Jeffrey Lowe
Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University
Jeffrey Lowe's lecture will examine the experience of the African American urban planner and their efforts toward racial justice and inclusion in the planning movement.
"Racial Justice and Inclusion in Planning"
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
6 pm - 7:30 pm
(virtual lecture, Zoom details coming soon)
Join Jeffrey Lowe, associate professor of urban planning at Texas Southern University, as he explores the experience of the African American planner and their efforts towards racial inclusion, social justice, and diversity in the planning movement.
Planning emerged as a progressive era profession in the first decade of the 20th century. However, it was decades later before the first African American earned the professional degree in the discipline. And since then, the number of African American planners has remained small relative to the percentage of the U.S. Black population. Based upon research in progress, this presentation highlights the experiences of the African American planner and their efforts towards racial inclusion, social justice, and diversity in the planning movement through professional association.
AIA (1 LU) and AICP (1.5 CM / #9206227) continuing education credits available
AICP members can earn Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for this activity. When CM credits are available, they are noted at the end of an activity description. More information about AICP’s CM program can be found at www.planning.org/cm.
AICP members must be in attendance for the duration of the event in order to receive CM Credit.
Biography
Jeffrey Lowe, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University (TSU), and a Distinguished Visiting Faculty Fellow at the Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) of The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) for the Fall 2020 term. Prior to joining the TSU faculty, Lowe held faculty positions in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning at The University of Memphis, and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at both Florida State University and Jackson State University.
Lowe’s research focuses on social justice and racial equity concerns within the context of community development as well as diversification of the planning profession. His scholarship advances understanding and policy recommendations for Gulf Coast revitalization post-disaster recovery, innovations in community-based planning, resistance to gentrification; and philanthropy. He is the author of Rebuilding Communities the Public Trust Way: Community Foundation Assistance to CDCs, 1980-2000 (Lexington Press) and other publications including those in Planning, Practice and Research, Housing Policy Debate, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Urban Geography. Lowe’s service to the planning profession includes founding member and past co-chair of the Planners of Color Interest Group (POCIG) of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), and chair of the Planning and the Black Community Division of the American Planning Association. At present, Lowe is a member of the Grounded Solutions Network (a Community Land Trust) Research Collaborative, research fellow at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research (Rice University), immediate-past chair of ACSP’s Committee on Diversity, and board member of the Great Plans Restoration Council.
Lowe earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University; a Master of City and Regional Planning from Morgan State University; and a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Policy Development from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
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