Latin American Writers Series: Inés Bortagaray

Esta serie reúne a los autores más representativos de la escritura latinoamericano. A través
de entrevistas con la reconocida escritora ecuatoriana Gabriela Alemán, los invitados explorarán los
vínculos entre el mundo literario y la realidad continental. Sus conversaciones se convertirán en el
eje de un archivo digital que busca llevar estas ideas a un público global.

Latin American Writers Series: Carlos Fonseca

Esta serie reúne a los autores más representativos de la escritura latinoamericano. A través
de entrevistas con la reconocida escritora ecuatoriana Gabriela Alemán, los invitados explorarán los
vínculos entre el mundo literario y la realidad continental. Sus conversaciones se convertirán en el
eje de un archivo digital que busca llevar estas ideas a un público global.

David Washburn

David Washburn

Associate Professor- Public Health

MHA Program Director
School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
People Classification
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Tulane Affiliation
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Biography

Dave Washburn is clinical associate professor and director of the MHA program in the Department of Health Policy and Management. He received both his Doctor of Science and Master of Science from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Prior to his academic career, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras, and worked as a strategic and capital health care planner for the San Francisco VA Medical Center and then Stanford Health Care. He has worked on federal, state, and local grants and contracts worth over $8 million as the Principal Investigator, Co-Principal Investigator, or as a Co-Investigator, including a large multi-year contract as an evaluator of Texas’ Medicaid Waiver.

Google Scholar Link 

Research

Health Policy and Management. Health Systems/Administration, Immigration and Health.

Degrees

  • Sc.D., Global Health & Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2011
  • S.M., Population & International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 2005
  • B.A., International Relations, Brown University, 1998

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Associate Professor, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine 2023-
  • Assistant Professor, Texas A&M, 2016-2023

Distinctions

  • Teaching Award: Distinguished Achievement Award at the College Level, Texas A&M, 2022
  • U.S. Presidential Management Fellow, 2011
  • Fulbright Scholar – Garcia Robles Public Policy Scholar, 2007

Languages

  • Spanish

Overseas Experience

  • Honduras
  • Mexico
  • Chile
  • Uganda

Selected Publications

  • View Dr. Washburn’s publications at his Google Scholar link.

Catherine Sckerl

Catherine Sckerl

Professor of Practice- Architecture

Managing Director- Center on Climate Change & Urbanism
School of Architecture
People Classification
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Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty

Biography

Catherine Sckerl, AIA, AICP is an architect and urbanist whose research and practice crosses four, interdisciplinary areas: urban design and planning; cultural heritage and vernacular architecture; urban theory; and participatory or co-creative practice and research methods. Sckerl’s professional practice centers on sustainable urban design and planning, and her projects incorporate community engagement, cultural heritage, and environmentally conscious strategies. In her research, Sckerl is particularly interested in critical questions about representation and participation within the built environment, exploring ways that vernacular knowledges and practices contribute to urban character and placemaking.

 

Sckerl’s current research focuses on the vernacular architecture, history, and urban morphology of Oaxaca de Juárez, México, a regional capital known for its cultural heritage that is facing challenges related to rapid urbanization, gentrification, and climate change.

 

Sckerl’s work uses a combination of visual and spatial ethnography, interviews, and photovoice to document the emergent vernacular architecture of the urban periphery and examine ways that self-builders negotiate belonging to the city via their houses. Her past research has addressed themes of participatory design and architectural heritage at places ranging from New Orleans, LA to St. Petersburg, Russia to Venice, Italy.

 

At Tulane, Sckerl teaches courses in urbanism / urban studies and architectural research methods. She has also taught in the architectural design and history-theory architecture sequences.

Research

Urbanism, Architecture, Vernacular Architecture, Participatory Methods, Sustainability. Mexico.

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Tulane University, City, Culture, & Community- Urban Studies, Anticipated 2026.
  • M.A., Oxford Institute of Sustainable Development, Oxford-Brookes University, 2006
  • M.Arch, B.A., Tulane University, Architecture, 2005

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Professor of Practice, Tulane University

Distinctions

  • School of Liberal Arts Summer Research Award, Tulane University, 2023
  • Stone Center & Tinker Foundation Summer Fieldwork Grant, Tulane University, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • City, Culture, & Community Program Doctoral Fellowship, Tulane University, 2018-2023
  • University Economic Development Council 2011 Project of the Year, 2011
  • American Planning Association - Texas 2011 Plan of the Year, 2011
  • American Planning Association - Texas 2010 Project Planning Award, 2010
  • American Planning Association - Central Texas 2008 Plan of the Year, 2008
  • AIA Certificate of Academic Excellence, AIA New Orleans & Tulane University, 2005
  • Moise & Lois Goldstein Travel Fellowship, Tulane University, 2004
  • Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, U.S. Dept. of State, 2003-2004

Overseas Experience

  • Mexico
  • Italy
  • Russia

Selected Publications

  • “Bottom-up or Top-Down? How to Continue with New Orleans City-wide Planning after the Re-election of Mayor Ray C. Nagin,” with Wm. Raymond Manning, StadtBauwelt, v.36: 171, September 2006
  • “Mod-Gun: A Modular Shotgun House System,” Installation with Robert Tannen at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, June-August 2006
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