Jennie Stephens
Research Assistant Professor

The George Perkins Marsh Institute
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
508.793.8846 phone
508.793.8820 fax
email: jstephens@clarku.edu

Current Research Interests

Professor Stephens' research focuses primarily on the technologies and policies associated with confronting global climate change. She has particular interest in technologies that have potential to satisfy increasing demand for energy in both developed and developing countries without increasing CO2 emissions and the policies that could promote and support the deployment of these technologies. Technologies associated with capturing and storing CO2 have been one recent focus of her work. Other research interests include analyzing the strategic use of scientific and technical information in government-industry interactions during the development and implementation of environmental regulations. She maintains affiliations and research collaborations with the Energy Technology Innovation Program and the Science, Environment and Development Group at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where she was previously a research fellow. She also maintains connections with the Environmental Policy Group at MIT where she was a visiting lecturer as a part of the MIT-USGS Science Impact Program.

Selected Publications

Wilson, E.J. and J.C. Stephens 2010 (in press). Wind deployment in the US: States, resources, policy and discourse, Environmental Science & Technology. Available Online November 2009.

Stephens, J.C., G. Rand, and L. Melnick. 2009. Wind energy in the media: A comparative state-level analysis of a critical climate change mitigation technology, Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture 3 no. 2: 168-190.

Stephens, J.C., E.J. Wilson and T.R. Peterson. 2008. Socio-Political Evaluation of Energy Deployment (SPEED): An integrated research framework for analysis of energy technology deployment, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 75: 1224-1246

Stephens, J.C. 2006. CCS (Carbon capture and storage): Research is not enough. World Energy Book 2: 15-18. Publication of the World Energy Council.