JANET
SCHEFF*
Faculty Position
Columbia
University,
Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, Division of Urban Planning;
Associate Professor, July 1, 1975 - December 31, 1977.
University
of Puerto Rico, Graduate School of Planning; Assistant Professor, January 1970 to
present, promotion to Associate Professor on return from leave or before (July
1, 1975 - December 31, 1977).
University
of Puerto Rico,
College of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology; Lecturer (Single course
each year). August 1972-1974.
Cornell
University,
Department of Urban and Regional Planning; Mellon Lecturer, July 1968 -
December 1969.
Visiting Teaching Positions
Howard
University, School
of Architecture, Department or Urban Planning, Visiting Professor, January -
June, 1976.
Cornell
University, Department
of Regional Planning, Program in Continuing Education; Professor of Social
Planning, Summer, 1970 and 1971.
National
University, Lima,
Perú, O.A.S. Program for Latin and Central American Professional Planners;
Professor of Social Planning, Summer, 1969.
University
of Puerto Rico, Graduate Program in Planning; Primary Consultant on Social Planning
Program Development and Lecturer, July 1966 - December 1969.
Professional Experience
Staff
Positions
University
of Pennsylvania, Government Studies Center; Research Associate, May 1966 -
February 1969 (Part-time).
State
of Pennsylvania, Comprehensive Mental Health/Mental Retardation Plan; Research
Associate, April 1966 - November 1966.
North
City Congress, Director of Housing, November 1964 - April 1966.
Philadelphia
Housing Association: Study of
Impediments to Housing Code Compliance; Study Director, June 1962 - 1963.
City
of Philadelphia, Office of Development Coordinator: Evaluation Project; Housing
Research Technician (Senior), March 1959, May 1960.
Puerto
Rico Planning Board, Social Planning Division; Consultant Planner, August 1957,
October 1958.
University
of Pennsylvania, Institute for Urban Studies, Research Associate, November 1955
- April 1957.
Columbia University, Institute for Urban Land Use and Housing Studies; Research Assistant, June 1953 - 1954.
Selected Consulting Contracts
Consultant
to ASPIRA, New York which has been funded for program development by the
Carnegie Foundation. October 1976.
Subconsultant
to David Hernández - Response to request for evaluation of the Puerto Rico
Anti-Addiction Agency's treatment programs in terms of staff training
needs. Summer 1976.
United
Nations, Population Division, Consultant
Meetings and reports related to institutional establishment of
demographic services at various levels of government and research instruments
for receiving more information from less developed nations about this 1975.
Puerto
Rico, Metropolitan Bus Authority, Plan for Improving Bus Services to areas of
lower density (Subconsultant), 1974.
Puerto
Rico Planning Board. Plan for Conversion to Civilian Use of Ramey Air Force
Base. (Subconsultant), 1974.
Puerto
Rico Department of Justice. Evaluation
of New Behavior Modification program in a new prison (Subconsultant), 1974
United
Nations, United Nations Headquarters, Development Sociologist. Development of portion of work program for
1975, U.N. Year of Women. 1973.
Puerto
Rico Public Housing Department.
Proposal and work program for analyzing social impact of a proposed
major expressway extension (Subconsultant), 1973.
The
Urban Institute. Consultant and field
supervisor for evaluation of the effectiveness of the HUD Modernization (and
tenant participation Program, 1973).
Puerto
Rico Department of Public Instruction.
Design of and participation in a training program for central office and
regional staff relating to program planning. 1971.
U.S.
Office of Economic Opportunity, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation;
Evaluation of the OEO Legal Services Program (Subconsultant), 1970
New
York State, Office of Planning Coordination; Consultant on Social Planning
concept and program, 1969.
National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Main Line Branch and Ardmore Coalition,
Consultant and Director of innovative planning effort, "…a plan by and for
the black community," 1966 - 1969 (part-time).
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Region I, Consultant to Director of Model Cities Program, Buffalo, New York, July 1963 - November 1968.
U.S.
Office of Economic Opportunity, Division of Research, Evaluation and
Demonstration; Consultant, February 1965 - September 1965.
Editorial Appointments
Member
of the Editorial Policy Committee, ITCC Review, (International Technical Cooperation Center, Tel Aviv,
Israel), 1974 to present.
President
of Comité de Biblioteca y Publicaciones, U.P.R., Graduate School of
Planning and Editorial Policy Maker for Plerus, the Journal of the
Graduate School Planning, 1973 - 1975.
Research Grants and Proposals
Submission
of proposal to National Institute of Mental Health, Center for Studies of
Metropolitan Problems. Scheff is the
principal investigator (Total direct costs for two years $313,726). If this proposal, Deinstitutionalization
and the Sheltering Capacity of Metropolitan Communities is approved and
funded then 40% of Scheff's salary for two years as well as funding for two
Ph.D. Students (one in Planning and one in Anthropology) and al least 3 M.U.P.
students will result. October, 1976.
Participated
in preparation of two proposal related to traineeships and curriculum development for joint programs in public
health and urban planning. Although
they went through Health Sciences, they would have benefited directly Scheff
(20% of salary) and at least four joint program students in planning. The proposals were approved but not
funded. March 1976.
U.S.
Department Health, Education, and Welfare, National Institute of Mental
Health. Prepared proposal and received
funding, with others, to develop a curriculum (and the concept) of social
planning, 1970 - 1975.
U.S.
Office of Economic Opportunity. Prepared proposal and received funding, with
others, to conceptualize and measure poverty, 1965 - 1966.
Resources
for the Future, Inc. Committee on Urban and Regional Economics. Grant to develop client analysis method,
1962 - 1963.
Thomas
Harrison Skelton Foundation. Grant to
evaluate the effects of the Urban Renewal on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1964.