July 24, 2008
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Kristen Day

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Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Phone: 949-824-5880
Office: 212B SEI
Email: kday@uci.edu

Summary of Research Interests: My research explores diversity and the design, use, and meaning of urban environments, focusing on public spaces. My current research interests include the use of urban design to promote physical activity; and gender, race and fear in public space.

Selected Publications

  • Alfonzo, M., Boarnet, M., Day, K., McMillan, T., and Anderson, C.L. (2008). The relationship of neighborhood built environment features and walking, Journal of Urban Design, 13 (1), p. 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. (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.
  • 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.
  • Boarnet, M. G., Day, K., Anderson, C., McMillan, T., & Alfonzo, M. (2005). California's Safe Routes to School Program: Impacts on walking, bicycling, and pedestrian safety. Journal of the American Planning Association, 71 (3), 301:317.
  • Boarnet, M.G., Anderson, C., Day, K., McMillan, T., & Alfonzo, M. (2005). Evaluation of the California Safe Routes to School legislation: Urban form changes and children's active transportation to school. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28 (2S2), 134:140.
  • Day, K. (2003). New Urbanism and the challenges of designing for diversity. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 23 (1), 83'95.
  • Day, K., Stump, C., & Carreon, D. (2003). Confrontation and loss of control: Masculinity and men's fear in public space. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 23, 311'322.
  • Day, K. & Calkins, M. (2002). Design and dementia. In R. Bechtel & A. Churchman (Eds.), The new environmental psychology handbook (pp. 374-393). John Wiley & Sons.
  • Day, K. (2001). Constructing masculinity and women's fear in public space in Irvine, California. Gender, Place and Culture, 8 (2), pp. 109-128.
  • Day, K. (2000). The ethic of care and women's experiences of public space. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 20, pp. 103-124
  • Day, K., Carreon, D. & Stump, C. (2000). The therapeutic design of environments for people with dementia: A review of the empirical research. The Gerontologist, 40 (4), 397-416
  • Day, K. & Cohen, U. (2000). The role of culture in designing environments for people with dementia: A study of Russian Jewish immigrants. Environment and Behavior, 32 (3), 361-399.
  • Day, K. (2000). Strangers in the night? Women's fear of sexual assault on urban college campuses. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 16 (4), 289-312.
  • Day, K. (1999). Introducing gender to the critique of privatized public space. Journal of Urban Design, 4 (2), 155-178.
  • Day, K. (1999). Embassies and sanctuaries: Race and women's fear and welcome in privatized public space. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 17 (3), 307-328.
  • Cohen, U. & Day, K. (1993). Contemporary environments for people with dementia. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

 


 
Department of Planning, Policy, and Design
202 Social Ecology I
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California 92697-7075
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