Jay Golden

Syracuse University

Golden was named the inaugural Pontarelli Professor of Environmental Sustainability and Finance in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in August 2021. Golden founded and directs the Dynamic Sustainability Lab. He teaches at the main campus as well as at Syracuse in Washington DC and Syracuse in London.

Duke University

Golden was an associate professor of the Practice for Sustainable Systems Analysis at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. Golden was a co-director of the Business & Environment graduate program and served as the Director of the Duke Center for Sustainability & Commerce. At Duke University Golden's teaching and research focused on "examining organizational and technology intervention strategies in regards to regional and global social and environmental impacts from population and consumptive patterns".

Arizona State University

Prior to September 2010, Golden was an assistant professor and honors faculty in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University (2006–2010), after its formation from the Center for Environmental Studies (2003–2006). In 2006 he founded and became the Director of The National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations for Urban Climate & Energy and in 2008 he was the Founder and co-director of The Sustainability Consortium, both positions held until his transition to Duke in 2010. Golden also held a joint appointment with the School of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering (2007–2010).