Penn Loh

About Penn Loh

Penn Loh is Distinguished Senior Lecturer and Director of Community Practice at Tufts University’s Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. He partners with various community base building organizations in the Solidarity Economy Initiative, Right to the City Alliance, and Center for Economic Democracy.

Selected Publications

• Loh, Penn, Neenah Estrella-Luna, and Katherine Shor. 2023. Pandemic Response and Mutual Aid as Climate Resilience: Learning from Community Responses in the Boston Area. Journal of Climate Resilience and Climate Justice, vol 1: 8-19.
• Loh, Penn and Boone Shear. 2022. Fight and Build: Solidarity Economy as Ontological Politics. Sustainability Science, 17(4): 1207-1221.
• Loh, Penn, Zoë Ackerman, Joceline Fidalgo, and Rebecca Tumposky. 2022. Co-Education/Co-Research Partnership: A Critical Approach to Co-Learning Between Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and Tufts University. Social Sciences, 11(2): 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci... 
• Loh, Penn and Mark Erlich. 2021. Community Labor United: Building Bridges in Greater Boston. In Louise Simmons and David Reynolds (eds.) Igniting Social Justice and Progressive Power: The Partnership for Working Families Cities. Routledge Press.

Recent Courses Taught

• Foundations of Public Policy & Planning
• Solidarity Economy Movements
• Community Practice Theory and Methods
• Teaching Democracy
• Environmental Justice, Security, and Sustainability
• Field Projects