Nevin Cohen

PhD, Rutgers University

Assistant Professor

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Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts

Nevin Cohen is an expert in environmental planning who has served as a policy analyst, urban planner, and business advisor. Dr. Cohen is an Assistant Professor at Eugene Lang College, where he offers courses on environmental planning, food and sustainability, urban environmental policy, and environmental activism.

In addition to his position at The New School, Dr. Cohen co-founded Topology, LLC, an environmental planning and development firm. He has also served as managing principal for GreenOrder, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in sustainable business practices, where he advised companies such as GE, Office Depot, Pfizer, and Pitney Bowes on methods to improve their environmental performance. He has also held senior research positions at Rutgers University's Center for Environmental Communication, Environmental Defense, the World Resources Institute, Tellus Institute, and INFORM. He was responsible for developing landmark municipal recycling, water conservation, and clean fuel laws in New York City as an analyst for the City Council and Manhattan Borough President.

Dr. Cohen received a PhD in Environmental Planning and Policy Development from Rutgers University, a Masters in City and Regional Planning from University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in Economics from Cornell University.

Courses:
Urban Environmental Issues
Garbage: The Political Economy and Ecology of New York City
Planning Sustainable Cities
Designing the Sustainable Food System
Urban Environmental Policy
Grassroots Environmentalism

Personal Statement:

My goal as an environmental studies professor is to enable my students to develop the skills to analyze and interpret complex relationships among the natural systems, communities, and built environments in which they live. I use teaching methods that foster active learning and civic engagement, and techniques that encourage students to explore patterns, system structures, relationships, and theoretical models.

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Research Interests:

For twenty years, my scholarly and professional research has explored the process of involving citizens in urban environmental decision-making. Building on my work on citizen participation and the environment, I have focused my research on the urban food system. Current projects include studies of innovative approaches to integrating food production into the urban and peri-urban environment and research on civic agriculture.

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