Deyanira Nevarez Martinez
Deyanira Nevarez Martinez holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy from the University of California, Irvine (2021) and is currently a faculty member in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Michigan State University. She also holds master’s degrees in Urban Planning and Geographic Information Systems Technology from the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on homelessness, housing precarity, and the criminalization of poverty in the United States. She has also explored issues related to gentrification, racial equity in land use and transportation, racial segregation, and bail reform.
With a background in public service, Dr. Nevarez Martinez was recently appointed by Interior Secretary Haaland to a two-year term on the recently formed Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science to represent the interests of academia. Dr. Nevarez Martinez has also previously worked with U.S. Congressman Raul M. Grijalva and as the Arizona State Coordinator for Mi Familia Vota Education Fund, Dr. Nevarez Martinez is driven by her passion for equity and social justice in public policy.
