Professor Dr. Elizabeth Mueller

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Elizabeth J. Mueller's work focuses on the patterns of economic and racial segregation, and inequality produced by growing cities. She has examined contemporary local planning initiatives aimed at increasing density and reducing driving, and how these affect patterns of racial and economic segregation and exposure to environmental hazards and poor housing conditions. As principal investigator and co-principal investigator, she is currently studying several research projects that include the role of planning in shaping existing patterns of segregation and inequity in Austin, and how non-institutional landlords make decisions regarding rental housing ownership and management. Her work is funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She is the co-editor of the Affordable Housing Reader (second edition, Routledge, June 2022) and co-author of Uprooted: Gentrification in Austin’s Residential Neighborhoods (2018), a report commissioned by the Austin City Council. She has received awards for her teaching, research, and public service, including being recognized with the APA Smart Cities Award for her development of the Corridor Housing Preservation Tool. Academic publications include work in the Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Planning Literature, and Urbanism, among others.

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