About Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor in Urban and Environmental Planning. Her research centers on policy, systems, and environmental dimensions of disaster, health, and community resilience. She is currently an Early Career Research Fellow for Human Health and Community Resilience at the National Academies for Medicine, Engineering, and Science in the Gulf Research Program. She is co-founder of FERN: The Feminist Environmental Research Network, a research collaborative that supports critical and creative approaches to understanding and addressing environmental challenges.
Selected Publications
Biopolitical Disaster (Routledge, 2018)
Recent Courses Taught
PLAN 3815: Global Environmental Issues
PLAN 4800: Professional Practice
PLAN 6015: Sustainable Global Communities
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Charlottesville, Virginia
Last Updated: March 29, 2026
