Dr. Sue Mobley

Biography

Sue Mobley is a New Orleans based urbanist, organizer, and advocate. Currently serving as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Public Art and Space at the Weitzman School of Design, she is also a Senior Research Scholar at Monument Lab. As a member of the American Planning Association and the New Orleans City Planning Commission, Mobley has a strong background in advocacy and public art initiatives. Previously, she was the Director of Advocacy for Colloqate Design and Co-Director of Paper Monuments, where she led public art and history projects that invited community members to imagine new monuments for New Orleans. Mobley has extensive experience in combining public pedagogy with strategic collaborations across the academic, public, and non-profit sectors by adapting social science research methods for architecture students. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology from Loyola University New Orleans and a Master's degree in Political Science from the American University in Cairo. Sue's primary research interests lie in urban studies, municipal policy, and politics, with a particular focus on design ethnography addressing issues of race, class, and gender. She is the author of 'Human Rights, Human Wrongs' and a contributor to 'Remaking New Orleans: Exceptionalism and Authenticity' published by Duke University Press.

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