Dr. Sandra Whitehead

Dr. Sandra Whitehead
Program Director, Sustainable Urban Planning Program; Associate Professor
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Sandra is the Program Director for the Sustainable Urban Planning Program. Prior to joining GW full-time, she worked as the Director of Partnership Development at the National Environmental Health Association where she created tools and trainings for environmental health professionals.
Dr. Whitehead also worked at the National Association of County and City Health Officials and the Florida Department of Health. While working at the Florida Department of Health she provided capacity building assistance to the 67 local health departments.
Sandra has been teaching for GW since 2015. She teaches SUST 2000 The Sustainable City; PSUS 6215: Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and PSUS 6215: Urban Health Impact Assessment; PSUS 6213 Advanced Research Methods; PSUS 6233 Capstone Studio. She has also taught at the University of Florida and Florida State University.
- Health and the Built Environment
- Health in All Policies
- Health Impact Assessment
- SUST 2000:The Sustainable City;
- PSUS 6215: Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and PSUS 6215: Urban Health Impact Assessment;
- PSUS 621: Advanced Research Methods;
- PSUS 6233 Capstone Studio.
- M.P.A. Public Administration, Florida State University
- Ph.D., Public Administration, Florida State University