John Young
Lecturer in Civic, Liberal, and Global Education
Stanford Introductory Studies - Civic, Liberal, and Global Education
Bio
John Young is a lecturer in Civic, Liberal and Global Education (COLLEGE). John completed his Bachelor's at Dartmouth College before earning his M.S. and PhD in Political Science at Stanford University.
John’s research focuses on the built environment, and brings together scholarship from political theory, geography, economics, and psychology. Three big questions orient his work. How does the built environment affect the people who live in and move through it? How do laws, economics, and technology produce the built environment we have? Finally, do people have normative and political entitlements to physical space, and if so, what are they and how can they be secured in public space, private space, and with land-use policy?
John also works as a carpenter, building and repairing residential structures. John finds it deeply rewarding to help people enjoy their home and get more practical use from it, putting theory and practice together to create built environments conducive to human flourishing.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Stanford Introductory Studies - Civic, Liberal, and Global Education
2021-22 Courses
- Citizenship in the 21st Century
COLLEGE 102 (Win) - Rules of War
THINK 19 (Spr) - The Spirit of Democracy
THINK 51 (Aut) -
Prior Year Courses
2019-20 Courses
- The Politics of the American City
URBANST 111A (Spr)
- The Politics of the American City