Taiwo Olanrewaju-Lasisi

Dr. Lasisi received her doctorate in Public Administration and Policy from Old Dominion University, Virginia. As a 2023 United Nations Youth Delegate and a current CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow in Community Data Literacy at Carnegie Mellon University, her research called The “DaPGEF” Project focuses on exploring the use of “data visualization to assess the problematics of greenhouse emissions and flooding,” particularly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She works with the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Sustainability Initiatives, and Center for Shared Prosperity to promote data literacy, management, and research on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and Community Development issues.

She has a strong research prowess and has single-authored and co-authored articles featured in top academic journals, including the “International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Virginia Social Science Journal, and Public Administration Review.” She is an active facilitator and participant in university and community activities. She is a James Buchanan fellow, ASPA HR scholar, Frederic Bastiat fellow, ARNOVA Diversity fellow, Harrison Middleton fellow in ideas, and recently, a Virginia Social Science Association (VSSA) Award Winner. She is interested in diversity, sustainability, environmental policy, social justice, nonprofits, community engagement, coastal resilience, data management, and qualitative research design.