Each year, the Lewis Center supports graduate student research on a wide array of topics relating to community and economic development, the environment, housing, and transportation in California. Our Graduate Research Grant program enables students – individually or in small teams – to conduct fieldwork, obtain data, and produce quality reports that would otherwise not be possible without financial support.
This academic year, the Lewis Center was proud to award a total of $10,000 in grants to support seven graduate student research projects:
- Medical Marijuana Dispensaries and Neighborhood Effects in the City of Los Angeles, by Alexander Braithwaite, Ryan Hudson, Caroline Murre, and Laura Rivas (Department of Public Policy)
- Proposed Communication Strategies for Glendale, California: Information Access on Local Transit Systems for Non-English Speaking Riders, by Diana Gonzalez (Department of Urban Planning)
- Do Women Make More Stops on Their Commute and Non-Work Tour than Men?, by Haofei Liu (Department of Urban Planning)
- Possible Joint Financing Mechanisms to Pay for an LAX Connection to Metro Rail, by Gregory Maul, Jon Overman, and Masashi Sato (Department of Public Policy)
- Understanding Barriers to Physical Education Compliance in Los Angeles County’s Disadvantaged Public Elementary Schools, by Asma Men, Kenechukwu Ojukwu, Jessica Padilla, and Erin Steva (Department of Public Policy)
- Bicycle Sharing Is the New Black, But Can It Make Some Green?, by Justin Resnick (Department of Urban Planning)
- Evaluation of Peak Hour Travel Lane Conversion to Bike Lane, by Austin Sos (Department of Urban Planning)