Early Career Research Fellow - Miriam Solis
Implementing Organization
University of Texas at Austin
Overview
DWH Project Funding
$76,000
Known Leveraged Funding
$0
Funding Organization
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Gulf Research Program (NASEM - GRP)
Funding Program
NASEM Gulf Research Program Grants
Details
Project Category
Human and Social
Project Actions
Education and Outreach
Targeted Resources
Project Description
Dr. Miriam Solis is an Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). Her research focuses on the roles of community economic development and environmental education in advancing environmental justice. She employs participatory methods through research-practice partnerships with nonprofit organizations and government agencies. In recent collaborations with EcoRise and the Austin Civilian Conservation Corps, she has evaluated curricular, program, and policy strategies that center equity. Dr. Solis is on the faculty leadership team of Planet Texas 2050, UT Austin’s campus-wide grand challenge research initiative, and a board member of the university’s Center for American Architecture and Design. She is a 2020-2022 UT Austin Humanities Institute Fellow for her research on youth perspectives on racial and environmental justice, and she's a recipient of the UT School of Architecture’s Faculty Research Award. Her 2020 studio course based on research-practice partnerships with Austin Water received the American Planning Association-Texas Award for Advancing Diversity and Social Justice. Prior to her faculty appointment, Dr. Solis was a Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation Environmental Fellow and worked for the cities of San Francisco, New York, and Richmond, CA. Dr. Solis received her Master of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also received undergraduate degrees in Ethnic Studies and Geography and her Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.
Contact
Miriam SolisNone
solis@austin.utexas.edu
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