Laura Landau serves on the NYC Advisory Council for Avodah.
Laura Landau is a professor of environmental politics at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York. Her research focuses on post-disaster community organizing, environmental justice, and civic engagement. Laura completed her PhD in Geography at Rutgers University, where she was also a Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Fellow. She holds an MS in City and Regional Planning from Pratt Institute, and BA’s in Urban Studies and Jewish Art from Barnard College and The Jewish Theological Seminary respectively. Laura was an Avodah Corps Member in 2012-2013 in Chicago, where she worked at Friedman Place, a supportive living community for visually impaired adults. She was honored as an Avodah Partner in Justice in 2015.