
Valerie E. Stahl, PH.D.
Assistant Professor of City Planning
School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University
I am an Assistant Professor of City Planning at San Diego State University, a member of UCSD Moores Cancer Center's Cancer Control Program, and a national member of the Scholars Strategy Network.
My mixed-methods research focuses on housing, zoning, and place-based public health disparities. My scholarship is concerned with how to facilitate inclusive plans and policies for vulnerable and historically excluded residents in U.S. cities. My work has been featured in multiple interdisciplinary academic journals, as well as in popular media, including ABC News, KPBS, Arc Magazine, The Atlantic Cities, and Slate.
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Previously, I was an Assistant Curator at the Center for Architecture, and have also worked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law. I hold a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from a Columbia University, a master's in Urban Affairs from Sciences Po Paris, and a BA in Social and Cultural Analysis and Romance Languages from New York University.