DR. LISA BATES
Lisa K. Bates, PhD is Professor in Black Studies at Portland State University. She is affiliated with the Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning and is the Portland Professor in Innovative Housing Policy. Her scholarship focuses on housing and community development policy and planning, neighborhood change, and displacement. Recognition of her work includes the 2019 UAA-SAGE Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award and the 2016 Dale Prize for scholarship advancing community self-determination and racial justice.