Assistant Professor

Dana Rowangould is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Vermont. Drawing from the fields of engineering, economics, and the social sciences, Dr. Rowangould's research focuses on transportation and land use policy and planning, transportation justice, energy use, active travel, transportation accessibility, air quality and health.

Dana was previously a founding principal of Sustainable Systems Research, an independent consulting firm that conducts research on the health, environmental, and equity impacts of transportation systems in partnership with community-based organizations. She was also an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Masters of Sustainable Transportation Program at the University of Washington, where she taught courses on Health and Sustainable Transportation and Transportation Economics. Dana holds a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and MS in Agricultural and Resource Economics, and a Ph.D. in Ecology (with an emphasis on Environmental Policy).

Publications

Karner, A., London, J., Rowangould, D., & Manaugh, K. (2020). From Transportation
Equity to Transportation Justice: Within, Through, and Beyond the State. Journal
of Planning Literature.

Wu, Y. D. Rowangould, J.K. London, A. Karner. (2019). Modeling health equity
in active transportation planning. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and
Environment 67, 528-540.

Rowangould, D., Rowangould, G., Niemeier, D. (2018) Evaluation of the Health
Impacts of Rolling Back a Port Clean Trucks Program. Transportation Research Record
2672(11) 53-64.

Rowangould, D., Karner, A., London, J. (2016). Identifying Environmental
Justice Communities for Transportation Analysis. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and
Practice, 88:151-162.

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Environmental Justice, Transportation and Health, Transportation Planning, Active Travel, Accessibility, Air Pollution

Education

  • Ph.D., University of California, Davis
  • M.S., University of California, Davis
  • B.S., Rice University

Contact

Phone:
  • 802-656-1904
Office Location:

207 Mansfield House