Jason Henderson, Assistant Professor, Geography
San Francisco State University  

 

Contact Info

Office: Room 269 Office Hours: Spring 2007, T -1-2 & 3:30-4:30; TH 12:15-1 and by appointment
Phone: (415) - 405-2483
Email: Jhenders@sfsu.edu  (This is the best way to contact me!)
Web:
Bss.sfsu.edu/jhenders

Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University   1600 Holloway Avenue
HSS Room 279 San Francisco, CA 94132
tel: 415.338.2049
fax: 415.338.6243

 

Spring 2007 Courses

Geography 102

Syllabus (Word) & class schedule (xls.)

Test 3 (Final Exam) Study Guide

Geography: 858

Syllabus & Class Schedule

 

  
   

 

 

Research:

Broadly speaking my research concerns the politics of mobility in cities. I am interested in both how people move around cities and how urban space is configured for movement.  This is about the geography, or spatial configuration of the city, hence my being a geographer. I am interested in how the various stakeholders and factions in urban growth debates position themselves and how they conceptualize mobility and space.  My dissertation focused on transportation and land use debates in Atlanta, Georgia – the "poster child" of sprawl.  I am also interested in a comparative framework between Atlanta and the Bay Area.  Recently I began a research project on the debate about removing the Central Freeway in San Francisco. I am also interested in the political debates about parking and the consumption of urban space.

I am originally from New Orleans. Like everyone from "Nola" my life changed on August 29th, 2005. With events rapidly unfolding in New Orleans, I have shifted some of my focus to the debate about the flooding disaster in New Orleans and the debate about how to rebuild New Orleans. Some preliminary thoughts on New Orleans are provided below.

Vitae  

 

 

Powerpoint: Densification on high ground.

Writing:

Densification on high ground (Commentary in Times-Picayune, Jan 2006)

Thoughts on Rebuilding New Orleans (Op Ed in Planetizen, Sept 2005)

Reflect, Reconfigure, Rebuild (Unpublished draft, Oct 2005)

The Politics of Mobility & Business Elites in Atlanta, Georgia (2004) [PDF]

Secessionist Automobility: Racism, anti-urbanism, and the politics of automobility in Atlanta, Georgia.  [PDF]