Senior Instructor, School of Urban Studies & Planning
Portland State University
Portland, OR, USA
Email: moriah@pdx.edu | Phone: (503) 725-8743
Website: https://www.pdx.edu/profile/meet-professor-moriah-mcsharry-mcgrath
Interest in CDE Collaborative
I have the pleasure of working in an undergraduate Community Development program at an urban-serving university; my background is in public health, so that informs the way I do this work.
Quick Bio
Moriah McSharry McGrath is an interdisciplinary social scientist cross-trained in public health and urban planning. She is an instructional faculty member who focuses on the undergraduate major in Community Development, where she emphasizes the application of scholarly ideas to confront community challenges.
Her research centers on understanding how health inequities are rooted in space, particularly as related to land use conflict and housing policy. Her work is informed by feminist, queer, and critical race perspectives and she is especially interested in qualitative and participatory research methods.
Prior to joining PSU, she was on the faculty of the Public Health Program at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. She also spent several years as a Research Analyst for the Multnomah County Health Department. Previously, she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Madagascar and worked on projects in several U.S. cities as well as Brazil, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Uganda, South Africa, and Vietnam.