MAGDA MAAOUI, PhD

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

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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.

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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

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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