Faculty Profile

Ken Reardon joined the Cornell faculty as an associate professor with tenure after leaving the Urban and Regional Planning Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At UI, he was awarded the 2000 American Institute of Certified Planners President's Award for his role there in establishing and directing the University's highly regarded East St. Louis Action Research Project, His research interests focus on community-based planning in severely distressed urban neighborhoods, alternative approaches to community development, urban social movements, and municipal government reform. At Cornell he is working with the Colleges of Architecture, Art, and Planning; Human Ecology; and Agriculture and Life Sciences to strengthen urban outreach activities in Ithaca, Rochester, and New York City.

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Planning Literature, 1996-present. Editorial Board Member, Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2005 – present. Editorial Board Member, The Open Urban Studies Journal, Bentham Scientific Publishers, 2007 – present. Community Service Member, Zoning Board of Appeals, City of Ithaca, 2000 – present.

Book Chapter Reardon, Kenneth M. 2008. “Participatory Neighborhood Planning for Community Renewal: A Bottom-Up, Bottom-Sideways Approach to Practice,” in The Introduction to Community Development, edited by Rhonda A. Philips and Robert Pittman, London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group. Articles Reardon, Kenneth M. 2008. “Rebuilding a Community: Lessons from New Orleans,” in the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s publication Communities and Banking, Volume 18, Number 2, March/April, pp. 13-15. Reardon, Kenneth M. 2008. "Saul Alinsky Would Have Liked This Guy!" Planning Research and Practice, Volume 23, Number 1. Reardon, Kenneth M. with Filippo Gravagno and Laura Saija, 2008. “Supporting Resident-led Planning in Librino, Italy,” The Progressive Planner: The Magazine of Planners Network, Number 174, Winter, pp. 7-14. Reardon, Kenneth M. 2008. “Promoting Social Equity in New Orleans’ 9th Ward,” Campus Current, Winter 2008, pp. 1-2.

Professor Reardon's current research work is examining:

• Community-university development partnerships
• Equity planning in the 9th Ward, New Orleans
• Participatory urban revitalization in Librino, Italy.

Invited Lectures Reardon, Kenneth M. July 2007. “Pursuing Equity Planning in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Lessons from the New Orleans Planning Initiative,” Plenary Keynote Address, Association of European Schools of Planning, Naples, Italy. Reardon, Kenneth M. July 2007. “Participatory Neighborhood Planning for Effective and Sustainable Community-Building,” University of Catania, Catania, Italy. Reardon, Kenneth M. October 2007. “Emerging Best Practices in Community Service Learning,” Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH. Reardon, Kenneth M. November 2007. “Supporting Resident-led Planning in East St. Louis and New Orleans,” University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH. Reardon, Kenneth M. November 2007. “Promoting Transformational Learning Through Community Service Learning,” Jonathan Tisch School of Public Service, Tufts University, Medford, MA. Reardon, Kenneth M. February 2008. “Promoting Transformational Learning Through Community Service-Learning,” Elon College, Raliegh, NC. Reardon, Kenneth M. February 2008. “The Challenges of Equity Planning in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Lessons from the ACORN Housing/University Collaborative, Cleveland State University. Cleveland, OH. Reardon, Kenneth M. March 2008. “”Equity Planning for Social Justice: A New Orleans Postcard,” Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH. 2007-2008 Conference Presentations Reardon, Kenneth M. July 2007. “Pursuing Equity Planning in the Big Easy,” Telluride Association, Annual Conference, Ithaca, NY Reardon, Kenneth M. July and August 2007. “Equity Planning in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Lessons from the ACORN Housing/University Collaborative,” two webcasts for the Professional Development Institute, Bloustein School of Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Reardon, Kenneth M. August 2007. “The Benefits of Doctoral Studies and Completing Your Thesis,” Planning in the Black Community Division’s Bi-Annual Conference, American Planning Association, Gary, IN. Reardon, Kenneth M. September 2007. “Building the Just City: Reflections Upon the First One Hundred Years of Planning Practice,” Keynote Address for the Using Plans: A Celebration of Lew Hopkins Life Symposium, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL. Reardon, Kenneth M. October 2007. “Promoting Social Equity in Post-Katrina New Orleans,” Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Milwaukee, WI. Reardon, Kenneth M. November 2007. “Promoting Reciprocity in Community/University Development Partnerships,” and “The Empowerment Model of Community Development Planning,” Louisiana Campus Compact Annual Conference, Southeastern Louisiana University, Baton Rouge, LA. Reardon, Kenneth M. February 2008. “Promoting Social Justice in New Orleans: The Case of the ACORN Housing/University Collaborative,” North Carolina Campus Compact Annual Conference, Raleigh, NC. Reardon, Kenneth M. March 2008. “Engaged Scholarship for Educational and Community Transformation: Lessons from East St. Louis and New Orleans,” Loeb-Bruner Forum, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN.

• Lower Genesee St. Revitalization, Rochester NY