Associate Director, Urban Humanities Initiative
MS City and Regional Planning (Pratt Institute)
BA Human Geography (Queen's University)
Claire Nelischer is the Associate Director of the UCLA Urban Humanities Initiative, an interdisciplinary teaching and research program housed at cityLAB. Claire is also an urban planner, researcher, and doctoral candidate in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA, where her research investigates struggles over the production and use of urban parks and public spaces. Claire is a founding member of the (Un)Common Public Space Group and has worked in policy research, advocacy, and community engagement in Toronto and New York City, with a focus on the public realm.