Jeff Wilson (professor) explained

Jeff Wilson
Other Names:Professor Dumpster
Nationality:American
Fields:Environmental Science
Workplaces:Harvard, IBM, Ernst & Young, Huston–Tillotson University, University of Texas at Brownsville
Alma Mater:University of Canterbury (NZ)
Known For:Environmental Health, Sustainability Education, Dumpster Diving
Awards:Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award

Jeff Wilson is an American academic[1] and serial startup entrepreneur.[2] The pseudonym Professor Dumpster is based upon his role as part of 'The Dumpster Project',[3] an educational and minimalist living experiment that transformed a trash dumpster into a fully sustainable home. Wilson lived in the dumpster over the course of the yearlong project.[4]

Jupe

In 2020, Wilson launched Jupe, a flat-packed housing tech startup.[5]

Kasita

Wilson was a Co-Founder and CEO at the startup company Kasita.[6] [7] Kasita builds micro smart homes that are capable of stacking.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Kasita was named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies[14] and won a SXSW Interactive Innovation Award.[15] Wilson has referred to Kasita as a holistic integrated product, rather than a house.[16] In December 2018, Kasita was sold to a tiny house hotel company[17] in Austin, Texas.

The Dumpster Project

Wilson is the Chairman and Founder of the 501(c)(3) non-profit 'The Dumpster Project',[18] a STEM educational experiment in which he moved into an empty dumpster and transformed it into a 33square feet environmentally sustainable home.[19] The project has been featured in a variety of local and national news sources.[20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] The project won an HBCU Ford Corporation community sustainability grant[26] and a $10,000 Home Depot 'Retool Your School' competition,[27] but a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign was cancelled a few days before the deadline when it did not reach its goal.[28] The project has received its share of criticism, as commenters have likened the endeavor to "poverty tourism" and noted the self-promotional nature of Wilson's publicity.[29] On August 4, 2014, after six months without electricity, the project moved into the second phase, aiming to create what Wilson referred to as the 'Ultimate Studio Apartment'.[30] Though Wilson moved out of the dumpster in February 2015 short of accomplishing the goal of building a fully functioning home, it remains on the college campus where Wilson worked and has become a rotating space for teachers and educators.[31] [32] On the first night of the new home school program, Austin's Blackshear Elementary Principal Betty Jenkins overnighted in the dumpster.[33] Wilson claims that the dumpster experiment was the central inspiration for Wilson's creation of the startup company, Kasita.[6]

"No Baggage" experiment

Together with freelance writer Clara Bensen, Wilson performed the 'travel experiment' "No Baggage", in which they traveled for 21 days through eight countries with no change of clothes shortly after meeting on a dating website.[34] [35] [36] New Line Cinema has acquired the right to produce a feature film and hired Adam Brooks of Bridget Jones [37] to screen write the film based on a book[38] from Perseus Books entitled 'No Baggage' by Bensen.[39] [40] [41] [42] American actress Shailene Woodley has been slated to play Bensen in the film.[43]

99 Nights Couchsurfing experiment

Subsequent to moving out of the dumpster, Wilson launched a project entitled '99 Nights ATX' in which he aimed to spend 99 nights in 99 different homes across Austin, gaining an up-close and intimate understanding of how Austinites relate to their home spaces.[44] The project is in collaboration with writer Clara Bensen.[45]

Academic Work

Wilson was formerly dean of the University College and an associate professor at Huston–Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. He did post-doctoral work at Harvard, holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Canterbury[46] and is the recipient of a University of Texas Systems' Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, the largest monetary teaching award in the United States.[47] Wilson has authored numerous publications in the environmental science field and has received funding from the National Science Foundation.[48]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wilson. Jeff. Jeff Wilson, Huston Tillotson. Huston Tillotson University. 12 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905090957/http://htu.edu/faculty-directory/dr-jeff-wilson. 5 September 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: Moving? You Can Take This Tiny, Cheap Smart Apartment With You Wherever You Go. Fast Company. Fast Company.
  3. Web site: The dumpster project. 2014-07-29.
  4. Web site: Professor Dumpster Moves Out ... And On. The Austin Chronicle.
  5. Web site: Nielsen. Duncan. Flat-Pack Prefab Shelter by Jupe. 2021-04-03. Dwell. 17 December 2020 .
  6. Web site: Meet the start-up founder who lived in a dumpster to help fix the homeownership crisis. Castillo. Michelle. 2017-03-12. CNBC. 2017-03-17.
  7. Web site: Former dumpster dweller launches affordable smart homes for urban millennials. Inhabitat. 6 October 2015 .
  8. Web site: Could A Tiny Mobile Studio Solve Your Housing Crisis?. NPR.org. 2016-02-06.
  9. News: Could A Tiny Mobile Studio Solve Your Housing Crisis?. All Things Considered. National Public Radio.
  10. News: Professor Dumpster bringing tiny homes to Austin. KVUE Austin. ABC News. 2015-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160120080048/http://www.kvue.com/story/life/2015/10/06/professor-dumpster-bringing-tiny-homes-to-austin/73496828/. 2016-01-20. dead.
  11. Web site: Kasita is a tiny house that comes connected right out of the box. Macworld. 2016-03-28.
  12. News: Future House: 3-D Printed and Ready to Fly. Perhach. Paulette. 2016-07-20. The New York Times. 0362-4331. 2016-07-25.
  13. Web site: Meet Kasita: The Micro-Housing Start-Up That's About To Revolutionize Real Estate. Taylor. Peter. . 2016-07-25.
  14. Web site: The World's Most Innovative Companies by Sector: Architecture. Fast Company. en-US. 2016-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20160316060937/http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/sectors/architecture. 2016-03-16. dead.
  15. Web site: Interactive Innovation Awards. South by Southwest 2016 Music, Film and Interactive Festivals - Austin Texas. 2016-03-28.
  16. Web site: SXSW 2017: Kasita Aims To Commodify The Smart Home Experience IPG Media Lab. www.ipglab.com. 13 March 2017 . en-US. 2017-03-17.
  17. Web site: 2019-07-30. Austin's Tiny Home Startup Kasita Rides Again, With Tiny Hotels in Mind. 2021-08-12. TOWERS. en-US.
  18. Web site: The Dumpster Project. The Dumpster Project.
  19. Web site: Texas Professor to Make Dumpster His Home for a Year. ABC News.
  20. Web site: Living Simply in a Dumpster. www.theatlantic.com. 11 September 2014 . The Atlantic. April 25, 2019.
  21. Web site: The Ultimate Tiny Home Is In A Dumpster. . 6 July 2014 .
  22. Web site: "Professor Dumpster" Is Moving Into A Garbage Can, And Bringing His Students. Stan. Alcorn. October 7, 2013. Fast Company.
  23. Web site: Professor will live in dumpster for 1 year. USA Today.
  24. Web site: Trash talking professor moves into a dumpster. HLN Headline News.
  25. News: When it's cool to have nothing . New York Times . 28 July 2014 . 29 July 2014 . North, Anna.
  26. Web site: Ford HBCU Challenge. 9 August 2016 . Black America Web.
  27. Web site: Retool Your School HBCU Challenge. 2014-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20141217141024/http://www.retoolyourschool.com/2014-winners/. 2014-12-17. dead.
  28. Web site: A Letter from Professor Dumpster to Supporters on the Kickstarter Cancellation. Wilson, Jeff. 2014-06-30. 2014-07-27.
  29. Web site: IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Live in a Dumpster . 2014-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180316131257/https://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/professor-dumpster-jeffrey-wilson-i-live-in-a-dumpster . 2018-03-16 . dead .
  30. Web site: KVUE News. New addition to dumpster home brings relief for the summer heat. 2014-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20151109151807/http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/project-green/2014/08/04/professor-dumpster-huston-tillotson/13591845/. 2015-11-09. dead.
  31. News: Learning to Live Small (in a Dumpster). The New York Times. 2016-02-05. June 6, 2016. 0362-4331. Nicholas St. Fleur.
  32. Web site: Dumpster Project Home School. The Dumpster Project.
  33. News: Living in a Dumpster 1 Year Later. Time Warner Cable. 5 Feb 2015.
  34. Web site: Extreme dating: Jeff Wilson and Clara Benson describe how they got to know each other while on a European vacation right after they met online. ABC.
  35. Web site: Couple goes on trip just after weeks after meeting on OKCupid. 4 February 2017 . Fox News.
  36. News: Daters speed up relationship with voyage, sans luggage. USA Today.
  37. Web site: New Line Ramping Up 'No Baggage, Based on 'Craziest OkCupid Date Ever'. www.variety.com. 23 September 2014 . April 25, 2019.
  38. News: Travel: Philip Marsden's 'Rising Ground' and More. Winchester. Simon. 2016-06-01. The New York Times. 0362-4331. 2016-07-25.
  39. News: Travel: Philip Marsden's 'Rising Ground' and More. Winchester. Simon. 2016-06-01. The New York Times. 2017-03-17. 0362-4331.
  40. Book: Bensen, Clara . No baggage : a minimalist tale of love & wandering . Running Press . Philadelphia . 2016 . 978-0-7624-5724-3 . 905686126 .
  41. Web site: About Clara Bensen. 2014-07-29.
  42. Web site: New Line Going on 'The Craziest OkCupid Date Ever' for Three Weeks. FirstShowing.net. 2 May 2014 .
  43. News: Shailene Woodley to star in film about 'craziest OkCupid date ever'. Lee. Benjamin. 2016-08-04. The Guardian. 2017-03-17. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  44. Web site: 99NightsATX. 99 Nights ATX Website.
  45. Web site: Clara. Bensen. Clare Bensen website. Clara Bensen.
  46. Web site: PhD Research - The University of Canterbury. The University of Canterbury. 2014-01-12. 2017-07-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728131303/http://www.geog.canterbury.ac.nz/research/phd/jeffw.shtml. dead.
  47. Web site: Regents Outstanding Teaching Awards. The University of Texas System. 2014-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060501/http://www.utsystem.edu/teachingawards/2011/tenuretrack.htm#wilsonj. 2016-03-04. dead.
  48. Web site: Advancing Undergraduate to Geo-environmental Master's for Engaged Needs-based Talented Students (AUGMENTS) scholarships program. National Science Foundation.

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