Spring 2021 seminar: M.L.A. candidate, landscape architecture
Lydia Camel received her B.S. in geography from Michigan State University and worked as a sustainability and community development professional before pursuing an M.L.A. Her research interest is in the role of design and the designer in displacement, particularly through mechanisms of gentrification, exclusion, and erasure. Through historical, psychological, and cross-cultural examinations of gentrification occurrence and diverse analyses of gentrification experience, she hopes to investigate the extent to which the field of design can support and advocate for inclusive environments.