Judith Grant Long
Assistant Professor and Program Director
Department of Urban Planning & Design

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Research Interests

  Physical Planning and Place-Making
  Urban Development and Public-Private Agency, Actions, Resources
  Sports, Tourism, and Cultural Infrastructure
  Special-Purpose Development Authorities and Corporations

Education

  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
PhD, Urban Planning, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2002)
  Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
DesS, Real Estate Development (1995)
  Ryerson Polytechnic University
Toronto, Canada, BAA, Urban and Regional Planning (1989)
  Huron College. University of Western Ontario,
London, Canada, BA, Economics (1986)

Academic Positions

  Director of the Master in Urban Planning Degree Program
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Department of Urban Planning and Design (2008-present)
  Assistant Professor of Urban Planning
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Department of Urban Planning and Design (2006-present)
  Design Critic,
Harvard
Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Department of Urban Planning and Design (2005-2006)
  Assistant Professor of Urban Planning
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
E. J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (2002-2005)
  Head Studio Instructor
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Career Discovery Program (1998, 2000)
  Instructor
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Department of Urban Planning and Design (1998)
  Research Fellow
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Center for Urban Development Studies (1996-98)

Courses

  Core Urban Planning Studio 1
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Graduate Studio, 8 credits
  Methods of Urban Planning
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Graduate Lecture/Workshop, 4 credits
  Analytic Methods of Urban Planning
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Graduate Lecture, 4 credits
  Techniques of Physical Planning
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Graduate Lecture/Lab, 4 credits
  Urban Redevelopment
Rutgers University, Graduate Lecture, 4 credits
  History and Theory of Urban Planning
Rutgers University, Graduate Lecture, 4 credits
  Methods of Real Estate Analysis
Rutgers University, Graduate Lecture/Workshop, 4 credits
  Introduction to Urban Studies
Rutgers University, Undergraduate Lecture, 4 credits

Professional Positions

  Senior Planner,
Planning Department, Brampton, Ontario, Canada (1990-96)
    Projects:
  • General Comprehensive Plan
  • Downtown Redevelopment Plan
  • Urban Design and Historic Preservation Strategy
  • Historic Building Inventory and District Plans
  • City-wide GIS Base Model
  Historic Preservation Researcher,
Planning Department, Markham, Ontario, Canada (1989-90)
    Projects:
  • Historic Building Inventory
  • Unionville Heritage Conservation District
  • Technical Restoration Guidelines

Awards, Fellowships, and Honors

  Research Fellowship 
IBM Center for Business and Government (2004)

  Dissertation Fellowship
Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Harvard University (2002)

  Dissertation Fellowship 
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (2001)
  Academic Merit Scholarship 
Harvard University (1995-2000)
  Gerald M. McCue Medal
Harvard Graduate School of Design School; highest academic record (1995)
  National Graduate Research Competition Winner
Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (1994)
  Beaton Award, Ryerson Polytechnic University
academic excellence & community contribution (1989)
  Provincial Undergraduate Essay Competition Winner
Ontario Professional Planners Institute (1988)
  Policy Award
Ryerson Polytechnic University; excellence in planning policy (1988)
  Studio Award
Ryerson Polytechnic University; excellence in planning studio (1987)

Publications

2007 Long, Judith G. Transforming Federal Property Management: The Case for Public/Private Partnerships. IBM Center for Business and Government, March
2006 Zimbalist, A. and J. G. Long. "Facility Finance: Measurement, Trends and Analysis." International Journal of Sports Finance, 1, 201-211.
2005 Long, Judith G.  "Full Count: The Real Cost of Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities".  Journal of Sports Economics.  May.
2004 Long, Judith G.  “A History of Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities, 1890 to 2001” Center for Urban Policy Research, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Working Paper Series.
  Long, Judith G. "Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities Data Series" Center for Urban Policy Research, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Working Paper Series.
  1. Major League Baseball
  2. National Football League
  3. National Basketball Association
  4. National Hockey League
  Long, Judith G.  2004. "Major League Franchise and Facility History Chart Series." Center for Urban Policy Research, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Working Paper Series.
  1. Major League Baseball
  2. National Football League
  3. National Basketball Association
  4. National Hockey League
2003 Long, Judith G. “Making Good Design Happen.”  New Jersey Municipalities. Volume 80, Number 9, December.

Professional Reports

  The City of Brampton Official Plan (1994) co-authored with the Planning Department staff, Brampton, Ontario, Canada, with consultant services.
  Compiled and edited a new 30-year comprehensive plan, based on four years of technical study including demographic, market, and infrastructure capacity projections, considered in the context of physical geography. Wrote the downtown district, economic development, urban design, and historic preservation sections. Managed the public participation and provincial approval process including information meetings, survey research, information kits, and press releases.
  The Brampton Central Commercial Corridor Secondary Plan (1993) co-authored with John Corbett, Hotson Bakker Architects, DS-Lea Associates, Hough Stansbury + Woodland Ltd., Design Vision.
  Prepared and implemented a major redevelopment plan for the downtown district, facilitating its transition from suburban to urban scale.  Major initiatives included intensifying commercial and residential land uses around selected transportation nodes, and revision to the local development impact fee schedule to stimulate investment.
  Brampton Civic Center Demonstration Plan (1993) co-authored with John Corbett, Hotson Bakker Architects, Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
  Facilitated production of a demonstration project for the new downtown plan whereby a suburban node comprised of government offices, a major highway interchange, and a regional shopping center was transformed by introducing a publicly developed hotel, convention and recreation center, and privately developed medium density housing around the periphery of the mall parking lot.
  Urban Design Management Strategy (1993) Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
  Developed a district-by-district urban design management strategy for the city.  Conceived and organized “CityScape 2000,” an innovative community design workshop attended by politicians, real estate developers, residents, and other interest groups.
  City GIS Base Model (1992) Brampton, Ontario, Canada, with Design Vision, Inc.
  Supervised development of the first GIS-compatible, 3-dimensional base model of an entire city in Canada, for use in the long-range planning and development review processes.
  The Churchville Heritage Conservation District Plan (1990) co-authored with Polymath and Thaumaturge Consultants Inc., Ontario, Canada.
  Supervised the district plan preparation and implementation process,
including resource inventory, boundary definition, design guidelines,
public review, and testimony to the Ontario Municipal Board.
  Markham Inventory of Heritage Buildings, 1990, co-authored with Regan Hutcheson and Dorie Billick, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
  Conducted field research and photo documentation of over 1,000 potential heritage buildings within town boundaries.  Assisted with evaluation and classification, and identification of provincial designation and district priorities.
  Handbook for Evaluating Heritage Resources in the Town of Markham (1989) co-authored with Regan Hutcheson and Dorie Billick, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
  Prepared evaluation guidelines in aid of provincial designation process, complete with scoring system taking into account historical, architectural, archeological and contextual significance.
  Heritage Building Restoration Guidelines (1990) co-authored with Regan Hutcheson, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
  Prepared building restoration guidelines in aid of provincial grant applications, including design guidelines for additions.
  Markham Heritage Estates: Building Eligibility and Relocation Guidelines, 1989, co-authored with Regan Hutcheson, Markham, Ontario, Canada.
  Directed to prepare implementation guidelines for Markham Heritage Estates, a mayoral initiative (considered controversial among preservationists) creating a subdivision of vacant lots expressly for the relocation of heritage structures threatened at other sites in the municipality by impending development.

Invited Lectures, Presentations, and Conference Papers

2006 Harvard Graduate School of Design
"Sports Facilities as Urban Development Catalysts: The Back Story Behind These Public/Private Partnerships" (February)
  Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, Big City Planners Institute
"Sports and Tourism Infrastructure as Economic Development Catalysts" (February)
2005 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 
“Transforming Federal Property Management: The Case for Public/Private Partnerships” (Kansas City, October)
  University of Richmond, Jepson School of Leadership
"Full Count: The Real Cost of Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities" (September)
  University of Richmond, Jepson School of Leadership
"Sports-Anchored Urban Redevelopment: Major League Sports Facilities and Urban Community Development" (September 2005)
2004 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Full Count: The Real Cost of Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities" (April)
  University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Planning’s Core Curriculum: A Return to Physical Planning" (April)
2003 Harvard Graduate School of Design 
"Sports-Anchored Urban Redevelopment" (Course in Public and Private Development, 2003, 2002)
2002 Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Taubman Center for State and Local Government  “Full Count: The Real Cost of Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities” (April)
  Harvard Graduate School of Design  
Career Discovery Program  “Boston: A City on a Hill to A City Built on Fill” (July 2002, 1998)
2001 Rutgers University, E. J. Bloustein School of Public Policy 
"Full Count: The Real Cost of Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities, and Why Some Cities Pay More to Play"  (December 2001)

  Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 
"Full Count: The Real Cost of Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities, and Why Some Cities Pay More to Play"  (Baltimore, October)
1997 Harvard Graduate School of Design 
"The Evolution of Urban Retail" (Course in Introduction to Urban Planning and Design, October 1997, 1996)

Research Grants

  Technology Innovation Program Grant, Provost's Office, Harvard University
First Semester Core Urban Planning Studio, (Principal Investigator)
  IBM Center for Business and Government 
"Managing Federal Property: The Case for Public/Private Partnerships" (Principal Investigator, 2004-05)
  Rutgers University 
Undergraduate Dean’s Grant for Curriculum Excellence (Principal Investigator, 2003, to update multimedia materials for Introduction to Urban Studies)
  Harvard Kennedy School of Government  
Taubman Center for State and Local Government  "Full Count: The Real Cost of Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities" (Dissertation Fellowship, 2002)
  US Department of Housing and Urban Development  
"Full Count: The Real Cost of Public Funding for Major League Sports Facilities" (Dissertation Fellowship, 2002)

Academic and Community Service

  Doctor of Design Degree Program, Admissions Committee (2007-)
  Master of Urban Planning Program, Admissions Committee (2006-)
  Kennedy School of Government, Policy Analysis Exercise Advising
Chris Ward (2006) Alternative Plan for Qualcomm Stadium Redevelopment
Kate Fillen-Yeh (2007) Form-based Zoning to Protect Water Quality Along the Hudson River
  Journal of Sports and Economics  Reviewer (2005-)
  US Department of Housing and Urban Development  Reviewer
Early Doctoral Dissertation Grant Program (2005-)
  Master’s Professional Report Requirement Committee  Member
Rutgers University, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (2004-05)
  Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee  Member
Rutgers University, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (2003-05)
  Graduate Admissions Committee Program in Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (2002-05)
  Doctoral Program Faculty Rutgers University
E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (2002-05)

  Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Supervisor  Physical Planning
Rutgers University, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (2002-05)
  Humphrey Fellowship Program  Faculty Advisor
Rutgers University, E.J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (2002-05)
  Departmental Council  Alumni Representative
School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson Polytechnic University (1990-93)
  Dean Search Committee  Alumni Representative
College of Community Services, Ryerson Polytechnic University (1990)

Professional Memberships

  American Planning Association (APA)
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
American Real Estate Society (ARES)
American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA)

Citizenship

  Canada, Great Britain, United States (Permanent Resident)