Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan
About
Lesli Hoey is an assistant professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Michigan. She teaches graduate courses in food systems policy and planning, international planning in low-income countries, and program evaluation methods. Her scholarship uses an equity lens and focuses on the intersection of food policy advocacy, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Hoey earned a PhD and master's in city and regional planning from Cornell University and a BA in psychology from Earlham College.
Current Work:
Hoey uses food systems as a lens to study the socio-political and institutional factors that mediate the ability of citizen planners and professional planners to achieve a more equitable, sustainable and healthy society. Her current projects examine collaborative initiatives aiming to improve equitable food access and local food economies in Michigan; factors in rapidly urbanizing metropolitan areas influencing Bolivia's dual burden — the persistence of undernutrition alongside the rise in obesity; and policy and evidence-based strategies for enhancing the sustainability of diets in Kenya and Vietnam. Among other topics, her past work has focused on advocacy strategies for mainstreaming nutrition into national policy agendas; rural development, malnutrition, and food security projects in the US and Global South; and evaluations of equity-oriented K-12 and higher education STEM programs.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Food systems, international development, program evaluation, policy sciences
