Welcome Dr. Qing Miao

C-STEPS is happy to announce that Dr. Qing Miao joined us in August. Qing received her PhD from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and her Masters degree from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on climate change adaptation, innovation responses to natural hazards and public finance. At C-STEPS Dr. Miao is managing a multiyear Department of Transportation funded project examining adaptation of transit agencies to extreme weather. The project aims to 1) explore the strategies of transit agency responses to extreme weather, and 2) develop a decision tool to improve transit agency ability to assess the costs and benefits of infrastructure investments under condition of extreme weather. The project will publish a final report during the summer of 2016.