Dr. Regan F. Patterson is the Transportation Equity Research Fellow at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Prior to joining CBCF, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. Dr. Patterson earned her PhD in Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Her dissertation research focused on the air quality and environmental equity benefits of strategies for mitigating exposure to diesel-related air pollution. She has taught on environmental justice and Geographic Information Systems. In the past, Dr. Patterson interned with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District in their Community Engagement Office. She also interned with the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. Dr. Patterson is passionate about volunteering with environmental justice organizations. She has volunteered with Communities for a Better Environment on their Just Transition climate justice initiative. She has also volunteered with Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, where she served as a member of the Bayview Hunters Point Environmental Justice Response Task Force. Dr. Patterson is also passionate about her engagement with underserved youth by critically engaging environmental issues and STEM topics. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UCLA and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from UC Berkeley.

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