MAGDA MAAOUI, PhD
Urban Planning - Spatial Analysis - Design
EDUCATION & AWARDS
EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning
September 2016 - June 2021
x Fulbright Fellow
x Qualifying exams passed: December 2018
x Proposal passed: May 2019
x Defense passed: June 2021
Dissertation: “‘Mixité de façade’: How historically disinvested neighborhoods negotiate inclusionary zoning in Paris and New York”
Advisor: Lance Freeman
Committee: Malo Hutson, Elliott Sclar, Ester Fuchs and Van Tran
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon / University of California, Berkeley
Masters in Geography and Urban Planning, specialization Regional Strategy,
Decision-Making, Sustainable Development
September 2011 - June 2014
x High Honors
x Agrégation Teaching Civil Servantship contest in Geography,
Minor in History for University Level - Ranked 28th
x Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley
Thesis Topic: East Palo Alto: the Gentrification of a Suburban Ghetto? Urban Representations and Gentrification Pressure in the Silicon Valley - Magna Cum Laude.
Université Lyon II/ Lyon III
Dual B.A. in Geography/ Urban Planning,
and Language, Literature & Civilization in English
September 2010 - June 2013
x Ranked 13th nationally at the entrance examination
Research internships in Senegal, Costa Rica and France
Thesis Topic: Good Fortune for the Fortunate: the Reception of Migrants in Rural Territory, the example of Los Santos, Costa Rica (Joint Research Unit 5281 Art-Dev Developing Actors, Resources and Territories).
AWARDS
2016: PhD Fellowship from Columbia University GSAPP - Funding for coursework and early phases of dissertation
2016: Fulbright Fellowship - Commission Franco Américaine
2016: International House Residency in New York
2016: Fund II Foundation - International House Award
2014: Mobilité École Normale Supérieure Grant for Graduate Studies Abroad
2013: Explo'Ra Sup Grant for Graduate Studies Abroad