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Kristen Day

Professor, Planning, Policy & Design
School of Social Ecology

PH.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Phone: (949) 824-5880, 3480
Fax: (949) 824-8566
Email: kday@uci.edu

University of California
212D SE I
Mail Code: 7075
Irvine, CA 92697


Research
Interests
Diversity and social justice in urban environments; planning and design to promote physical activity; community engagement
   
URL www.seweb.uci.edu/faculty/day/
   
Academic
Distinctions
UCI Distinguished Mid-Career Award for Faculty Service (2007)
Department of Planning, Policy, and Design: Professor of the Year, Social Ecology Student Association (2006)
Good Neighbor Award to UCI Community Outreach Partnership Center, Neighborhood Housing Services of Orange County (2006)
Ranked among 101 most influential people in the cities of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, The Daily Pilot newspaper (2001, 2002)
UCI Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Teaching (1998)
Architecture Magazine/American Institute of Architects Architectural Research Award (1997)
American Institute of Architects/Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Health Facilities Research Award (1992)
   
Publications Vidales, G., Day, K. & Powe, M. (forthcoming). Police and immigration enforcement: Impacts on Latino(a) residents’ perceptions of police. Policing: An international Journal of Police Strategies and Management
   
  Brownson, R.C., Hoehner, C.M., Day, K., Forsyth, A. & Sallis, J.F. (2009). Measuring the built environment for physical activity: State of the science, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36 (4S), S99–S123.
   
  Michael, Y., McGregor, E., Chaudhury, H., Day, K., Mahmood, A. & Sarte, A.F. (2009). Revising the Senior Walking Environmental Assessment Tool, Preventive Medicine, 48, 247–249.
   
  Alfonzo, M., Boarnet, M., Day, K., McMillan, T., & Anderson, C. L. (2008). The relationship of neighborhood built environment features and walking, Journal of Urban Design, 13(1), 29–52
   
  Day, K., Anderson, C. L., Powe, M., McMillan, T., & Winn, D. (2007). Remaking Minnie Street: The impacts of urban revitalization on crime and pedestrian safety. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 26, 315–331.
   
  Day, K., Boarnet, M., Alfonzo, M., & Forsyth, A. (2006). The Irvine–Minnesota Inventory to measure built environments. Development. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(2), 144–152.
   
  Boarnet, M., Day, K., Alfonzo, M., Forsyth, A. & Oakes, M. (2006). The Irvine–Minnesota Inventory to measure built environments: Reliability tests. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 30(2), 153–159.
   
  Day, K. (2006). Active living and social justice: Planning for physical activity in low income and black and Latino communities. Journal of the American Planning Association, 76(1), 88–99.
   
  Day, K. (2006). Being feared: Masculinity and race in public space. Environment and Planning A, 38, 569–586.
   
  McMillan, T.E., Day, K.M., Boarnet, M., Alfonzo, M., & Anderson, C. (2006). Johnny can walk to school, can Jane? Examining sex differences in children’s active travel to school. Children, Youth and Environment, 16(1), 75–89.
   
Professional
Societies
Environment Design Research Association
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
   
Other Experience Chair, Environment Design Research Association
2008—2009

American Council on Education Fellow
2007—2008

Research Centers Faculty advisor, UCI Community Outreach Partnership Center
   
Founding director, UCI Center on Inequality and Social Justice
   
Link to this profile http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=3211
   
Last updated 03/11/2009