Shane T. Jensen is a Professor of Statistics in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been teaching since completing his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 2004. Dr. Jensen has published over ninety academic papers in statistical methodology for a variety of applied areas, including biology, sports and social science. His current research interests include methodology for spatio-temporal data, models for sports performance and the quantitative study of urban environments.  He is interested in creating empirical measures of vibrancy and evaluating the association between the built environment and various neighborhood outcomes, with a focus on studying green space in Philadelphia.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lin, D., Jensen, S.T., and Wachter, S. (2023). “The price effects of greening vacant lots: how neighborhood attributes matter.” Real Estate Economics 51:573–610.

Humphrey, C., Gross, R., Small, D. and Jensen, S.T. (2023). “Using Predictability to Improve Matching of Urban Locations In Philadelphia.” Annals of Applied Statistics 17:2659–2679.

Cui, J., Jensen, S.T., and Macdonald, J. (2022). “The effects of vacant lot greening and the impact of land use and business presence on crime.” Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 49:1147-1158.