Publications
Currie & Janni Sorensen (2018): Repackaged “urban renewal”: Issues of spatial equity and environmental justice in new construction, suburban neighborhoods, and urban islands of infill, Journal of Urban Affairs, DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2018.1474081
Delmelle, E.C., Morrell, E., Sorensen, J., Bengle, T., Howarth, J. (2017) The effectiveness of Habitat for Humanity as a neighborhood stabilization program. The case of Charlotte, North Carolina. Community Development 48, 527-545.
Cache Owens*, Joe Howarth* and Janni Sorensen. Neighborhood Safety Audit: Context, Process and Next Steps”. CES4Health peer reviewed web portal. Published online Spring 17.
Currie, Melissa* and Janni Sorensen “Up-scaling action research and implications for community organizing practice” Journal of Action research available online before print spring 17.
Tara Bengle* & Janni Sorensen (2017) “Integrating popular education into a model of empowerment planning”. Journal of Community Development. Vol 48 (3) Pages 1-16 | Accepted 20 Nov 2016, Published online before print: 14 Dec 2016
Joe Howarth*, Melissa Anne Currie*, Elizabeth Morrell*, Janni Sorensen & Tara Bengle* (2017).“Challenges of building community-university partnerships in new poverty landscapes”Community Development Journal. Vol 48 (1) Pages 48-66 | Accepted 01 Oct 2016, Published online: 19 Oct 2016
Morrell, Elizabeth*; Janni Sorensen and Thomas Howarth* (2015) The Charlotte Action Research Project: A Model for Direct and Mutually Beneficial Community Engagement at Universities, for publication consideration in the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Vol. 19 (1) p. 105-134
Gamez, Jose and Janni Sorensen (2014) “No More Waiting for Superman: Teaching DIY Urbanism and Reflexive Practice”. Journal of Urbanism; International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability. Vol. 7 (4). P. 333-350.
Sorensen, Janni, Jose Gamez and Melissa Currie* (2014) “Neighborhood Built to fail: Foreclosure and rapid neighborhood decline” Applied Geography 51(8-25)
Sorensen, Janni, Jose Gamez, Elizabeth Shockey*, Keihly Moore*, Alexandra Borisenko* and Wegina Tirado+ (2013). “Windy Ridge Sub-division, Charlotte ,NC”. CES4Health.info. (available on http://www.ces4health.info/find-products/view-product.aspx?code=8NCCHTGP and on www.charp.charlotte.edu).