Margaret Cowell
- School of Public and International Affairs
- College of Architecture and Urban Studies
Synopsis:
Cowell teaches courses and conducts research on community resilience, economic development, urban economics, and public policy.
Description:
Dr. Cowell is currently a co-PI for Virginia Tech’s National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program on Disaster Resilience and Risk Management. Her most recent work examines entrepreneurs and small businesses in the neighborhoods most likely to be impacted by Amazon HQ2 and Virginia Tech’s $1B Innovation Campus developments in Northern Virginia.
She is also presently working on a co-edited book about the ties that bind Virginians across the urban-rural spectrum. Dr. Cowell’s research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Kauffman Foundation, National Association of Counties, and the United States Economic Development Administration.