Director of Research, Lecturer
National Youth Advocate Program, The OSU
Columbus, Ohio
Dr. Gala Korniyenko is the Director of Research and Development for Innovative Communities at National Youth Advocate Program, and a lecturer in the City and Regional Planning Program at The Ohio State University. Gala was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Kansas where she holds a Master of Urban Planning. She is an active member of the American Planning Association where she is a secretary for the International Division of American Planning Association (APA). As a Ukrainian, Korniyenko participates in the Ukrainian Rebuilding Action Group and Urban Coalition for Ukraine Ro3kvit.
Gala's research explores the nexus of urban design, neuroscience, and the planning process, especially as it affects the twenty percent of the United States population who are neurodiverse. Her publications include “Planning for War-Induced Tinnitus and Hearing Loss Accommodation in Ukraine” in Nature Cities (2024), “Universal Design and Inclusive Participation” in The Routledge Handbook of Inclusive Education for Teacher Educators (2023), “Disability and Ukrainian Urban Space" in Inclusion, Equity, and Access for Individuals with Disabilities by Palgrave Macmillan (2019), and “When Every Day is a Sensory Overload” in the Planning magazine of the American Planning Association (2018).
Designing Public Facilities for the Neuro-Diverse Community
Saturday, April 13, 2024
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM CT