Ivis Garcia

Dr. Ivis García is an urban planner and Associate Professor at Texas A&M University, where she is Co-Director of the Center for Hispanic Housing Studies and coordinates the Master's program in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning. She earned her Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Her research and advocacy center on housing, community engagement, and disaster recovery, including her work with Puerto Rico's disaster survivors, recognized with fellowships from the Institute for Research on Poverty and the Ford Foundation. She has published more than eighty peer reviewed journal articles.

García cocreated a training platform for planners preparing for the AICP exam, work that gave rise to The Story of Urban Planning, coauthored with Jason Holt. She is also the author, with M. Toro-Morn, of Puerto Ricans in Illinois.