Jennifer Clark is Knowlton School Distinguished Professor and Head of the City and Regional Planning Section in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She is also a Visiting Professor of City and Regional Planning with the School of Business at the University of Stavanger in Norway. She has authored numerous articles, chapters, and books, including Uneven Innovation: The Work of Smart Cities (Columbia University Press, 2020) which won the 2021 Urban Affairs Association Best Book Award as well as the 2022 Regional Studies Association Best Book Award.