Lisa Schweitzer | USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

Contact Information

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (213) 740-3866

Fax: (213) 740-5379

Curriculum Vitae

Degrees

Ph.D. Urban Planning

University of California, Los Angeles

Expertise

Environmental justice, Sustainable transportation, Hazardous materials in urban environments, Community environmental quality

Biographical sketch

Lisa Schweitzer is a Professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. She specializes in urban studies, and, in particular, analyses of social justice, environment and transport. Her work has appeared in multiple popular and scholarly outlets, and her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health. She maintains a blog about sustainable urbanism at www.lisaschweitzer.com.

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Selected publications

Affiliated Research Centers and Programs

METRANS Transportation Center
METRANS is a U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center. It is a joint partnership of USC and California State University, Long Beach. Its mission is to solve transportation problems in large metropolitan regions through interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach. Its four areas of focus are goods movement and international trade; urban mobility; transportation infrastructure and finance; and safety, security, and vulnerability.
Lusk Center for Real Estate
Affiliated with both USC Price and the USC Marshall School of Business, the USC Lusk Center conducts a broad array of research activities, conferences, forums, published reports, and educational programs. Established in the early 1980s, the center addresses issues and opportunities in real estate, development, planning, infrastructure, and finance in the new arena where public, private, and nonprofit interests converge. The Lusk Center also houses the Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast.
Bedrosian Center on Governance
The Bedrosian Center fosters effective governance by: building the capacity of public and nonprofit institutions; shaping public dialogue across public, private, and nonprofit sectors; and promoting and supporting innovative scholarship.
Sol Price Center for Social Innovation
Aims to advance ideas, strategies, and practices that enhance the quality of life for people in urban communities. The center will provide opportunities for direct student engagement across all of the Price School’s primary disciplines.

Contact Information

Degrees

Expertise

Biographical sketch

Selected publications

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Affiliated Research Centers and Programs

METRANS Transportation Center

Lusk Center for Real Estate

Bedrosian Center on Governance

Sol Price Center for Social Innovation