Elisabeth Hamin is a Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts (2012 – present Full Professor; 2012- present Department Head; associate professor 2007 – 2012; assistant professor 2001-2006). She taught at Iowa State University (1995-2001), and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (1997) and a Master of Management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (1986). From 1986 – 1991 she worked in real estate consulting and finance building and renovating office buildings and retail centers in cities across the U.S.
Hamin’s teaching and research centers on land use and municipal and regional planning processes. Since 2007, much of her work has been on climate change, and particularly adaptation and local planning with a particular interest in interdisciplinary work. Recent articles examine ways to build flexibility into the adaptation implementation process; barriers to adaptation among smaller cities and towns; and routes for overcoming those barriers. She authored the UN Habitat Climate Change Academy module on Planning for Climate Change, and has lead students in writing local and regional climate change plans. She was a visiting research fellow at the University of Sydney in 2007, and is on the board of the Journal of the American Planning Association, the Urban Planning and Environment conference, and Journal of Architecture and Planning Research. Other research is on collaboration at the regional level for conservation of working landscapes. She wrote one and co-edited another book published by leading academic presses. Current research is on resilient coastal infrastructure, with an NSF grant (2014-2019) to form a Collaborative Learning Network with U.S. Northeast and Caribbean partners. She is lead policy-thrust co-PI on an NSF IGERT grant to better understand the interface between design, policy, and engineering in off-shore wind energy.
Hamin’s teaching and research centers on land use and municipal and regional planning processes. Since 2007, much of her work has been on climate change, and particularly adaptation and local planning with a particular interest in interdisciplinary work. Recent articles examine ways to build flexibility into the adaptation implementation process; barriers to adaptation among smaller cities and towns; and routes for overcoming those barriers. She authored the UN Habitat Climate Change Academy module on Planning for Climate Change, and has lead students in writing local and regional climate change plans. She was a visiting research fellow at the University of Sydney in 2007, and is on the board of the Journal of the American Planning Association, the Urban Planning and Environment conference, and Journal of Architecture and Planning Research. Other research is on collaboration at the regional level for conservation of working landscapes. She wrote one and co-edited another book published by leading academic presses. Current research is on resilient coastal infrastructure, with an NSF grant (2014-2019) to form a Collaborative Learning Network with U.S. Northeast and Caribbean partners. She is lead policy-thrust co-PI on an NSF IGERT grant to better understand the interface between design, policy, and engineering in off-shore wind energy.
