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Meagan Ehlenz
Associate Professor,
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
Other ASU affiliations
Senior Global Futures Scholar,
Global Futures Scientists and Scholars
Meagan Ehlenz is an associate professor at Arizona State University's School of Geography and Urban Planning. She is also the Associate Director of Planning programs. Her major fields of study include urban revitalization and community development, with specializations in the role of anchor institutions in urban places and mechanisms for building community wealth.
Prior to joining ASU's faculty, Ehlenz was a research associate at the Penn Institute for Urban Research. In this capacity, she developed a set of case studies for Penn IUR's Anchor Institution Roundtable (PRAI), "The Power of Eds & Meds: Urban Universities Investing in Neighborhood Revitalization and Innovation." She was also a Lincoln Institute of Land Policy C. Lowell Harriss dissertation fellow. Previously, Ehlenz worked as a planning consultant in Southeastern Wisconsin and as a senior planner for the City of Milwaukee's Department of City Development.
Ehlenz is a a certified planner with the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP).
Education
Ph.D. City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania
M.U.P. Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
B.A. Environmental Design, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.