Brooks Jessup
SUMMARY
Public-sector professional focused on building more equitable, sustainable, and livable cities.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, San Francisco, CA 2022 - present • Analytics engineer in the Information Technology division Apple, Cupertino, CA 2021 – 2022
• Data analyst on the User Experience Evaluation team at Apple Maps Urban Displacement Project, Berkeley, CA 2021 - 2021
• Research analyst on the Housing Precarity Risk Model project University of California, Berkeley, CA
• Lecturer in the Department of History 2017 - 2020
Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2013 - 2017
• Postdoctoral fellow at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Housing Committee, Emeryville, CA 2024 – present
• Provided input and recommendations on affordable housing policies and projects.
Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Emeryville, CA 2023 – 2024 • Provided input and recommendations on active transportation policies and projects.
West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA 2023 – 2023 • Helped to update environmental indicator study for local advocacy group.
East Bay Regional Parks District, Oakland, CA 2021 – 2022 • Performed accessibility analysis of the park system via public transit and walking.
OpenOakland, Oakland, CA 2020 – 2021
• Developed web map for community activists to analyze local air quality data.
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. History
Hamilton College, B.A. Religious Studies
OTHER
Memberships: SPUR, Bike East Bay
Languages: Chinese, German, French, Japanese
Hobbies: Biking, birding, calligraphy