Amy Hillier

Participation Status Active

Contact

Assistant Professor

PennDesign

Meyerson Hall, Room G3, 210 S 34th Street, Philadelphia PA 19104

ahillier@design.upenn.edu

(215) 746-2341


Expertise


Other Projects

Food and Activity Landscapes

This USDA-funded research project aims to identify the barriers and facilitators to accessing healthful food and physical activity in West and Southwest Philadelphia.

The Ward: Race and Class in Du Bois' Seventh Ward

Amy directs this teaching, research and public history project on W.E.B. Du Bois' classic 1899 book, The Philadelphia Negro.

www.dubois-theward.org

Places

Mapping Courage Mural

Corner of 6th and South Street, Philadelphia

This moral honors W.E.B. Du Bois, a Harvard graduate, American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor.

PennDesign

210 S 34th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19104

This graduate school of design that has a first-floor gallery and regular public programs. The students and faculty study design, planning, preservation, visual arts and architecture.