Dr. Elizabeth Delmelle

Associate Professor

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Biography

Elizabeth Delmelle is an Associate Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, where she also serves as the Director of the Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA) program. Her research focuses on the dynamics of neighborhood change, urban inequality, and urban transportation. Delmelle employs geospatial approaches and machine learning, alongside traditional inferential statistics, to understand and map the longitudinal pathways of neighborhood change. She investigates the impact of public investments, such as transit projects, on urban amenities and residential sorting processes. Prior to her role at Penn, Delmelle was an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she completed her Ph.D. in Geography and Urban Regional Analysis. She has contributed to several academic journals, serving as an editor for the Journal of Transport Geography.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA

Research and teaching in urban spatial analytics and planning.

Associate Professor

— Present

University of North Carolina at Charlotte • Charlotte, NC

Teaching and research in geography and urban studies.

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
Application Checklist
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