I hold a Ph.D. in spatial planning from the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy, a master’s degree in landscape architecture from California State Polytechnic University College of Environmental Design, a master’s degree in environmental policy and behavior from the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, and a bachelors’ degree in economics and environmental studies from the University of Southern California.

Links to my publications, other writing, and talks are provided below.

Publications

Seeing is Believing: How cannabis marketing exposure is associated with cannabis use attitudes and behavior in a permissive medical cannabis policy environment.
2023. The American Journal of Addictions.
Cohn AM, Alexander AC, Ehlke SJ, Smith, MA, Lowery BC, McQuoid J, Kendzor DE

Population and Neighborhood Correlates of Cannabis Dispensary Locations in Oklahoma.
2023. Cannabis 6(1): 99-113.
Cohn A, Sedani A, Niznik T, Alexander A, Lowery B, McQuoid J, Campbell J

Relationships between Proximity to Grocery Stores and Oklahoma Early Care and Education Classroom Nutrition Practices.
2022. Preventive Medicine Reports 29: 101917.
Williams BD, Sisson S, Lowery B, Dev D, Horm D, Campbell J, Finneran, D, Graef-Downard J

Food Environments and Gut Microbiome Health: availability of healthy foods, alcohol, and tobacco in a rural Oklahoma tribal community.
2022. Discover Food 2: 20.
Jervis L, Bray L, Cox D, Tallbull G, Lowery B, Spicer P

Mapping EBT Store Closures through the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Low-income, Food-insecure Community in San Diego.
2022. Preventing Chronic Disease 19: 210410.
Lowery B, Swayne MRE, Castro IA, Embury J

Food Waste, Preference, and Cost: Perceived Barriers and Self-reported Food Service Best Practices in Family Child Care Homes.
2022. Childhood Obesity
Patel D, Butzer D, Williams B, Dev D, Horm D, Finneran D, Lowery B, Campbell J, Sisson S

Associations Between Community Nutrition Environments and Early Care and Education Barriers to Classroom Nutrition Practices.
2021. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 53(7): S8.
Williams BD, Sisson S, Lowery B, Dev D, Horm D, Campbell J, Finneran D, Graef-Downard J

Associations between Community Built Environments and Early Care and Education Classroom Physical Activity Practices and Barriers.
2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(12): 6524.
Williams BD, Sisson S, Dev D, Lowery B, Horm D, Campbell J, Finneran D, Graef-Downard J, Whaley L

Associations between Community Nutrition Environments and Early Care and Education Classroom Nutrition Practices.
2021. Current Developments in Nutrition 5(2): 994.
Williams BD, Sisson S, Lowery B, Dev D, Horm D, Campbell J, Finneran D, Graef-Downard J

Integrating Transit Data and Travel Time into Food Security Analysis: A case study of San Diego, California
2021. Applied Geography 131: 103461.
Swayne MRE. Lowery BC

Outdoor Advertising: Landmark of the Experience Economy.
2019. Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding 3(2): 21-28.
Lowery BC

Justice and Urban Design
2019. The New Companion to Urban Design. Edited by Tridib Banerjee and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Lowery BC, Schweitzer LA

Planning for Private Consumption and Collective Beauty:
Regulating Outdoor Advertising in Los Angeles, 1881–2014
2016. Journal of Planning History 15(3): 119-209.
Lowery BC

Do Farmer’s Markets Increase Access to Healthy Foods for all Communities? Comparing Markets in 24 Neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
2016. Journal of the American Planning Association 82(3): 252-266.
Lowery BC, Sloane DC, Payan D, Illum J, Lewis LB
2016 Honorable Mention for Best Article

The Prospects and Problems of Integrating Sketch Maps with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Understand Environmental Perception:
A case study of mapping youth fear in Los Angeles gang neighborhoods
2014. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 41(2): 251 – 271.
Curtis JW, Shiau E, Lowery B, Sloane D, Hennigan K, Curtis A
2014 Breheny Prize for Best Paper in Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

The Prevalence of Harmful Content on Outdoor Advertising in Los Angeles:
Land use, community characteristics, and the spatial inequality of a public health nuisance
2014. American Journal of Public Health 104(4): 658-664.
Lowery BC, Sloane DC

Other Writing and Talks

Tulsa Food Security Summit 2021
Tulsa Food Security Council & Hunger Free Oklahoma

Coupled Urban Metabolism – Social Contexts and Material Flows
with Stephanie Pincetl, Katie Marshall, and Peter Soppelsa
Inhabiting the Anthropocene Workgroup – University of Oklahoma

Conducting Vulnerability Assessments
Online Lecture Series
South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center

Adaptation Planning
Online Lecture Series
South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center

Going Bananas in the Anthropocene
Inhabiting the Anthropocene Blog.
Inhabiting the Anthropocene Workgroup – University of Oklahoma

Building a Healthy, Sustainable, and Equitable Food System for Los Angeles
with Alexa Delwiche of Los Angeles Food Policy Council
Urban Growth Seminar – University of Southern California