{"id":242,"date":"2020-10-13T02:48:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T02:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmettz.com\/\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2020-12-21T19:52:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:52:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emmettz.com\/?page_id=242","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emmettz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/profile_pic.png?resize=360%2C365&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424\" width=\"360\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emmettz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/profile_pic.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emmettz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/profile_pic.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=360%2C365&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/emmettz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/profile_pic.png?zoom=3&amp;resize=360%2C365&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Emmett Z. McKinney <\/strong>works at the nexus of mobility, climate change, and social equity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His master&#8217;s thesis examined how emergent mobility technologies and open data interact with structural racism in Los Angeles. This research revealed that equity demands not only the fair distribution of resources \u2014 but of power. Open data frameworks like the Mobility Data Specification create new possibilities for co-design, as well as new hazards.<br><br>As a Fellow at Civic Design Center, he designed pedestrian \/ bicycle facilities as well as developed resources for community-led tactical urbanism. Most recently, he studied how the physics of movement define the potential of new mobility to reshape cities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His passion for sustainable mobility started in Los Angeles, where he grew up riding bikes with his Dad. The freedom, the sunshine, the sense of possibility: these are the experiences that drive (or, more accurately, pedal)  his passion today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A #NUMTOT at heart, Emmett has collaborated on projects in many domains that shape urban mobility. Key planning projects focused on community engagement, data visualization, infrastructure finance, and climate resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to MIT, Emmett was a Research Associate at the Environmental Law Institute, as well as a researcher at Vanderbilt University Law School. He has published peer-reviewed articles in the <em>Journal of Planning Education and Research<\/em> and <em>Energy Efficiency<\/em>, and contributed to several books and reports on environmental governance. <br><br>Emmett holds a Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a dual Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and French from Vanderbilt University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Software: <\/strong>ArcGIS | QGIS | PostgreSQL | PostGIS | R Shiny | Adobe Creative Suite | Leaflet | Mapbox | Microsoft Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Digital Languages:<\/strong>  SQL | R | HTML | CSS | JavaScript (beginner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Human Languages: <\/strong> French (Fluent) | Spanish (Proficient) | English (Native)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Other Skills <\/strong>Participatory Action Research, Policy Research, Legal Analysis, Writing, Project Management&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmett Z. McKinney works at the nexus of mobility, climate change, and social equity. His master&#8217;s thesis examined how emergent mobility technologies and open data interact with structural racism in Los Angeles. This research revealed that equity demands not only the fair distribution of resources \u2014 but of power. 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