When he is not teaching, he studies the relationship between people’s environmental and political attitudes—U.S. citizens—and their association with the carbon intensity of consumption behaviors. He also takes a cultural approach in analyzing who adopts greener technologies: like electric cars, solar energy, and home energy audits. Jean is also a former Mechanical Engineer and U.S.-Mexico border educator, and has interests in social class, immigration, and activism in the United States. He joined the Board in 2015.