Jason Reece

About Jason Reece

Jason Reece is an associate professor at the Knowlton School and Vice Provost for Engaged Scholarship & Community Engagement in the Office of Academic Affairs. His research seeks to understand the role of planning in fostering a built and social environment which supports a just city and healthy communities.

Areas of Expertise

Community Development, Food Systems, Community Health and Safety, Housing, Planning Law and Administration

Selected Publications

Publications: Edited Volumes

Warner, M. E., Reece, J., & Zhang, X. (2025). Community development and schools: Conflict, power and promise (p. 179). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003463412

Publications: Journal Articles

Kim, M., Garcia, I., Goetz, E., Hanlon, B., Monkkonen, P., Pendall, R., … Whittemore, A. (2025). Bring Zoning Back Into the Planning Curricula. Journal of the American Planning Association, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2025.2455162

Park, S., Clark, J. K., Schmiesing, R. J., Reece, J., Kaiser, M. L., & Lee, J. Y. (2024). Neighbors’ Perceptions of University Engaged “Research”. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X241284271

Clark, J., Holley, K., Sweeney, G., Reitz, C., Glickman, A., Allen, C., & Reece, J. (2024). Social Equity of Public Participation Environments. Journal of Social Equity and Public Administration, 2(1), 91–107. https://doi.org/10.24926/jsepa.v2i1.5229

Barnett, K. S., Reece, J., Mosley, B. M., Baek, M., Hyder, A., Kelleher, K., ... & Chisolm, D. J. (2024). A History Of The Impacts Of Discriminatory Policies On Housing And Maternal And Infant Health In An Ohio Neighborhood. Health Affairs (Project Hope), 43(2), 181-189. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.01045

Woodburn McNair, A. Reece, J. Thomas, D. Mitchell-Wyatt, I. Nagy, J. Kaplan, S. (2024). Structural Racism and Inequity in the U.S. Aviation Industry: Foundations and Implications. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27917.

Oberly, T., & Reece, J. (2023). Planning History From the Lions’ Perspective: Reclaiming Black Agency in Planning History. Journal of the American Planning Association, 89(4), 487–504. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2022.2124188

Reece, J., & Abou-Ghalioum, V. (2023). Urban schools and the growth machine: When public education and development policy conflict. Community Development, 54(4), 588–609. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2217899

Reece, J., Warner, M. E., & Zhang, X. (2023). Broadening the paradigm: Community development, schools and the dimensions of power. Community Development, 54(4), 468–478. https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330.2023.2217881

Oberly, T., Reece, J., & Graham, L. (2023). A Framework to Address Maternal and Child Health Inequities as a Place-Based Issue. Harvard Health Policy Review. March. https://doi.org/10.56927/725809

Noelke C, Outrich M, Baek M, Reece J, Osypuk TL, et al. (2022) Connecting past to present: Examining different approaches to linking historical redlining to present day health inequities. PLOS ONE 17(5): e0267606. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267606

Reece, J., Hanlon, B. & Edwards, R. Philanthropic Investment in Equity: Cultivating Grass Roots Leaders for the Equitable Revitalization of Marginalized Communities. Int. Journal of Com. WB 5, 401–429 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-021-00159-x

Reece, J. (2021). More Than Shelter: Housing for Urban Maternal and Infant Health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3331. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073331

Recent Courses Taught

City & Regional Planning 2100: Reading the City Through History and Law, City & Regional Planning 6310: Law II Environment and Society, City & Regional Planning 5400: Planning for Housing