Dr. Victor Pineda Biography

Victor Pineda is the UC Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow. His research projects explore disability in the built environment through history, medical anthropology, policy, planning and regional development. He teaches courses on Urban Theory, Policy Evaluation, and Community Development. He has advised international agencies such as the World Bank and United Nations, as well as state and federal governments in the development and implementation of programs and policies that include people with disabilities.

In 2009, he joined the Dubai School of Government as a Visiting Fellow to study the implementation of the UAE Disability Act of 2006 across nine dimensions: health, rehabilitation, education, employment, accessibility, political and public participation, awareness raising, community and independent living, and mobility.

Dr. Pineda's work is both empirical and applied. His work has influenced urban governance and policy reforms in the Middle East; he has also presented his work to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Aid and worked as an associate with the U.S. Treasury. Dr. Pineda studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where he obtained degrees in Political Economy, Business Administration, and a Master’s in City and Regional Planning. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of California at Los Angeles’s Luskin School for Public Affairs.

His work has received the highest honors, including the UC Chancellor's Fellowship, Fulbright-Hays, Sheikh Qassemi Fellowships, Jefferson Award for Public Service, Tom Clausen Fellowship for Innovation in Business and Policy, Mark Bingham Award for Excellence in Achievement, and the Hearn Award for Leadership on National Disability Rights.

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