Jeffrey Robert Levine

A New England native, Professor Levine has been involved in a number of land use transformations, including the redevelopment of the Assembly Square district in Somerville; planning for the introduction of a new light rail transit line in Somerville; redevelopment of John Kennedy’s boyhood church into a mixed-income housing development in Brookline; and the redevelopment of the Bayside district in Portland. He has also been involved in Metropolitan Planning Organizations in Boston, on Cape Cod, and in Portland. Levine is an adjunct faculty member at the Muskie School of Public Service, and was previously an adjunct at Tufts University, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and at the APA Planning Leadership Institute. He has a degree in urban planning from the University of Minnesota and an undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University.

Currently, in addition to his teaching duties, Levine is conducting research on the land use and planning impacts of legalized adult use cannabis in the US and Canada. He is also working on a book on leadership in urban planning. He also consults with public and private clients on comprehensive planning, zoning, and developments issues.