Justine Lindemann

Assistant Professor in Community Development and Resilience
Interim Director, Center for Economic and Community Development

Areas of Expertise

Historical geographies of food production
Food system equity
Vacant land reuse
Urban food production
Politics of marginalization
Social and spatial justice
Community development
Civic participation
Politics of knowledge and epistemic pluralism
Abolition geography

I have several years of experience working on issues around community and economic development related to food system change both domestically and internationally. My research and community engagement work is translational and applied, focusing on issues related to urban food systems, equity in the food system, and urban community resilience more broadly. I have spent several years researching experiences and politics of vacant land reuse and urban agriculture among Black gardeners and farmers in small to mid-size cities. Recent publications center questions of urban land, competing epistemologies of land use and value, and the contours of Black agrarian praxis related to self-determination in food across history and geographies. My teaching focuses on theories and practices of community development and engagement with an emphasis on civic engagement and anti-racist praxis.

Publications

Policy Brief #12: Challenges with Transportation: Food Bank and Resident Adaptations, Lindemann, Justine, Brant, K, 2024

Policy Brief #14: Policies and Programs to Support Non-Food Benefits of Emergency Food Services, Lindemann, Justine, Brant, K, 2024

Policy Brief #19: Connecting Underserved Groups with Emergency Food Assistance: Immigrant Communities, Velasco Palacios, Hazel, Brant, K, Lindemann, Justine, 2024

Policy Brief #1: Emergency Food Assistance in Pennsylvania: About the Series, Brant, K, Lindemann, Justine, 2024

Policy Brief #9: Stigma-Related Barriers to Accessing Emergency Food Assistance, Demerly, Nicholas, Brant, K, Lindemann, Justine, 2024

A Deeper Look at Food Apartheid: Policy Implications, Lindemann, Justine, 2024

A Deeper Look at Food Apartheid: Insights from Mon Valley Residents and Community Members, Lindemann, Justine, 2024

Collaborative survival in the city: Envisioning alternative urban futures through Black agrarian praxis
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Lindemann, Justine, 2023

Building urban community resilience through university extension: community engagement and the politics of knowledge
Socio-Ecological Practice Research, Lindemann, Justine, Alter, Theodore R., Stagner, Forrest, Palacios, Effie, Banuna, Ledeebari, Muldoon, Mary, 2022

The Urban Resilience Report, Issue 3, Lindemann, J, Van Son, K, 2022

Classroom Mapping: New Perspectives on Capturing Student Engagement in the Classroom, Cruz, L, Lindemann, J, 2022

“A little portion of our 40 acres”: A black agrarian imaginary in the city
Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, Lindemann, Justine, 2022

The Urban Resilience Report Issue 1, Lindemann, J, Palacios, E, 2021

Assessing the Potential of an Agricultural Individual Development Account Program in Pennsylvania, Schmidt, C, Christi, Powell, Lindemann, Justine, 2021

Black Urban Growers and the Land Question in Cleveland: Externalities of Gentrification, Lindemann, Justine, 2020

Penn State Urban Extension: Vision and strategies for an urban community resilience frame, Lindemann, Justine, Urban Resilience Working Group, None, 2020

Gardens and Green Spaces: Placemaking and Black entrepreneurialism in Cleveland, Ohio, Lindemann, Justine, 2019