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Lesli Hoey

Lesli Hoey

Lesli Hoey
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, A Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
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Lesli Hoey's research and teaching interests focus on ways policy planning, implementation and evaluation strategies facilitate or limit the development of equitable, healthy and sustainable food systems. Some of her past projects include work on a multi-country study of efforts to mainstream nutrition into national policy agendas, research on nutrition policy implementation and evaluation, and the development of a food/nutrition program evaluation and planning method for integrating evidence-based and experiential knowledge. Her current research examines policy responses to and causes of changing food and agriculture environments in Bolivia, Kenya and Vietnam and equitable food access in Michigan. Hoey also has five years of experience in program evaluation which spans work with equity-oriented U.S. education programs and rural development, malnutrition and food security projects in the Mississippi Delta, Peru, Albania and Bolivia. She has a PhD and master's degree in city and regional planning from Cornell University and a B.A. from Earlham College.

Affiliations

The affiliations listed below show engagement with the Graham Sustainability Institute.

  • Climate + Energy
    • Carbon Neutrality Acceleration Program (CNAP)
  • Education Programs
    • Dow Programs
      • Distinguished Awards
        • Large Grantee
        • Seed Grantee
  • Emerging Opportunities
    • Catalyst Grants
      • Team Member
    • Transformation Grants
      • Team Member

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

My work contributes directly toward solving the United Nations SDGs listed below. Learn more.

2. Zero Hunger
3. Good Health and Well-Being
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
17. Partnerships for the Goals