Jane Ellery, an expert on public spaces and sustainable design, explored placemaking strategies and tactics for stakeholder and municipal involvement through examples from projects in her hometown of Brownstown, Ind.
About the hosts
Jane Ellery, E2 Praxis
Jane works at the intersection of Place, Health, and the Economy by focusing on collaborative change efforts, participatory approaches, and community-centered processes. After two decades working in prevention-related roles, Jane shifted from pathogenic interventions designed to keep people from getting sick to salutogenic initiatives that encourage living life to its fullest. She enjoys exploring wellness concepts and the ideas and philosophies of Halbert Dunn (physician), Aaron Antonovsky (sociologist), and Elinor Ostrom (political scientist), to name a few. Jane coordinated the Wellness Management graduate and undergraduate degree programs at Ball State University for 20 years, and she holds a Ph.D. in public health (social and behavioral health) and M.A. and B.A. degrees in exercise science/clinical exercise physiology.
