Madeline Liberman (MUP ’27) has been selected to receive a 2025 American Planning Association (APA) Foundation Diversity Scholarship. The APA Foundation Diversity Scholarship is awarded to students intending to pursue careers as practicing urban planners who will diversify and advance social equity in the profession. Madeline is one of 21 recipients of the national scholarship this year.
Madeline is a first-year Master of Urban Planning student specializing in sustainable and resilient urban planning. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies and French from Barnard College. At Barnard, she was a research assistant on the Mapping Historical New York project and completed her thesis on the history of environmental justice in Dakar, Senegal. After graduation, she worked at the Washington, D.C. office of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, which supports sustainable and equitable transportation across the globe. She was also a leader in the D.C. chapter of the Sunrise movement, a youth climate justice organization.
In her Master’s program, Madeline aims to study resilient walking and cycling infrastructure, equitable greenspace, and regional planning to advance environmental and climate justice. She is currently the graduate assistant for the Urban Policy and Planning department.