Assistant Professor of Geography
PhD., Metropolitan Planning, Policy and Design, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
2023
MA, Community and Regional Planning, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2019
MA, Reconstruction after Disaster, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran,
2013
BA, Architecture, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran, 2011
Affordable housing
Resilient community
Disaster recovery
Khajehei, S., Hamideh, S. (2023). Post-Disaster Recovery Challenges of Public Housing Residents: Lumberton, North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew. Urban Affairs Review, 0(0).
Chandrasekhar, D., García, I., & Khajehei, S. (2021). Recovery Capacity of Small Nonprofits in Post-2017 Hurricane Puerto Rico. Journal of the American Planning Association, 88(2), 206-219
2023: “Public Sector Planning for Post-disaster public housing recovery in 'near experience' communities”, Quick Response Research Grant: FEMA Region 8 Call, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Boulder with the support of the National Science Foundation and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
2021: “Role of Community-Based Organizations in Public Housing Resident Recovery after Concurrent Disasters”. Public Health Disaster Research Award Grant Supported by the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder with the support of the National Science Foundation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2019: “Pre-disaster Recovery Planning for Public Housing in Salt Lake County, Utah”, Mitigation Matters Research Grant, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Boulder with the support of the National Science Foundation and Federal Emergency Management Agency.
2023: Teaching Assistant Fellowship, University of Utah
2021: Climate Justice UC3 (Climate Change Coalition) Fellowship, University of Utah
2019: Global Change and Sustainability Center (GCSC) Fellowship, University of Utah
2019: ACSP, The Planners of Color Interest Group (POCIG) Student Award
2019: Property Rights Research Scholarship, College of Design, Iowa State University