Corridors of Community Learning (2024-present)
A multidisciplinary collaboration with the UB Institute for Learning Sciences (UBILS) exploring how community learning and sense-making occur within infrastructure planning and neighborhood change. Using storytelling and community mapping, the project documents residents’ perspectives on highway reform efforts along the RT198 and RT33 Corridors in Buffalo, NY to identify planning and design interventions that enable equitable outcomes. Support from the SUNY 64-Campus Experiential Learning Network, Research and Creative Activities for Undergraduate Students Program.
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Research Team
Lauren Fischer (lead), Chris Hoadley, Ari Hock, Heather Killen, Camden Miller
Environmental Design (BS) Student Researchers: Grace Wiseman, Jacob Myrick, Adacelis Mendez
Activities
Community workshops, documentary filmmaking, mapping
Outputs
Video and map artifacts for use in community planning efforts and educational initiatives.
Conference presentations at ACSP 2025, WCTR 2026, UAA 2026 and ILS 2026.
Forthcoming papers on community learning in infrastructure reform.
Presentations and Papers
Fischer, L., Miller, C., Wiseman, G., & Myrick, J. (2025). Corridors of Conflict and Cooperation: Contesting Transport Justice and Reparative Planning in Buffalo, NY. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
Hock, A. Killen, H., Hoadley, C, Fischer, L, & Miler, C. (2025). Conjecture Mapping Workshop. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
Fischer, L, & Miller, C. (2026) The Problem of Highways: Path Dependence, Infrastructure Reform in Buffalo, NY. World Conference on Transport Research. Toulouse, FR.