UEP Major at Oxy

Welcome to the UEP Major

The Urban and Environmental Policy major is a unique combination of classroom learning and hands-on experience in public affairs and civic action. Students learn the skills of public policy analysis with special emphasis on applying those skills in the real world. Urban and Environmental Policy includes such topics as housing and community development, public health, land use and transportation, poverty and social welfare, food and resource issues, air and water, criminal justice, race and gender relations, class relations, and other topics at the local, national and international levels.

Spring 2008 Comps Schedule

Thursday, May 1

Time Name Presentation Title

9:00 AM

Robin Hamilton

Dressing Up Our Conscience: The Importance of Eco-Fashion

9:50

Victor Lopez

Social Change: Testing the state of Two Front Activism

10:40

Julia Granholm

Preventing Unwanted Pregnancies: An Evaluation of Access to Emergency Contraceptives for victims of Sexual Assault in Los Angeles County

11:30

Jasmine Wade

Cultivating Roots: A Community Story of Resistance

12:20 - 12:50 PM

Lunch Break

 

12:50

Abigail Scott

Tourism and Smart Growth in Canyon Country: Challenges and Opportunities in Moab, Utah.

1:40

Nidia Garcia

Making Senses of the Trucking Industry form A Truck Drivers Perspective, And the Need for Clean Air and Grassroot Organizing

2:30

Laura Knuttunen

Commodity Fumigation With An Emphasis on Food: Examining the Permit Process in Los Angeles County

3:20

Caitlin Peel

Hungry for Change: The Struggle for the Tohono O’odham Native Food System

4:10

Laura Benjamin

Growing a Movement:  Community Gardens in Los Angeles County

5:00

Keith Montoya

Ski Area/Resort Environmental and Social Concerns

Friday, May 2

Time Name Presentation Title

8:45 AM

Lorena Matarrita-McNicholas

Revitalizing Downtown Pomona: An Evaluation of The Artisan and Recommendations for Its Success

9:35

Madeline Wander

An Equity Agenda for Transit-Oriented Development: Planning for the Sustainable Growth of Los Angeles’ Inner City

10:25

Erica Fick

Building the Velorution: Bike Culture, Community, and Politics in Los Angeles

11:15

Kether Hayden

Women’s Association in Mali: Empowerment, Leadership, and Political Mobilization

12:05-12:35 PM

Lunch Break

 

12:35

Sonia Huizar

What’s Up With That? An Evalution of Kipp’s Practices and Academic Progress with Low Income Populations

1:25

Ian Johnston

Democratizing the Arts: A Struggle for Socio-economic Equality in Today’s Creative Economy

2:15

Mary Jane Boltz

(Re-)Constructing the Sustainable City: Toward a Green Affordable Housing Model for Los Angeles

3:05

James Leonard

The Green Imperative: The Time Has Come to Revolutionize the U.S. Built Environment

3:55

Sua Iris Hernandez

Beyond Green Building: A Step towards Sustainability in Boyle Heights

4:45

Lilia Pharazyn

Community Planning and Its Potential for Community Resistance

5:35

Marika Tsolakis

College, Career, and Postsecondary Success: An Analysis of Building Trade Academies in California High Schools