Position Title
Professor, Human Ecology/ Community and Regional Development
Faculty Director of the Community Engagement Core, Environmental Health Science Center.
Jonathan London is an educator, researcher, and community-builder with over 35 years of experience in participatory research, rural community development, and community engaged planning. He is a Professor in the Department of Human Ecology/ Community and Regional Development, Chair of the Geography Graduate Group and Faculty Director of the Community Engagement Core, Environmental Health Science Center. He was the Founding Director of the Center for Regional Change, dedicated to building sustainable, healthy, prosperous, and equitable regions in California and beyond. He is a board-appointed member of the California Air Resources Board AB 617 Consultation Group, a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leader, a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum, and a founding board member (now Chair) of the Davis Community Action Network, dedicated to climate justice and affordable housing. Earlier in my career, he co-founded and directed Youth In Focus, a non-profit organization dedicated to youth-led research, evaluation and planning. He received a BA in Environmental Studies from Brown University, a Master of City and Regional Planning, and a Ph.D. in environmental social science from UC Berkeley.