Arden Jordan

Arden Jordan is graduating with an MS in Historic Preservation and a concentration in Preservation Planning. Her interests lie at the intersections of historic preservation, affordable housing, and neighborhood planning. Her research takes an expansive view of preservation that aims to center people and communities. Arden studied public history and placemaking at Bennington College and has worked at historic sites across the country, including Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH, Project Row Houses in Houston, TX, and the Fairmount Park historic houses in Philadelphia, PA. She currently works as the program coordinator for the Penn Institute for Urban Research. Originally from Maine, Arden is an avid pedestrian, reader, and puzzler.