for Crowdsourcing Creative Possibilities for Urban Adaptation. In Forum, University of Texas at San Antonio, 50-62.
Minner, Jennifer. (2013). Landscapes of Thrift and Choreographies of Change: Reinvestment and Adaptation along Austin’s Commercial Strips. Dissertation. Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin.
Minner, Jennifer & Holleran, Michael. (2012). Why Historical Surveys Matter for Texas Main Streets and Austin’s Wiki Experiment. In Main Street Matters, a publication of the Texas Historical Commission.
Minner, Jennifer. (2010). Austin Historical Survey Web Tool: Web Infrastructure for the Identification and Conservation of Austin’s Heritage. In Heritage News, Winter 2010 issue.
Austin Historical Survey project team. (2009). Austin Historical Survey Web Tool. Phase I: Concept Background and Web Tool design. Primary author of report.
City of Olympia Heritage Commission. (2008). Authored chapter on architectural styles and introduction for Mid-Century Olympia: A Context Statement on Local History and Modern Architecture, 1945-75. Co-wrote, researched, and edited additional sections.
Minner, Jennifer. (2007). The Work of the Heritage Commission: Preserving Olympia’s History and Community. Olympia Heritage Commission Newsletter, May 2007.
Minner, Jennifer. (2004). Saving Creston’s Heritage. Creston News Advertiser. Creston, Iowa.
Lane Council of Governments. (2001). Cottage Grove Targeted Industries Study. Eugene, Oregon: Lane Council of Governments. Primary author of study.
Minner, Jennifer. (2000). The Central Eastside Industrial District: Contested Visions of Revitalization. Field Area Paper. Portland, Oregon: Portland State University.
Bilton, Peter, Minner, Jennifer, Segal, Estee, & Zahas, Chris. (2000). Competition and Collaboration in the Central Eastside: A Study of Three Industry Groups. Portland, Oregon: Portland State University.
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SPONSORED RESEARCH – GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Faculty Grant, Cornell Council for the Arts. Jonathan Jones: Artist-in-Residency and Cultural Exchange. Lead: Jennifer Minner. May 2019 – present. $2,500.
Engaged Opportunity Grant, Engaged Cornell. Socially Engaged Art and Indigenous, Urban, and Environmental Histories - Cultural Exchanges on Haudenosaunee Homelands. Artist: Jonathan Jones. Project Team: Jennifer Minner, Jolene Rickard, Martin Abbott, Skye Hart, Dylan Stevenson, Jeffrey Chusid, Urszula Piasta-Mansfield, Maria Park, Rod Howe. March 2019 – present. $5,000.
Institute for Social Sciences, Cornell University. Linda Shi (Principle Investigator) and Jennifer Minner (Co-principal Investigator). Surging Seas, Rising Fiscal Stress: A Study of U.S. Fiscal Vulnerability and Policy Responses to Climate Change. November 2018 – present. $5,000.
Engaged Opportunity Grant, Engaged Cornell. Jennifer Minner (Principal Investigator), Zach Small (MRP student; co-applicant), & Ashley Pryce (MRP Student; co-applicant). Equity Preservation: Sharing and Deepening Connections. Engaged Opportunity Grant. November 2017 - December 2018. $5,000.
Affinito-Stewart Grant, President’s Council of Cornell Women. Jennifer Minner (Principal Investigator). (2017). Former Mega-Event Sites: Adaptation, Collective Memory, and Public Space. May 2017 – May 2018. $5,000.
Contract, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Elizabeth Mueller (Principal Investigator), & Jennifer Minner (Co-principal Investigator). Scenario Tools for Equitable Corridor Reinvestment and Affordable Housing Preservation. November 2015 – December 2016. $44,378.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant. Todd Schmit (Principal Investigator), Becca Jablonski (Project Manager), David Kay (Co-Project Director), & Jennifer Minner (Co-Project Director). Strengthening Rural-Urban Linkages to Support Rural Economic Development: the Case of Re-localized Food Systems. January 2015 - December 2017. $499,374.
Engaged Cornell Advanced Curriculum Grant, Cornell University. Victoria Beard, George Franz, Jeffrey Chusid, John Forester, Neema Kudva, Jennifer Minner (Co-Investigator), Stephan Schmit. (2015) Advancing Planning Workshops: Sharing Existing Practices, Improving Educational Outcomes, Publishing Results. $60,000. (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2017).
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, grant. Jennifer Minner (Principal investigator), & Jeffrey Chusid (Co-Principal Investigator). Visualizing the Past, Present, and Future of New York City's 1964–5 World's Fair Site Using 3D GIS and Procedural Modeling. Grant from the September 2014 – March 2017. $33,650.
Center for Engaged Research and Learning, Cornell University. Jennifer Minner (Grant Recipient). Sustainable Adaptation of Large Modern Footprints - NYC Field Trip, Fall 2014. $1,706.
Preserve America grant, U.S. Department of the Interior. Michael Holleran (Principal Investigator), Gary Geisler (Co-Principal Investigator), & Jennifer Minner (Project Manager). Austin Historical Survey Web Tool. 2011-2012. $87,278.
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U.S. Department of the Interior, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training grant. Michael Holleran (Principal Investigator), Gary Geisler (Co-Principal Investigator), & Jennifer Minner (Project Manager). Austin Historical Survey MOBILE: Optimizing a Survey Web Tool for Data Collection in the Field. 2011-2012. $25,000.
Certified Local Government Grant from the Texas Historical Commission. Michael Holleran (Principal Investigator), Gary Geisler (Co-Principal Investigator), & Jennifer Minner (Project Manager). Austin Historical Survey Web Tool. 2010-2011. $15,000.
State of Oregon, grant. Smart Development Code Assistance Contract for Lane Council of Governments. Primary author on proposal. 2001. $25,000.
AWARDS AND HONORS
- 2017 American Planning Association Technology Division, Smart Cities Award. Scenario Tools for Equitable Corridor Reinvestment and Affordable Housing Preservation research project (PI: Mueller; Co- PI: Minner; additional collaborators: Hilde, Torrado, Micklow, Steinberger) - 2017 Exemplary Implementation Award from the Scenario Planning Applications Network. Corridor Housing Preservation Tool. (PI: Mueller; Co-PI: Minner; additional collaborators: Hilde, Torrado, Micklow, Steinberger) - 2017 CRP: 5072: Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Workshop awarded New York Upstate Chapter APA Student Project award. - 2016 Oliver Torrey Fuller Award. "Outstanding article demonstrating technical excellence and innovation in preservation practice" from the Association for Preservation Technology (Minner and Chusid) - 2015 American Planning Association awarded 1st place award to poster designed in Special Topics in Urban Design: Sustainable Adaptation of Large Modern Footprints - 2013 Outstanding Dissertation awarded by the University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture - 2010 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture - 2007 Award for Best Visual Presentation from the Association for Institutional Research - 2007 Award for poster presentation from the Association for Institutional Research - 2006 Award for Best Visual Presentation from the Association for Institutional Research - 1991 “Most Original,” Senior class, Skyline High School, Idaho Falls, ID
FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2018 Engaged Faculty Fellow – Engaged Cornell 2015 Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Faculty Fellow 2012 Claude M. Pendley, Jr. Memorial Scholarship 2011 Lake/Flato Endowed Scholarship 2011 John S. Chase Endowed Presidential Scholarship 2010 Continuing Student Fellowship from the University of Texas at Austin 2010 Association for Preservation Technology – APT Scholar 2009 Hal Box Scholarship from the University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture 2008-2009 Recruitment Scholarship from the University of Texas at Austin 2000 David Evans and Associates Scholarship from Portland State University 1993 Scholarship from Sociology Department, Boise State University
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Cornell University courses
CRP 2000: Promise and Pitfalls of Contemporary Planning. Taught Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Fall 2018. CRP 3900/CRP 7850: City and Regional Futures Colloquium: Planning Practice, Research, and Design. Taught Fall 2015 and Spring 2016. CRP 3850/CRP 5850: Special Topics in Planning: Just Places? Community Preservation, Art, and Equity. Taught Spring 2019. CRP 5072/CRP 5073: Equity Preservation and Planning Workshop co-listed as Land Use, Urban Design, and Environmental Planning Workshop/Historic Preservation Workshop. Taught Spring 2017. CRP 5530: Land Use Planning Methods. Taught Spring 2018 and Spring 2019. CRP 5530: Concepts and Methods of Land Use Planning. Taught Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016. CRP 5850: Society Place Technology. Taught Spring 2018. CRP 5850: Cities Place Technology. Taught Spring 2014, Spring 2015, and Spring 2016. CRP 5850: Special Topics in Urban Design: Sustainable Adaptation of Large Modern Footprints. Taught Fall 2014. CRP 6690: Special Topics in History and Preservation: Cultural Landscapes, Public Space, and former Mega-Event Sites. Taught Fall 2017. CRP 6690: Special Topics in History and Preservation. In the Wake of Mega-events: Legacy, Public Space and Memory. Taught Fall 2018. CRP 4930: Undergraduate Honors Thesis Research and Writing. CRP 8901-8906: MRP Exit Project Research and Writing. Research papers, professional reports, and theses.
EXHIBITIONS Jade Doskow’s Lost Utopias. (2017: March 20-April 10). Co-organizer of exhibition. Hartell Gallery, Cornell University.
Modern Footprints: Sustainable Adaptation and Collective Memory. (2015). Minner, Jennifer and students in CRP 5851. Cornell University.
Prescriptions for Urban Ailments: Planning Solutions of the 1920s-1940s. (2013). Minner, Jennifer and Elizabeth Muller. Cornell University.
Land Use, Transit, and Urban Redevelopment Illustrated (2013). Minner, Jennifer and Boris Michev. (2013) (1933-1972), Cornell University.
Framing Fredericksburg: Evolution of a Texas Landscape. (2009) Co-curator for historic photography exhibit at the Austin Center for Architecture, Austin, TX.
Images of Fredericksburg at Mid-century: Historic Images from the Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas. (2009). Minner, Jennifer. Designed on-line web exhibit.
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ONLINE MEDIA, BLOGS, WEBSITES
Minner, Jennifer. (2017). Landscapes of Local Business, Microclimates of Reinvestment. Urban Studies Journal blog post. Available at http://urbanstudiesjnl.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/landscapes-of-local-business.html?platform=hootsuite
Minner, Jennifer. (2015). Sustainable Adaptation of Large Modern Footprints. Cornell Workshop blog. Available at http://blogs.cornell.edu/modernfootprints/
Minner, Jennifer. (2014). Austin Within and Beyond the Dome. The End of Austin (TEOA), 4. Available at http://endofaustin.com/2013/12/19/austin-within-and-beyond-the-dome/
Minner, Jennifer. (2013 – present). A World’s Fair Landscape in Time. Research blog. Available at http://blogs.cornell.edu/3dgis/
Minner, Jennifer. (2013 – present). The Promise and Pitfalls of Contemporary Planning. Cornell course blog. Available at http://blogs.cornell.edu/crp2000/
Minner, Jennifer. (2013). Preservation and Development in Balance: Evolution of a Historic Naval Base to a Green Employment Center. Association for Preservation Technology Blog. Available at http://www.apti.org/blog/2013/10/13/blog/preservation-and-development-in-balance-evolution-of-a- historic-naval-base-to-a-green-employment-center/.
Minner, Jennifer. (2013). Guest Blogger for Association for Preservation Technology at APT conference, New York, New York. Long Live the Ephemeral Optimism of the 1939 and 1964 New York World’s Fairs. Association for Preservation Technology Blog. Available at http://www.apti.org/blog/2013/10/15/blog/long-live-the-ephemeral-optimism-of-the-1939-and-1964- ny-world-s-fairs/
Minner, Jenni. (2011-2012). Blog author for the Mid Tex Mod Chapter of Docomomo US, http://midtexasmod.blogspot.com. Longer feature-length entries include: Cambridge Tower: Austin's Landmark of Luxury (2011) http://midtexasmod.blogspot.com/2011/10/cambridge-tower-austins-landmark-of.html The Story of a Mid-'60s Roadside Theater and '90s Community-based Municipal Sustainability (2011) http://midtexasmod.blogspot.com/2011/11/rebirth-of-americana-theatre-local.html
Minner, Jenni. (2010). Westgate Tower: An Elegant and Controversial Vision for High-Rise Living in Austin. Preservation Nation Blog, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Available at http://www.citicite.com/files/Uploads/793/2010_09_14_preservation_blog_westgate_tower.pdf
INVITED TALKS
Minner, Jennifer. (2019) Equity Preservation and the Art of Just Places. Alfred State College, Alfred, NY.
Minner, Jennifer. (2019) Mega-events: Impact Craters and Reservoirs of Memory. School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning colloquium series. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
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Mueller, Elizabeth, Jennifer Minner, and Alex Steinberger. (2017) The Corridor Housing Preservation Tool: A new tool for equitable transit corridor planning. Scenario Planning Applications Network (SPAN) Webinar. August 22, 2017.
Minner, Jennifer. (2016). [Panelist along with Bruegmann, B., Charles, S., & Sandmeier, T.]. The Landscape of Sprawl. 40th Anniversary of the Historic Preservation Planning Program. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Minner, Jennifer. (2015). The ‘Smart City’ plans with the past: sustainable adaptation and collective memory. Smart Cities Seminar. Stanford University, Stanford, California. (Online lecture).
Minner, Jennifer (2014). Building on the Dynamic, Iconic and Everyday. 67th annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians. Austin, TX.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
Track Chair
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Co-chair, Track 1: Technology, Society and Analytical Methods for annual conferences (2018-2020)
Panels Organized
Forester, John, George Frantz, Katherine Idziorek, Jennifer Minner, Bjorn Sletto, Karen Umemoto, Annette Kim. (2018) Navigating Challenges and Building Infrastructure to Support Community Engaged Partnerships. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
Goodspeed, Robert, Thomas Hilde, Nader Afzalan, & Jennifer Minner. (2015). Teaching The New Technology: Scenario Planning Tools, Geodesign, and Urban Informatics. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Houston, TX.
Castañeda, James and Jennifer Minner. (2015). Innovative Planning Apps for Planners. Speaker and Organizer for Web and Mobile Apps Contest Event for Students and Emerging Professionals. National Conference of the American Planning Association, Seattle, WA.
Minner, Jennifer. (2014). Plan-making Pedagogy and Technology: Forum to Share Curricular Experiments. Roundtable at Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Philadelphia, PA.
Minner, Jennifer, Rosie Tighe, Laxmi Ramasubramanian, Jacob Wagner, Neva Specht, David Epstein; Joyce Klein Rosenthal. (2012). Planning in the 21st Century: Digital Community Preservation. Co- organizer and moderator for roundtable discussion. Cincinnati, OH.
Minner, Jennifer (2006). Table Topic Session: A Lively Discussion of GIS in the Practice of Institutional Research. Association for Institutional Research Forum, Chicago, IL.
Papers Presented (Peer-reviewed Abstracts)
Abbott, Martin and Jennifer Minner (2019, forthcoming). How Urban Spaces Remember: The Essay Film as Archive for Protest and Resistance. City, Essay, Film interdisciplinary symposium at University College London. London, UK.
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Abbott, Martin and Jennifer Minner. (2018). Narratives of Retention: Displaced cultural landscapes in the historical mega-event spaces of Brisbane and Sydney. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Buffalo, NY.
Minner, Jennifer. (2018). Equitable Reinvestment and Community Preservation: Mapping Progress in Buffalo, New York. Cultural and Historic Preservation conference. Salve Regina University. Newport, Rhode Island.
Minner, Jennifer (presenting author) and Martin Abbott. (2018). How Urban Spaces Remember: Memory and Transformation at Two Expo Sites. 18th International Planning History Society Conference, Yokohama, Japan.
Minner, Jennifer. (2017). Geodesign, Resilience, and the Future of Former Mega-event Sites. Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, Adelaide, South Australia.
Minner, Jennifer and A. Micklow. (2016). Lessons from Technology: From a National Survey of Educators to Participant Observations from Curriculum Development for a New Equity App. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Portland, Oregon.
Minner, Jennifer and Jeffrey Chusid. (2015) 3D GIS and the Modeling of the Past and Future of Historic Districts and Cultural Landscapes. Association for Preservation Technology, Kansas City, MO.
Minner, Jennifer and Becca Jablonski. (2015). Rural Communities to GrowNYC’s Greenmarkets: Spatial Analysis to Understand Rural-Urban Linkages. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Houston, TX.
Minner, Jennifer. (2014). Multivocality in Tours of Texas Modernism and Urban Renewal Sites. 67th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Austin, TX.
Minner, Jennifer. (2012). Wikifying Government Information Systems: Citizen/Professional Co-curation of Neighborhood Histories. On the panel, Using Models and Technology to Promote Collaboration and Citizen Participation. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference. Cincinnati, OH.
Minner, Jennifer. (2012). Visualizing Urban Change: GIS to Enhance Preservation and Planning Curriculum in GIS and Social Science session. ESRI Educational Users Conference. San Diego, CA.
Holleran, Michael and Jennifer Minner. (2011). From Expert Determinations of Significance to Generative Local Knowledge: A Web Experiment. Environmental Design Research Association Conference. Chicago, Illinois.
Minner, Jennifer. (2010). Old Debate, New Considerations: Restoration of an Early Twentieth Century Texas Landscape. Sustainability and Preservation conference track. Association for Preservation Technology, Denver, CO.
Additional Presentations
Minner, Jennifer. (2019, forthcoming). Mapping Possible Futures: Scenario Planning in the Hands of the Next Generation. ESRI Education Users Conference, San Diego, CA.
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Minner, Jennifer. (2019, forthcoming). Landscape and Memory at Recent Past Expo: Observations from World’s Fair Sites of the Late '60s - '00s. Preserving the Recent Past 3 conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Minner, Jennifer. (2018) Learning from Time Spent on Monuments. Atkinson Forum in American Studies: Place, Memory, and the Public Monument. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.
Minner, Jennifer, with Michael Holleran, Karl Kim, Robert Olshansky, Sandra Rosenbloom, Lisa Schweitzer (2016). Hot Topics at the Journal of the American Planning Association. National Conference of the American Planning Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Castañeda, James and Jennifer Minner. (2016). Innovative Planning Apps for Planners. Speaker and Organizer for Web and Mobile Apps Contest Event for Students and Emerging Professionals. National Conference of the American Planning Association, Phoenix, AZ.
Minner, Jennifer. (2014). Is Historic Preservation Elitist?* (*Why it really can be pretty populist and some reasons why we planners should care about it). In Fast, Funny, and Passionate track. National Conference of the American Planning Association, Atlanta, GA.
Holleran, Michael and Jennifer Minner (2011). Beyond Post It Notes and Preservation Workshop. Texas- American Planning Association Conference, Austin, TX.
Minner, Jennifer. (2010). The Place of Community History and Values in Cultural Landscapes. In Panel Section 106 at the Local Level: The Process, National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference, Austin, TX.
Holleran, Michael and Jennifer Minner (2010). Presentation on the ‘Austin Historical Survey Project’. Texas Historical Conference, Houston, TX.
Minner, Jennifer; Sharron Ronco; Mary Harrington; Deborah Carr and V. Gale. (2007). Best Forum Visual Presentations: Designing and Creating Excellent Visual Presentations. Association for Institutional Research Forum, Kansas City, MO.
Minner, Jennifer (2006). Mapped Commute Trip and Student Geographic Origin Data. Showcase of GIS Projects on Campus at The Evergreen State College. Olympia, Washington.
Minner, Jennifer (2004). Using Geographic Information Systems and Making Maps in Institutional Research. Association for Institutional Research. Boston, MA.
Minner, Jennifer (2004). Goals, Skills, and Confidence of Transfer Students. Pacific Northwest Higher Education Assessment Conference. Vancouver, WA.
Minner, Jennifer and David Marshall. (2003). Designing a New Survey of Students at The Evergreen State College. Pacific Northwest Higher Education Assessment Conference, Spokane, WA.
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Poster Presentations
Minner, Jennifer, Zachary Small, and Ashley Pryce. (2018) 'Equity Preservation: Mapping the Geography of Reinvestment and Community Development Alliances in Buffalo, New York. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Buffalo, NY.
Pryce, Ashley, Zach Small, and Jennifer Minner. (2018). Linking Historic Preservation and Community Development Strategies. American Planning Association Conference. New Orleans, LA.
Minner, Jennifer, Yanlei Feng, Xiao Shi, Geslin George, Tony Widjarnarso, Yi Zhang. (2016) The Powers of Greenmarkets: Spatial Analysis and Visualization Methods to Explore Local Food Systems at Multiple Scales. Poster Presentation at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference. Portland, Oregon.
Minner, Jennifer. (2012). Reinvestment and Reinvention of Commercial Strips: Preservation, Adaptation and Choreography of Change. Poster Presentation at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference. Cincinnati, OH.
Minner, Jennifer and Laura Coghlan (2007). Illuminating the Students in the Shadows: Backgrounds, Experiences, and Outcomes of Transfer Students. Association for Institutional Research Forum. Kansas City, MO.
Minner, Jennifer and Laura Coghlan (2006). Getting to Know New Students at The Evergreen State College. Association for Institutional Research Forum. Chicago, IL.
CAMPUS TALKS
Minner, Jennifer. Assembly and Care of Memory: Revisiting the Past with Objects, Landscapes, and Online Media. Media Studies colloquium. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (April 19, 2018).
Charles, Suzanne, Jared Enriquez, A. Micklow, and Jennifer Minner. (Panelists). Race + Space: Shifting Suburban Identities. Cornell University. Organized by Students for Equity and Inclusion. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (November 10, 2016).
Hilde, Thomas, Jennifer Minner, and A. Micklow. Presenting the Corridor Housing Preservation Index: A New Tool for Equitable Transit Corridor Planning. Regional Science Seminar. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (September 1, 2016).
Minner, Jennifer. Detroit: Themes in Planning History and Contemporary Issues. Detroit Fall Field Trip. Cornell University, City and Regional Planning Department, Ithaca, NY. (September 10, 2014).
Minner, Jennifer; Michael Holleran; Andrea Roberts. (2012). Guest lecturer in graduate-course on Participatory Planning Methods. University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Austin, TX.
Minner, Jennifer. Guest lecturer in Sustainable Preservation. Introducing graduate students to the Preservation Green Lab’s national survey Getting to 50: A National Survey of Vernacular Buildings, Deep Retrofits for Existing Buildings at the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
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Minner, Jennifer. (2011). Guest lecturer/co-collaborator. UT School of Information on graduate-level Digital Libraries course taught by Dr. Gary Geisler, Austin, TX.
Minner, Jennifer. (2011). Guest instructor. Developed and taught preservation geographical information systems (GIS) workshop for Sustainable Preservation Seminar: Retrofitting Suburbia taught by Dr. Michael Holleran, Austin, TX.
Minner, Jennifer. (2010). Guest lecturer in Dr. Karl Butzer’s geography course Landscape Society Meaning, University of Texas at Austin. Austin, TX. Heritage and Landscapes of Meaning.
MEDIA - EXPERT QUOTES
Bullinger, Jake. “Land Conservancies Enter Unfamiliar Territory: the City.” City Lab. March 21, 2018. https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/03/land-conservancies-enter-unfamiliar-territory-the- city/556031/
Kendra Pierre-Louis. “Can the Games Be Green? Higher, faster, more sustainable” in New York Times. February 21, 2018.
Austin Chronicle. "Cities to Love: Austin Preservation Experts Weigh.” July 24, 2015.
Widner, Cindy. “Protect and Preserve” in Austin Chronicle. July 24, 2015.
De, Aenlle, Conrad. “World’s Fairs and Their Legacies” New York Times. May 1, 2015.
Garris, Amanda. “USDA grant surveys viability for rural-urban food links” in Cornell Chronicle. February 26, 2015.
Bowes, Rebecca. “Planning the Future of World’s Fair Sites” in Cornell Chronicle. Ithaca, NY: October 13, 2014.
Ray Finger. "Visual enhancements have impact on Elmira" in Star Gazette. Elmira, NY: July 19, 2014.
Buchholz, Jan. “Lamar: A trip down Austin’s true main street” in Austin Business Journal. Austin, TX: July 11, 2014.
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Clair. “Elisabet Ney Museum re-opens after a few updates” in Austin American- Statesman. Austin, Texas: Saturday, July 6, 2013.
Peveto, Charles. “1960s Architecture is Reaching 50: Notable Mid-Century Projects Now Eligible for Texas’ National Register.” In The Medallion. Austin, Texas: Winter 2012.
Banerjee, Shreya. “East Austin tour focuses on racial history” in The Daily Texan. Austin, Texas: April 16, 2012.
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VIDEO/FILM PROJECTS Created video for Dr. Bjorn Sletto on the East Austin Environmental Justice Project as an entry to the Innovative Instructional Technology Awards Program (IITAP) at UT-Austin. (2009). Austin, TX. Dr. Sletto won award.
Created video for Focus the Nation, a climate change awareness event. (2008). The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.
Returning to Vietnam: An Exploration of Changing Landscapes and Returning Family. (2007). Created video shown at September Symposium at The Evergreen State College. Olympia, WA.
Return to The Land of the Midnight Sun. (2005). Created video shown at the September Symposium at The Evergreen State College. Olympia, WA.
JOURNAL COVER DESIGN Cover Design - Journal of the American Planning Association. (2016, Spring). Vol. 82. No. 2.
TOURS Jane’s Walk: Hidden East Austin. Austin, TX. (2013) Tour co-organizer. Austin, TX.
Pre-conference Tour of the Modern Movement. (2012) Tour guide for US/ICOMOS Spring Symposium. San Antonio, TX.
Mid-century Modern: It’s About Time organized by the San Antonio Conservation Society. (2012) Tour guide and invited session moderator. San Antonio, TX.
Jane’s Walk: East Austin Walk and Talk. Austin, TX. (2012) Tour co-organizer. Austin, TX.
HemisFair ’68: Modern Design, Cultural History. (2011) Tour guide and organizer. Mid Tex Mod and the San Antonio Conservation. San Antonio, TX.
Austin Modern. (2010) Tour organizer for joint National Trust for Historic Preservation and Mid Tex Mod event. Austin, TX.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Austin, Texas . Interim Project Manager, Research Assistant, Center for Sustainable Development, fall 2012-spring 2013. Grant-writing, grant administration; project management and research for US HUD funded Sustainable Places Project. . Project Manager, Graduate Research Assistant, August 2008 – May 2012. Managed Austin Historical Survey Wiki project. . In 2012, introduced, trained, and provided GIS support to graduate students at UT-Austin participating in the Preservation Green Lab's Getting at 50 survey, a national data collection effort on commercial buildings for deep energy retrofit research.
The Evergreen State College, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (formerly the Office of Institutional Research and Planning), Olympia, Washington
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Research Associate, September 2002 – September 2008, promoted to lead Research Associate in 2005. . Performed research using descriptive and inferential statistical analyses, geographic information systems, survey research, and qualitative methods. . Designed and managed research projects, trained and supervised student assistants. . Supported faculty and administration in curriculum and student outcome assessment.
Lane Council of Governments, Eugene, Oregon Assistant Planner, July 2000-September 2002 . Authored plans, reports, and ordinance language on broad range of topics including land use planning, natural resource planning, community safety, and economic development. . Project Manager for targeted industries study in Cottage Grove, Oregon. . Key staff on Region 2050, a regional growth management planning. . Current planning and development review as planner for Junction City and Coburg.
Metro Regional Services, Portland, Oregon Land Use Planning Assistant, Intern, June 1999 - May 2000. Metro Information on Long-Range Transportation Planning Intern, June 1998 – November 1998.
City of Portland, Office of Finance and Administration, Portland, Oregon Community Service Aide, Jan. 1999 - June 1999
Michigan State University, Criminal Justice Study, Portland, Oregon. . Interviewer. June 1998 – February 1999. Conducted interviews of women in jail or on probation for national, multi-city research study.
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Academic Journals Member of the Editorial Board (2017-present), International Journal of E-planning Research. Member of Scientific Committee of the III and IV Conferences on 'Urban e-Planning. Reviewer/referee for Economic Development Quarterly, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, International Journal of Geographical Information Science, The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Urban History, Journal of Urban Technology, Land Use Policy, Networks and Spatial Economics, Planning Perspectives, Preservation Education and Research, Urban Affairs Review.
Planning Organizations Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, National Conference Committee (2018-present) Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Chair, Track 1: Technology, Society, and Analytical Methods for Annual Conferences (2018-2020) Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, manuscript reviewer (2019) Conference abstract reviewer (2017) for Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) conference. American Planning Association, Technology Division o Reviewer for best student paper competition and organizer (2014) o Discussant for Student and Emerging Professionals App Contest (2015)
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o Co-organizer and judge for Student and Emerging Professionals App Contest (2016) Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. (2017) Session Moderator and Abstract Reviewer for Conference. Consortium for Scenario Planning, Process Working Group (2017-present) Scenario Planning Applications Network – organized curriculum library (2015-16)
University Grant application reviewer for Engaged Cornell (2019) Hiring committee for Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture (2017-2018) Member of Sustainable Communities Working Group, Cornell University (2015) ArcGIS Online Administrator, Cornell University (AY 2013-2014) Reviewer for Natural Resource Inventory Handbook, Hudson River Estuary Program - NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and Cornell University. (October 2014).
College College Exhibitions Committee (AY 2015-16 to present) AAP Connect Advisory Board, Faculty Liaison (AY 2014-2015) Space/Building Remodel (AY 2013-14)
Department Co-organizer for Atkinson Forum Symposium Place, Memory and Monument with Jeffrey Chusid, Thomas Campanella, Maria Park, Katelin Olson. Scheduled for November 2018. Diversity and Equity Committee (AY 2013-14; Spring 2019) Department Exhibitions Committee (AY 2013-14) MRP Admissions Chair (AY 2016-17), Committee member (AY 2014-2015 – AY 2015-2016) PhD Admissions Committee (2019) Student Awards Committee Chair (AY 2018-2019) City and Regional Futures Colloquium: Host for Aaron Bartley (2019); Co-host for Ben Austin (2018); host for Elizabeth Mueller (2016); host for Matthew Silva (2016); host for Barbara Brown Wilson (2016); host for Bjorn Sletto (2015). Regional Science Seminar. Host for Thomas Hilde (2016). International Speakers Series. Host for Alex Steinberger of Fregonese Associates (2014); Host for Laxmi Ramasubramanian (2014).
SERVICE TO COMMUNITY Susan M. Christopherson Community Planning Center. Founding committee, August 2018 - present
The History Center in Tompkins County, Sustainability Initiative, Ithaca, NY Committee member, August 2018 - present
Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission, Ithaca, NY Commissioner, January 2015 – December 2017.
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Travis Audubon Society, Blair Woods Project, Austin, TX Volunteer Instructor, March 2012 - May 2013. Citizen science project in the classroom and out in the field aimed at teaching skills in science, mapping, and environmental literacy.
MidTexMod Chapter of Docomomo US, Austin, TX President – June 2011- June 2012; Board Secretary, April 2009 – June 2011; Board Member, April 2009 - January 2013. Past President and a founding board member of regional chapter of Docomomo US. Docomomo is an international and national organization – Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement.
Heritage Society of Austin Preservation Committee, June 2009 - October 2011
City of Olympia, Heritage Commission, Olympia, WA Commission Chair Feb. 2006 - Feb. 2008. Heritage Commissioner May 2004 - Feb. 2008. Committees: Comprehensive Plan/Ordinance Update Subcommittee, Inventory Subcommittee, Preservation Outreach Subcommittee, Modern Architecture Subcommittee, Design Review Committee, Preservation Plan Subcommittee, and the Joint Design Review Board.
International Refugee Center of Oregon, Portland, OR Volunteer Instructor, June 1997 – January 1998
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS Association for Collegiate Schools of Planning, Member American Planning Association, Member DOCOMOMO, Member Society for Commercial Archeology, Member
THESES AND OTHER EXIT PROJECTS CHAIRED (2013 to present)
Arahan, Vernice Djeanne Rei Pineda. (2014) Understanding the Places and Roles of Ethnic Enclaves within Cities. Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Cornell University.
Bell, Thaddeus. (2016) Village of Trumansburg: Residential Zoning Analysis. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
Catsos, Michael. (2015) Sustainable Brownfield Redevelopment: Plan Content, Program Standards, and Uneven Outcomes in the Brownfields Area-wide Planning Program. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
Chauhan, Akanksha. (2018). Integrated Methods of Design Research: A Phenomenographic Approach. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.
Dong, Fangjun. (2016) Disruption and Regulation: Transportation Network Companies’ Impacts on Traffic and Incumbent Industry. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
Gandhi, Akshali. (2015) Retail Planning in Immigrant Business Districts: A Study of Chicago’s Devon Avenue. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
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Gedrath-Smith, Anya. (2018) Conservation on the Fringe: A Conservation Development Proposal in Missoula, Montana. Professional Report, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
George, Geslin. (2016) The Role of Farmers’ Markets as a Public Space: A Case study of GrowNYC Greenmarkets. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
Goodman, Wylie. (2017) The State of Controlled Environment Agriculture in New York City. Thesis, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
Hart, Skye. (2018) Planning with the Urban Native American Community in Seattle, Washington: An Analysis of Existing Programs, Community Needs, and Inclusion in the City. Cornell University.
Kim, Jieun. (2016) Planning Post-Unification Development for a Unified Korea: Putting food systems and rural development in the center of policy agenda for inclusive growth. Thesis for Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.
Ling, Isabel. (2019) Resistance and Engagement in the Smart City: A Case Study in Community Participation Initiatives in Boston and Toronto. Honors Thesis, Urban and Regional Studies Program.
Liu, Caitlyn. (2018) Prison Privatization: High Costs and Low Economic Development Value. Research paper for Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
Ma, Linshuang. (2015) Desire Path: A New Methodology for Pedestrian Data Collection and Participatory Planning. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
Mack, Dean. (2015) Transforming the Erie Canal from Industrial to Recreational Infrastructure: A Plan Evaluation. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
Marar, Petra. (2015) Revealing Combined Sewer Overflows: Creating Visual Tools for Public and Practitioner Engagement. A Professional Report, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
Moran, Daniel. (2015) Observing the Public Realm in Brooklyn: Exploring Digital Analysis Techniques for Public Spaces. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.
Raley, Lucas. (2019) Community Action in Public Parks: A Case Study of Friends of Stewart Park. Research paper, Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.
Shi, Xiao. (2016) Green Public Space Access and Environmental Equity: A Spatial Assessment of New York City’s Long-Term Sustainability Plan. Thesis, Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.*
Small, Zachary. (2018) Towards Equitable Land Banking: Race, Class, and Community Renewal in Albany, Buffalo, Newburgh, and Syracuse, New York. Research paper, Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.
Summers, Barbara. (2014) An Enabling Framework for a Resilient Grid: A Case Study of the New York City Metropolitan Region. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.
Tirado, Roana. (2014) Connections at Bayview Hill: A SPUR Visioning Report for the Piero N. Patri Fellowship in Urban Design, Bayview-Hunters Point, San Francisco, California. Professional Report, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
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Trussell, Benjamin (2016) Affordable Housing and the 2008-2009 Recession: Assessing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit’s Performance. Research Paper, Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.
Torres, David. (2018) The Brooklyn-Queens Connector: An Analysis of New York City’s Current Growth Coalition. Research paper, Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.
Tuttle, Dylan. (2017) Room Tax Investment for Sustainable Tourism Development: An Evaluation of Tompkins County, NY. Professional Report, Master of Regional Planning, Cornell University.
Wright, Nora Fuller. (2014). When Prisons Become Home: Examining Punitive and Rehabilitative Frameworks to Understand What Makes Prison Environments Harmful and How Planning and Design Can Make Them Better. Thesis, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.*
Zaire, Danai. (2014). Rezoning East Midtown: A Critique of Planning in Pursuit of the Global City. Thesis, Master of Regional Planning. Cornell University.
*Winners of Peter B. Andrews Memorial Thesis Award.
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