Fellow in Urban Leadership

Jeremy Morton

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Fellow in Urban Leadership

Jeremy Morton

Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
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Jeremy Morton is a junior from White Plains, NY, majoring in Urban Studies and minoring in Legal Studies and History. He is passionate about transportation, city planning, public policy, and economic development, specifically pertaining to the future of American cities following the Covid-19 Pandemic. This past summer, Jeremy worked for the Port Authority of NY & NJ’s Aviation Division, helping manage ground transportation contracts and operations at the region’s airports. Since March 2024, he has also worked under Penn Professor Brent Cebul’s Building Inequality project, utilizing historical databases and arcGIS to locate and map thousands of postwar FHA-backed apartment buildings. On campus, Jeremy is a member of Wharton Undergraduates in Public Policy (WUPP), serves as Secretary of the Penn Band, and enjoys reading, swimming, watching NFL games, and taking morning walks along the Schuylkill.