Meet ENVX contributor Jesse Simpson! Below you’ll find a brief bio, class level, and a digital scholarship (DS) site link, where you can read more about their work at Lewis & Clark College. Below this information are all ENVX posts featuring this contributor to date; click on any post title to view the full post. To return to all contributors, click here.
Class of 2017 | DS websiteI'm an Environmental Studies major and Political Economy minor at Lewis and Clark College. Born and raised in Seattle, I have a passion for cities and transportation issues. I love coffee and biking around the Pacific Northwest. |
We are proud of all nineteen graduating ENVS seniors this year: they were a great bunch of students to work with over the last four years, and grew tremendously during this time. We’d like to honor four graduating seniors in particular—Lex Shapiro, Jesse Simpson, Hannah Smay, and Drew Williamson—who successfully completed all requirements for honors in envir … |
Jesse Simpson’s 2017 ENVS honors thesis, “Planning Gentrification: Municipal Policy & Price Effects of the Orange Line in Portland, OR,” is available as an ENVX publication here. Here is Jesse’s thesis abstract: The mission of creating more environmentally-friendly and socially-equitable cities is critical; recognition of this need has increasingly infor … |
Among students in Lewis & Clark’s Environmental Studies Program, transit is a popular research subject. Living in Portland, it’s not hard to see why; the city is well known for its public transit system, which includes buses, a light rail system, and a a streetcar. Current ENVS students have transit-related interests ranging from gentrification and trans … |
Most students enter the ENVS Program because they are genuinely passionate about environmental concerns. Our interests and backgrounds are incredibly varied, and everyone has a unique repertoire of projects and interests. As the program website describes, this major is characterized by an emphasis on “cutting-edge scholarship on environmental issues” that re … |