Faculty

Department

Planning and Design

Degrees Held

• B.S.E. in Geography and French (University of Wisconsin)
• M.A. in Geography (Texas State University),
• M.A. in Psychology (Hunter College)
• Ph.D. in Environmental Psychology (City University of New York)

Research Interests – community development, neighborhood planning, participatory methods, community mapping, children/youth geographies, race/gender/class geographies, urban development

Professional Activities

Executive Committee -Denver’s Child and Youth Friendly City Initiative, Project Director – Children’s Guide to Active Living: Community Mapping to Improve Physical Activity, other consulting and evaluation work related to fields of expertise

Professional Associations

Environmental Design Research Association, American Planning Association, National Council for Geographic Education, Association of American Geographers

Publications – (most recent)

• Kingston, B., Wridt, P., Chawla, L., van Vliet, W., Brink. L. (2007). Creating child-friendly-cities: The case of Denver. Municipal Engineering, 160(2):97-102.
• Wridt, P. (2004). Block politics. Children’s Geographies, 2(2):199-218.
• Wridt, P. (2004). An historical analysis of young people’s use of public space, parks and playgrounds in New York City. Children, Youth and Environments, 14(1).
• Wridt, P. (2003). The Neighborhood Atlas Project: An example of participatory action research in geography education. Research in Geographic Education, (5).
• Kingston, Beverly, Brink, Lois, Van Vliet, Willem and Wridt, Pamela. (in press) Learning From Learning Landscapes: Promoting Children's Physical Activity Through School Yard Design. In Environments, Behaviour, and Society eds. Gary T Moore, Dr Duanfang Lu and Dr Richard J Lamb. Springer, Dordrecht: The Netherlands.
• Wridt, P. (in press). Border geographies, borderline bodies: young people’s social worlds on the margins of a global city. In Children’s Lifeworlds: Locating Indigenous Voices, Roberston, M. & Gerber, R. (eds.). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
• The Kid’s Hood Book 2. (2007). A neighborhood guidebook by the students and teachers of Stedman Elementary School, in collaboration with Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design at the University of Colorado.
• The Kid’s Hood Book. (2006). A neighborhood guidebook by the students and teachers of Stedman Elementary School, in collaboration with Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design at the University of Colorado.
• Columbine Cougars in the Community. (2006). A neighborhood guidebook by the students and teachers of Columbine Elementary School, in collaboration with Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design at the University of Colorado.

Most Recent Courses

• Community Development Processes
• Environment and Behavior
• Computers in Planning