Dissertation Title: "Health Equity in a New Urbanist Environment: Land Use Planning and Community Capacity Building in Fresno, CA."
PhD, City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley
MS, Technology and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BA, Environmental Science, Barnard College
Ground Works Consulting - Present
- Principal
Miriam Zuk, Ph.D. is a cofounder of the Urban Displacement Project and previously served as its first director. She is now a nonresident senior fellow, acting as a strategic advisor. Miriam has over 15 years of experience in the fields of environmental justice and equitable development. She previously worked as the Deputy Director of Air Quality Research for the Mexican Ministry of Environment in Mexico City. Miriam received her Ph.D. in City Planning from UC Berkeley, her M.S. in Technology and Policy from MIT and her B.A. in Environmental Sciences from Barnard College.
- Urban Displacement
- Equitable Development
- Environmental Justice
