People | Willett Kempton

• B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, University of Virginia, 1972.
• Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, 1977.
• Postdoc, Anthropology and Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.

Director of Research and External Affairs, Center for Carbon-free Power Integration

Offshore wind, vehicle to grid power, lay environmental beliefs and values, environmental movements, integration of large-scale renewables.

• Advanced Offshore Wind Energy - Atlantic Consortium (DOE)
• A System Design Study for Wilmington Canyon (DOE)
• Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind Interconnection and Transmission (DOE)
• Grid Integrated Vehicles (GIV) with Vehicle to Grid Power (V2G) (NRG Energy, Millbank Mfg., DNREC)

Offshore Wind Power:

• Nicole Suto, MMP student, (B.E., University of Delaware)
• Blaise Sheridan, MMP student, (B.S., Swarthmore College)
• Andrew Levitt, MMP student, (B.S., University of Toronto)
• Heather Thomson, Ph.D. student, (B.S., Lehigh University, M.S.; Texas A&M University)
• Bruce Williams, MMP student (B.S., California State University)

Electric Drive Vehicles for V2G:

• Jean Brodeur, MMP student (B.A., University of California)
• Brendon Budenz, MMP student (B.A., University of Minnesota, M.S., U. of Delaware
• Paul Codani, Visiting Scholar from SUPELEC in France
• Sachin Kamboj, Postdoctoral Scholar (Ph.D., University of Delaware, Computer and Information Science)
• Nathaniel Pierre, Ph.D. student (B.S., Swarthmore College; M.S., University of Delaware)
• Joachim Skov Johansen, Visiting Scholar from Danish Technical University in Denmark
• Stijn Vandael, Visiting Scholar from University of Leuven in Belgium

Environmental Policy and Society:

• Joanna Huxster, Ph.D. student (B.A. University of Delaware)

(Click on the course title to see a syllabus)

Environmental Values, Movements, and Policy  
Offshore Wind Power: Science, Engineering, and Policy    
Conservation and Renewable Energy Policy     
Research Design and Methods
Environment, Development, and Human Values (1 hour credit)   

W. Kempton (co-organizer) 2005. V2G Forum and Technical Symposium. Click to view presentations.

Kempton, W. and J. Tomic. 2005. "Vehicle to Grid Fundamentals: Calculating Capacity and Net Revenue" J. Power Sources Volume 144, Issue 1, 1 June 2005, Pages 268-279. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2004.12.025.

Kempton, W. and J. Tomic. 2005. "Vehicle to Grid Implementation: from stabilizing the grid to supporting large-scale renewable energy". J. Power Sources Volume 144, Issue 1, 1 June 2005, Pages 280-294. doi:
 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2004.12.022.

W. Kempton, J. Firestone, J. Lilley, T. Rouleau and P. Whitaker. 2005. The Offshore Wind Power Debate: Views from Cape Cod: to appear in "Coastal Managemnt Journal" Vol 33(2) - March 2005.

S. Letendre and W. Kempton. 2002. "The V2G Concept: A new Model for Power?" Public Utilities Fortnightly Feb 15, 2002: 17-26.

W. Kempton. 2001. "Cognitive Anthropology and the Environment". Pp 49-71 in New Directions in Anthropology & Environment, Carole L. Crumley, editor, Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press.

W. Kempton, D. C. Holland, K. Bunting-Howarth, E. Hannan and C. Payne. 2001. "Local Environmental Groups: A Systematic Enumeration in Two Geographical Areas" Rural Sociology Vol 66(4): 557-578.

Anne Kitchell, W. Kempton, Dorothy Holland and Danielle Tesch. 2000. "Identities and Actions within Environmental Groups" Human Ecology Review 7(2):1-20.

W. Kempton and James Falk. 2000. "Cultural Models of Pfiesteria"  Coastal Management 28(4): 273-285

Anne Kitchell, Erin Hannan, Willett Kempton, 2000. "Identity Through Stories: Story Structure and Function in Two Environmental Groups"  Human Organization 59(1): 96-105

Kempton, Willett. 1997. "How the Public Views Climate Change"  Environment 39(9): 12-21.

Kempton, W. and Steven Letendre. 1997. "Electric Vehicles as a New Source of Power for Electric Utilities" Transportation Research  2(3): 157-175.

Kempton, W., J.S. Boster and J. Hartley. 1995. Environmental Values in American Culture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Paperback published 1996. Publisher Information on Book,   More Reviews on AMAZON.COM

Brechin, S. and Kempton, W.. 1994. "Global Environmentalism: A challenge to the postmaterialism thesis?" Social Science Quarterly 75(2): 245-269.

Kempton, W. 1993. "Will Public Environmental Concern Lead to Action on Global Warming?" Annual Review of Energy and the Environment  18: 117-145.

Kempton, W. and P. Craig. 1993. "European Thinking on Global Climate Change" Environment 35(3): 16-20.

Kempton, W., J. Darley and P. Stern. 1992. "Psychology and Energy Conservation" American Psychologist 47(10): 1213-1223.

Kempton, W. and L. Lutzenhiser (Eds.). 1992. "Air Conditioning: The Interplay of Technology, Culture and Comfort" Special Issue of Energy and Buildings vol. 18, Nos. 384.

Kempton, W. 1991. "Public Understanding of Global Warming"  Society and Natural Resources 4(4): 331-345.

Kempton, W. 1991. "Lay Perspectives on Global Climate Change"  Global Environmental Change 1(3): 183-208.

Kempton, W. 1986. "Two Theories of Home Heat Control" Cognitive Science 10: 75-90. Reprinted and expanded 1987 in Cultural Models in Language and Thought. D. Holland and N. Quinn (Eds.), Cambridge University Press.

Kay, P. and W. Kempton. 1984. "What is the Spair-Whorf Hypothesis?"  American Anthropologist 86(1): 65-79.

Burgess, D., W. Kempton and R. MacLaury. 1983. "Tarahumara Color Modifiers: Category Structure Presaging Evolutionary Change" American Ethnologist 10(1): 133-149.

Kempton, W. and L. Montgomery. 1982. "Folk Quantification of Energy"  Energy - The International Journal 7(10): 817-828.

Kempton, W. 1981. The Folk Classification of Ceramics: A Study of Cognitive Prototypes New York: Academic Press.

Otto Monsted Guest Professorship, Center for Electric Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Danish Technical University, DK2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

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