Danielle Spurlock

Danielle Spurlock is an Associate Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds affiliations with the Center for Urban and Regional Studies. Her work focuses on plan/policy implementation, land use decision-making, and interdisciplinary topics linking environmental justice, public health, and structural inequality. Research emphasizes the intersection of land use policies with social stratification, hazardous site siting, emergency preparedness, and ecosystem services.

Her research agenda investigates how local land use decisions perpetuate environmental and social inequities, with recent emphasis on parcel-level decision-making processes. She employs mixed-methods approaches to analyze policy outcomes and community impacts.

• Awards: Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholar

Dr. Spurlock's research bridges planning theory and practice, with particular attention to resolving conflicts through dispute resolution frameworks in planning contexts.