Amy Hillier, Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, argues for a community-based approach to teaching in The Almanac, noting that environmental and behavioral changes are best understood through observations and conversations:
“In the classroom, it’s easy to get excited about how public policies, built environment interventions and community-based programs can promote public health and equality. Spending time conducting research in low-income neighborhoods offers an important counterpoint to our course readings about things like safe routes to school, smart streets, bike share, healthy corner stores and farmers markets…”
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