Jennie Stephens
Research Assistant Professor

The George Perkins Marsh Institute
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
508.793.8846 phone
508.793.8820 fax
email: jstephens@clarku.edu

Current Research Interests

Professor Stephens' research focuses primarily on the technologies and policies associated with confronting global climate change. She has particular interest in technologies that have potential to satisfy increasing demand for energy in both developed and developing countries without increasing CO2 emissions and the policies that could promote and support the deployment of these technologies. Technologies associated with capturing and storing CO2 have been one recent focus of her work. Other research interests include analyzing the strategic use of scientific and technical information in government-industry interactions during the development and implementation of environmental regulations. She maintains affiliations and research collaborations with the Energy Technology Innovation Program and the Science, Environment and Development Group at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where she was previously a research fellow. She also maintains connections with the Environmental Policy Group at MIT where she was a visiting lecturer as a part of the MIT-USGS Science Impact Program.

Selected Publications

Stephens, J.C. 2006. CCS (Carbon capture and storage): Research is not enough. World Energy Book 2: 15-18. Publication of the World Energy Council.

Stephens, J.C. 2005. Coal technologies for a CO₂-constrained world: Current challenges of advancing these technologies  OGEL (Oil, Gas, Energy Law Intelligence) 3 no. 3 (October).

Stephens, J.C. 2005. Coupling CO₂ Capture and storage with coal gasification: Defining "sequestration-ready" IGCC. Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, May 2-5, 2005. Alexandria, VA.

Stephens, J.C. and D. Keith. 2005. Health, safety and environmental risks of CO₂ storage. Module 8 in Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) training manual on CO₂ capture and geological storage.

Stephens, J.C. and D. Keith. 2005. Regulatory and legal aspects of carbon storage. Module 10 in Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) training manual on CO₂ capture and geological storage.

Stephens, J.C. and B. van der Zwaan. 2005. The case for carbon capture and storage. Issues in Science and Technology (Fall): 69-76.

Stephens, J.C. and B. van der Zwaan. 2005. CO₂ capture and storage (CCS): Exploring the research, development, demonstration, and deployment continuum. Cambridge, MA: BCSIA Discussion Paper 2005-08, Energy Technology Innovation Project, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Stephens, J.C. and J.G. Hering. 2004. Factors affecting the dissolution kinetics of volcanic ash soils: Dependencies on CO₂, pH and organic acids. Applied Geochemistry 19 no. 8: 1217-1232.

Stephens, J.C. and J.G. Hering. 2002. Comparative characterization of volcanic ash soils exposed to decade-long elevated carbon dioxide concentrations at Mammoth Mountain, California. Chemical Geology 186 no. 3-4: 301-313.

Stephens, J.C. 1997-98. Factors limiting the acceptance and use of innovative environmental technologies: A case study of the Solar Aquatics System TM (SAS) technology for wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Systems 26 no. 2: 163-170.