S+DP Faculty

Dr. Jessie Zarazaga, RIBA, LeedAP

Dr. Zarazaga is the Program Director of the Sustainability + Development Program (S+DP) at the Lyle School of Engineering. Dr Zarazaga is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, director of the GIS lab, and a fellow of the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanity.  Trained first as an architect and urban designer, Zarazaga’s teaching and practice spans the boundaries of urbanism, landscape design, geospatial mapping, and participatory public engagement.  Across all these boundaries, Zarazaga explores ways to connect culture and community to place. Using GIS and participatory community mapping, she explores the impact of civil and environmental choices on the design of the sustainable city. Her research spans education and practice, working on the integration of community research into project based learning, and her practice brings together mapping, global sustainable development, design and creativity.