Lorlene Hoyt
72 Professor Row, Room 108
Medford, MA 02155
www.lorlenehoyt.com
Education
University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D. in City Planning, 2001
University of Pennsylvania, Master of City Planning, 1999
State University of New York , Master of Landscape Architecture, 1993
Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, 1990
Pennsylvania State University, French Minor, 1990
Professional Experience
Director, Talloires Network, Tufts University, 2015-Present
Faculty of Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University, 2015-Present
Associate Research Professor, Department of Urban + Environmental Policy + Planning, Tufts
University, 2013-Present
Visiting Scholar, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 2011-Present
Director of Programs and Research, Talloires Network, Tufts University, 2011-2015
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 2008-2011
Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 2002-2008
Director and Founder, M.I.T.@Lawrence Partnership, 2002-2011
Lecturer, Saint Joseph’s University, 2001
Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, 2001
Research Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, 1998-2000
Crime Analyst, Philadelphia Police Department, 1998-2000
Co-founder and Member, Urban Revitalizers, LLC, 1998-2009
Planning Analyst, Philadelphia Housing Authority, 1993-1998
Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Syracuse, 1992-1993
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1990
Awards
Presidents’ Community Partnership Award, Massachusetts Campus Compact, 2011
Excellence in Advising Award, M.I.T., 2010
Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award, M.I.T., 2008
President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, Corporation for National and
Community Service, 2007
Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, New England Resource Center for
Higher Education, 2007
Edward H. and Joyce Linde Career Development Chair, M.I.T., 2002 to 2006
Honorable Mention, Fannie Mae Dissertation Scholarship, 1999
Employee of the Year, Philadelphia Housing Authority, 1998
National Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects, 1990 and 1993
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Illinois, 1990
Consulting Record/Selected Clients
MA Department of Housing and Community Development, Boston, 2008-2009
Plymouth Rock Studios, Plymouth, MA, 2009
Trump Entertainment, Atlantic City, NJ, 2006
Lenard Engineering, Auburn, MA, 2005-Present
Center for Social Development, University of Washington, St. Louis, MO, 2003-2005
African American Interdenominational Ministries, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
Southern Baptist Association of Pennsylvania, 2001 to 2002
The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA, 2001
Publications
Books
Hoyt, L. and A. Newcomb Rowe (editors). African Faculty and Transformative Leadership. Work-in-progress.
Hoyt, L. and A. Newcomb Rowe (editors). Leaders in the University Civic Engagement Movement. Work-in-progress.
Hoyt, L. (editor). Regional Perspectives on University Civic Engagement. Under review.
Hoyt, L. (editor). 2013. Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity, and Environment, Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.
Morçöl, G., Hoyt, L., Meek, J. and U. Zimmermann (editors). 2008. Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies, New York: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group.
Papers in Refereed Journals
Hoyt, L. (under review). “Faculty Work and the Global Public Good.” Higher Learning Research Communications.
Carrier, C., Furco, A., Hoyt, L., and R. VeLure Roholt. (under review). “Enhancing Employability and Entrepreneurism in University Students: Use of a Learning Partner Model.” Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.
Hoyt, L. and Robert Hollister. 2014. “Strategies for Advancing Global Trends in University Civic Engagement.” All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 6 (1): 1691-1710.
Hoyt, L., 2010. “A City-Campus Engagement Theory From, and For, Practice.” Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning 17 (1): 75-88.
Hoyt, L. and D. Gopal-Agge. 2007. “The Business Improvement District Model: A Balanced Review of Contemporary Debates.” Geography Compass 1(4): 946-958.
Hoyt, L. 2006. “Importing Ideas: The Transnational Transfer of Urban Revitalization Policy.” International Journal of Public Administration 29: 221-243.
Carrera, F. and L. Hoyt. 2006. “From Plan-demanded Data to Plan-ready Information: A Rationale for Comprehensive Urban Knowledge Infrastructures.” Journal of Urban Technology 13(2): 1-21.
Hoyt, L., R. Khosla, and C. Canepa. 2005. “The Power of Sticks, Leaves and Pebbles: Building a Participatory Public GIS in New Delhi, India.” Journal of Urban Technology 12(1): 1-19.
Hoyt, L. 2005. “Planning through Compulsory Commercial Clubs: Business Improvement Districts.” Economic Affairs 25(4): 24-27.
Hoyt, L. 2005. “Do Business Improvement District Organizations Make a Difference? Crime in and around Commercial Areas in Philadelphia.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 25(2): 185-199.
Hoyt, L. 2004. “Collecting Private Funds for Safer Public Spaces: An Empirical Examination of the Business Improvement District Concept.” Environment & Planning B: Planning and Design 31(3): 367-380.
Culhane, D., Poulin, S., Hoyt, L. and S. Metraux. 2003. “The Impact of Welfare Reform on Public Shelter Utilization in Philadelphia: A Time Series Analysis.” Cityscape 6(2): 173-185.
Chapters in Edited Books
Hoyt, L. and A. Newcomb Rowe. (forthcoming). “National, Regional and Global Networks for University Civic Engagement.” in C. Dolgon, T. Eatman and T. Mitchell (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Service Learning and Community Engagement, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hoyt, L. (Work-in-progress). “Introduction.” in Hoyt, L. (ed.) Regional Perspectives on University Civic Engagement.
L. Hoyt. (Work-in-progress). “Introduction.” in Hoyt, L. and A. Newcomb Rowe (eds.) Leaders in the Civic Engagement Movement.
Hoyt, L. and R. Hollister. (2014). “Moving Beyond the Ivory Tower: The Expanding Global Movement of Engaged Universities.” in B. Hall and R. Tandon (eds.) Knowledge, Engagement and Higher Education: Contributing to Social Change, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hoyt, L. (2013). “Introduction.” in Hoyt, L. (ed.) Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity, and Environment, Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.
Hoyt, L. (2013). “Reflections.” In Hoyt, L. (ed.) Transforming Cities and Minds Through the Scholarship of Engagement: Economy, Equity, and Environment, Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.
Hoyt, L. (2011). “Sustained City-Campus Engagement: Developing an Epistemology for Our Time.” In Saltmarsh, J.A. and M. Hartley (eds.) “To Serve a Larger Purpose:” Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Hoyt, L. 2008. “From North America to Africa: The Business Improvement District Model and the Role of Policy Entrepreneurs.” In Morçöl, G., Hoyt, L., Meek, J. and U. Zimmermann (eds.) Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies. New York: CRC Press.
Gopal-Agge, D. and L. Hoyt. 2008. “The Business Improvement District Model in the Canada and the United States: The Retail-Revitalization Nexus.” In Morçöl, G., Hoyt, L., Meek, J. and U. Zimmermann (eds.) Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies. New York: CRC Press.
Morçöl, G., Hoyt, L., Meek, J., and U. Zimmermann. 2008. “Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies.” In Morçöl, G., Hoyt, L., Meek, J. and U. Zimmermann (eds.) Business Improvement Districts: Research, Theories, and Controversies. New York: CRC Press.
Hoyt, L. 2005. “A Core Commitment to Service-learning: Bridging Planning Theory and Practice.” Pp. 17-31 in Mary C. Hardin (ed.), From the Studio to the Streets: Service-Learning in Architecture and Planning Education. Washington, DC: The American Association for Higher Education.
Hoyt, L. 2002. “Beyond Geographic Information Systems: Exploring Information and Communication Technologies in Planning Instruction.” Pp. 30-37 in Disegno e Design Digitale. Milan: Polytechnic Institute of Milan.
Other Publications
Hoyt, L., Bryson, A., and P. Belloy. Work-in-progress. “Collective Intelligence: A Model for Human Abundance and Territorial Development.” Cambridge: MIT Community Innovators Lab, 1-32.
Hoyt, L. (2014). “University Civic Engagement: A Global Perspective.” Higher Education Exchange. Dayton: Kettering Foundation.
Hoyt, L. and J. Juarez-Araniva. “MIT@Lawrence Practicum: A Year in Review.” DVD. Cambridge, MA: MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, M.I.T., 2011.
Iuviene, N., Stitely, A., and L. Hoyt. 2010. “Sustainable Economic Democracy: Worker Cooperatives for the 21st Century.” Cambridge: MIT Community Innovators Lab, 1-26.
Brandin, B., Stitely, A., and L. Hoyt. 2010. “City Scale Retrofits: Learning from Portland and Oakland.” Cambridge: MIT Community Innovators Lab, 1-22.
Christiansen, G., Stitely, A. and L. Hoyt. 2010. “Strengthening Local Economies and Civic Life: The Untapped Power of Small Businesses.” Cambridge: MIT Community Innovators Lab, 1-22.
Hoyt, L., Bakhteiarov, P. and Juarez, J. “The Lawrence Practicum, Fall 2010.” CoLab Radio. Cambridge, MA: Community Innovators Lab, M.I.T., 2010. http://colabradio.mit.edu/?cat=13
Hoyt, L. and M. Leavy-Sperounis. “The Lawrence Practicum, Spring 2010.” CoLab Radio. Cambridge, MA: Community Innovators Lab, M.I.T., 2010.
Hoyt, L. “Are You an Activist Scholar? You Are Not Alone.” CoLab Radio. Cambridge, MA: Community Innovators Lab, M.I.T., 2010. http://colabradio.mit.edu/?p=2409
Mills, A. and L. Hoyt. “MIT and Lawrence, Massachusetts.” MIT TechTV. Cambridge, MA: MIT@Lawrence, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2009. http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/mitatlawrence/videos/2619-mit-and-lawrence-ma
Hoyt, L., Dougherty, A., Leavy-Sperounis, M., Martin, D., Mills, A., and E. Sisk. “Sustained City-Campus Engagement: Reflections on Our Practice.” DVD. Cambridge, MA: MIT@Lawrence, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2009. http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/3498-sustained-city-campus-engagement-reflections-on-our-practice
Hoyt, L., Beam, J., and E. Minzner. 2008. “Green Commons: A Catalogue of Sustainability Initiatives in Lawrence, Massachusetts.” Cambridge, MA: MIT@Lawrence, City of Lawrence Community Development Department, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 2008.
Keyes, L., Hoyt, L., Spirn, A.W., and L. Susskind. 2008. “Here We Go Again: Recurring Questions Facing the Department of Urban Studies and Planning” In Vale, Changing Cities: 75 Years of Planning Better Futures at MIT. Cambridge: SA+P Press.
Hoyt, L., Balderas-Guzman, C., Bonilla, J., Bopp Stark, A., Caraballo, L., Espinoza-Toro, C., Mills, A., Rich, D., Rodda, L., Rotzel, M., and R. Ochshorn. “Predatory Tales.”DVD. Cambridge, MA: MIT@Lawrence, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2007.
http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/mitatlawrence/
Hoyt, L. and A. Leroux. 2007. “Voices from Forgotten Cities: Innovative Revitalization Coaltions in America’s Older Small Cities.” New York: PolicyLink, 1-54.
Hoyt, L. 2007. “Comments on the Impact of Business Improvement Districts on Property Values in New York City.” Pp. 36-37 in Gary Burtless and Janet Rothenberg Pack (eds.) Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs 2007. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute Press.
Hoyt, L. 2007. “Beginner’s Luck: Casinos Come to the City of Brotherly Love.” Planning 73(2) 18-19.
Hoyt, L. 2005. “Review of Jeremy Crampton’s The Political Mapping of Cyberspace.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 24(3) 348-349.
Boddie, S., Sherraden, M., Hoyt, L., Thirupathy, P., Shanks, T., and M. Sherraden. 2004. “Family Saving and Community Assets: Designing and Implementing Family-centered, Place-based Individual Development Account Programs.” Saint Louis: Washington University, 1-23.
Hoyt, L. 2004. “The Business Improvement District: An Internationally Diffused Approach for Revitalization.” Washington, D.C.: International Downtown Association, 1-65.
Hoyt, L. 2003. “Expansion of BIDs Beyond North America.” Pp. 164-167 in Lawrence O. Houstoun, Jr. Business Improvement Districts. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute.
Teaching Experience
Tufts University
Anchor Institutions and Community Revitalization, Fall 2016
Community Development, Planning, and Politics, Fall 2015
Anchor Institutions and Community Revitalization, Fall 2014
Anchor Institutions and Community Revitalization, Fall 2012
University of Massachusetts Boston
Higher Education Dissertation Seminar, Fall 2012
Community Engagement in Higher Education, Fall 2011
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New Theories From and For Practice II, Spring 2011
New Theories From and For Practice I, Fall 2010
Information, Asset-building, and the Immigrant City, Fall 2010
Collaborative Thesis, Spring 2010
Information, Asset-building, and the Immigrant City, Spring 2010
Action Research Methods, Winter 2010
Thesis Preparation, Fall 2009
Information, Asset-building, and the Immigrant City, Spring 2009
New Theories From and For Practice II, Spring 2009
New Theories From and For Practice I, Fall 2008
Downtown Management Organizations, Spring 2008
Information, Asset-building, and the Immigrant City, Fall 2007
Downtown Management Organizations, Fall 2006
Information, Asset-building, and the Immigrant City, Fall 2006
Planning, Communications, and Digital Media, Fall 2005
Information and Communication Technologies in Community Development, Spring 2005
Planning, Communications, and Digital Media, Fall 2004
Information and Communication Technologies in Community Development, Spring 2004
Planning, Communications, and Digital Media, Fall 2003
Advanced Geographic Information Systems Project, Spring 2003
Fundamentals of Spatial Database Management, Spring 2003
Business Improvement Districts, Spring 2003
Planning, Communications, and Digital Media, Fall 2002
Advanced Geographic Information Systems Project, Spring 2002
Fundamentals of Spatial Database Management, Spring 2002
Computers in Public Management, Winter 2002
Saint Joseph’s University
Crime Analysis Using Geographic Information Systems, Summer 2001
University of Pennsylvania
Education and Metropolitan Settlement Patterns, Spring 2001
State University of New York
Landscape Architectural Design Studio, Spring 1993
Landscape and Site Assessment, Fall 1992
Landscape Architectural Design Studio, Spring 1992
University of Illinois
Introduction to Landscape Design, Fall 1990
Conferences and Symposia Organized
“Live Engagement, Transform Lives” breakout sessions (78 presenters from 22 countries) December 2-4, 2014, Talloires Network Global Leaders Conference, Cape Town, South Africa co-sponsored by MasterCard Foundation, Carnegie Foundation, and Grupo Santander.
“Regional Perspectives on University Civic Engagement – Part 3” December 5, 2014, International Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa, co-sponsored by the Kettering Foundation and the Talloires Network.
“Regional Perspectives on University Civic Engagement – Part 2” July 7-9, 2014, International Workshop in Dayton, Ohio, co-sponsored by the Kettering Foundation and the Talloires Network.
“Regional Perspectives on University Civic Engagement – Part 1” December 16-20, 2013, International Workshop in Boston, Massachusetts, co-sponsored by the Kettering Foundation and the Talloires Network.
“Innovations in Democratic Engagement: Universities and Their Civic Mission Around the World” July 23-25, 2012, International Workshop in Dayton, Ohio, co-sponsored by the Kettering Foundation and the Talloires Network.
“New Strategies for an Old Crisis: Regenerating Local Economies” April 21-23, 2010, Collaborative Thesis Project Lecture Series, sponsored by the M.I.T. Community Innovators Lab.
“Ideas-in-action: Reflecting on Our Legacy, Planning Our Future” February 3, 2010, Roundtable Discussion, co-sponsored by the M.I.T., Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the M.I.T. Community Innovators Lab.
“Queers in the Built Environment” April 2009-February 2010, Event and Speaker Series, co-sponsored by M.I.T. and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.