Columbia University, New York, NY 2012 Masters of Philosophy, Urban Planning

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1 JOHN H. WEST Ball State University AB W. University Muncie, IN EMPLOYMENT Ball State University Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Development Present FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION Urban History, Urban Theory, Science and Technology Studies, Urban Politics and Policy, Economic Theory in Planning and Policy-making, Market-based Sustainability Policy, Applied Research Methods EDUCATION Columbia University, New York, NY Fall PhD Candidate, Urban Planning Dissertation: Rule of Choice: Economic Theory, Technology and Politics in Three Policy Innovations in New York City Restaurant Grading, School Choice, and Congestion Pricing Columbia University, New York, NY 2012 Masters of Philosophy, Urban Planning University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Masters of Urban Planning and Policy Kenyon College, Gambier, OH BA with Highest Honors, double major in Sociology, and Modern Languages and Literatures PUBLICATIONS West, John H. (Forthcomeing) Making Market Rationality: Material Semiotics and the Case of Congestion Pricing in New York City. To be published in a special section of Urban Geography entitled Locating Rationalities in Planning: Market Thinking and Its Others in the Spaces, Institutions and Materials of Contemporary Urban Governance. West, John H. (2015) Translation: Making Roadways into Markets in New York City. In Planning in a Material World, edited by Robert Beauregard and Laura Lieto. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press. West 1

2 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Invited Discussant, The Crowd, the Cloud and Urban Governance, UIC AAG Symposium, Chicago IL, April 20, Presenter, Learning from Controversy: Finding the Democratic Potential in Technical Systems of Governance, Science Technology & Society and the City Panel, Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2, Presenter, The Rule of Choice: Political Subjects in the Smart City, Society for the Social Study of Science, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 20, Invited Paper: Translation: Making Roadways into Markets in New York City, Brownbag Lunch Series, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October 28, Invited Paper: Translation: Making Roadways into Markets in New York City, Lectures in Planning Series, Department of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, NY, October 7, Invited Paper: Making an Ethical Market: The Ideas, Technologies and Constituencies of Congestion Pricing Advocacy in New York City, Conference titled "Planning in a Heterogeneous World," Department of Urban Design and Urban Planning, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy, June 6, Invited Participant: Workshop on Assemblage Thinking, Department of Urban Design and Urban Planning, University of Naples, Federico II, Naples, Italy, June 6, Panel Organizer, Bloomberg s Urban Policy: A Critical Assessment and Lessons for the Future, Planner s Network Conference, June 8, Presenter, Data-driven Governance & Democracy: The Case of DeVasco High School, Planner s Network Conference, June 8, Presenter, Data-driven Inquiry, Public Accountability and Democracy: The Case of DeVasco High School, Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference on Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, February 28, Panel Organizer, The Practice of Planning Rationalities, Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning meetings, Cincinnati, OH, November 3, Presenter, Making Congestion Pricing: Embedding Rationality, Ethics and Politics in Technologies, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning meetings, Cincinnati, OH, November 3, Presenter, Cyborg-Citizenship: Data-driven Governance and the New Politics of Urban Policy Knowledge, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Doctoral Dissertation Workshop meetings, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, August 17, West 2

3 Presenter, Making New Participants: Data-driven Governance and the Production of Urban Citizens, Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference on Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, March 8, Presenter, Locating and Expanding Civic Participation in Technical Systems of Governance, American Association of Geographers annual meeting, New York, NY, February 26, Presenter, The Politics of Systems of Social Audit, Krueckeberg Doctoral Conference on Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, January 15, TEACHING EXPERIENCE Professor, Introduction to Planning, Ball State University, Fall 2015 Professor, Planning History & Theory I, Ball State University, Fall 2015 Instructor, History and Theory of Urban Planning, New York University, Spring Instructor, Theories of the Labor Movement, State University of New York, Empire State College, Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. Center for Labor Studies, Fall Instructor, American History, State University of New York, Empire State College, Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. Center for Labor Studies, Fall Teaching Assistant (for professor Clara Irazabal), History and Theory of Urban Planning, Columbia University, Fall Instructor, Labor and the Economy: An Introduction to Micro-economics, State University of New York, Empire State College, Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies, Fall Teaching Assistant (for professor Smita Srinivas), Micro-economics for Planners, Columbia University, Fall Instructor, Labor and Management: An Introduction to Micro-economics, State University of New York, Empire State College, Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies, Summer Teaching Assistant (for professor Moshe Adler), Techniques of Project Evaluation - Cost Benefit Analysis, Columbia University, Spring Teaching Assistant (for professor Robert Beauregard), History and Theory of Urban Planning, Columbia University, Fall French Teaching Assistant (for professor Mortimer Guiney), Introductory French, Kenyon College, Fall 2002 and Spring West 3

4 PROFESSIONAL & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Tenant Resource Center, Housing Counselor, Madison, WI A tenant s rights organization. Provide free legal advice to tenants and landlords in crisis. Mikva Challenge, Consultant, Chicago, IL A non-profit offering programming to encourage youth civic participation. Designed and helped to implement program evaluation system. Center for Urban Economic Development, Research Assistant, Chicago, IL An urban policy and economic development research institute at the University of Illinois Chicago. Conducted academic and applied research for the City of Chicago on workforce development. Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), Research Assistant, Chicago, IL 2007 The Metropolitan Planning Organization for Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Conducted quantitative research, created maps and reports for regional comprehensive plan. Neighborhoods Initiative, Research Assistant, Chicago, IL Research center in the College of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois Chicago. Linked community-based organizations with resources from planning department. Applied Real Estate Analysis, Analyst, Chicago, IL A planning and policy firm that specializes in low income housing policy research. Conducted planning research for local and national, public and private clients, including The City of Chicago and Housing and Urban Development. Developed housing price estimators for Section 8 Program in New Orleans and Los Angeles. Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment, Instructor, Brooklyn, NY 2004 An education non-profit offering courses on urban studies and the environment in public schools. Developed and taught urban environmentalism curricula for public school students. Cornell Cooperative Extension, New York City, Urban Agriculture Intern, New York, NY 2004 New York State educational extension service, providing technical assistance to small non-profits. Provided logistical and technical assistance to grassroots non-profit organizations. SERVICE Planners Network, President, Chicago, IL 2008 Helped organized national conference in Chicago, IL. Organized forum on urban agriculture. Initiated and organized monthly salon gatherings for the Chicago chapter. FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, PhD Fellowship Funding for coursework and early phases of dissertation research. West 4

5 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Association of American Geographers Planners Network Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Urban Affairs Association American Planning Association West 5