Faculty
Genevieve Giuliano
Interim Dean
Distinguished Professor
Margaret and John Ferraro Chair in Effective Local Government
Education
Ph.D. in Social Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Expertise
Transportation policy
Metropolitan spatial structure
Travel demand
Urban transportation
Biography
Professor Giuliano’s research areas include relationships between land use and transportation, transportation policy analysis, travel behavior, and information technology applications in transportation. Current research includes examination of relationships between urban form, online shopping behavior, and local freight demand; market potential for zero emission trucks; reducing local impacts of truck traffic, and applications for transportation system analysis using archived real-time data. She has published over 170 papers and given invited lectures around the world.
Professor Giuliano is a past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board, and of the Council of University Transportation Centers. She has received numerous distinguished scholarship and service awards including the TRB Distinguished Service Award (2006), the Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship Award (2007), the Transportation Research Forum Outstanding Researcher Award (2012), the Council of University Transportation Centers Distinguished Contribution award (2013), and the Walter Isard Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Regional Science (2017). She is a former member of the ITS Joint Program Advisory Committee and the National Freight Advisory Committee. She has participated in many TRB policy studies; most recently on the Committee on the Future of the Interstate Highway System. At the state level, she is working with Caltrans and CARB on the implementation of the California Sustainable Freight Action Plan.
Selected Publications
- Does zoning help or hinder transit-oriented (re)development? Urban Studies, 55(8), 1672-1689. . (2018).
- Can a car-centric city become transit oriented? Evidence from Los Angeles. Cityscape, 20(1), 167-190. . (2018).
- Spatial dynamics of the logistics industry: Evidence from California. Journal of Transport Geography, 66, 248-258.
In The News
Los Angeles Times
Giuliano quoted about how the new air-rail link will affect how people access the Los Angeles airport
Featured Faculty: Genevieve Giuliano
USC Today
How Fed rate cuts could fast-track California’s transit upgrades: Q&A with Genevieve Giuliano
Featured Faculty: Genevieve Giuliano
USC Today
What the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts mean for California’s economy
Featured Faculty: Genevieve Giuliano, Richard K. Green
USC Price News
USC Price launches environmental policy curriculum
Featured Faculty: Antonio M. Bento, Genevieve Giuliano
Affiliated Research Centers
METRANS Transportation Consortium
Lusk Center for Real Estate
Kudos
February 10, 2023 Dr. Giuliano is named a USC Distinguished Professor, among USC’s highest academic honors.