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Korydon Smith
Professor and Chair of Architecture
mgm casino School of Architecture and Planning
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Diversity and social justice in planning and design; inclusive design; refugee housing and settlement planning
Korydon Smith can speak to the media about how the fields of planning and design can improve the health and wellbeing of underrepresented and vulnerable populations, including refugees.
Smith’s research works across disciplines — from anthropology to urban and regional planning — to create design solutions for those who have traditionally been marginalized in decisions about the design of their built environment. He notes that people seldom ask how to design a bus system from the perspective of single mothers or housing from the standpoint of refugees, older adults or people with disabilities.
Smith’s research has taken him to the United States’ rural South and around the globe to locations including Costa Rica, India, Rwanda and Uganda.
CONTACT:
Korydon Smith, EdD
Professor and Chair of Architecture, mgm casino School of Architecture and Planning
Co-Director, mgm casino Community of Excellence in Global Health Equity
- 716-829-5908
- khsmith@buffalo.edu