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David Yang

Portland State University

yang26@pdx.edu

5037252870

Marisa Zapata

Portland State University

mazapata@pdx.edu

2177211024

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Portland State University

As an educator, scholar, and planner, Dr. Marisa Zapata is committed to achieving spatially - based social justice by preparing planners to act in the face of the uncertain and inequitable futures we face. Dr. Zapata has published in peer review journals such as Planning Theory & Practice, International Planning Studies, Policy Studies, and Critical Policy Analysis. She is the co-editor of Engaging the Future: Forecasts, Scenarios, Plans and Projects, published in 2007 and recently translated into Chinese.

Nathan McNeil

TREC

Portland State University

Nathan McNeil is a Research Associate at Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center. His research focuses on active transportation safety and travel behavior, emerging mobility and data sources, and how to make sustainable transportation accessible and easy for all people. Nathan received a master of urban and regional planning from Portland State University (PSU) and studied history at Columbia University as an undergraduate. Prior to PSU, Nathan worked for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City as a performance auditor where he evaluated capital programs and contractors.

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