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Letora is a landscape architect, urban planner, and educator with a background in sustainable design, park master planning, comprehensive planning, and community development. She is an Assistant Professor within the Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Texas Arlington’s College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA), where she began teaching as a Adjunct Assistant Professor in 2018.
Broadly, her research focuses on planning and design approaches that foster environmental reconnection, equitable engagement, and cultural community development in minority neighborhoods. Her current research examines issues of displacement and a lost sense of place in gentrifying communities and historically disinvested neighborhoods.
Speed painting of a little girl playing outside.
Speed painting of a little girl wearing sunglasses.
FORT WORTH REPORTER:
UTA professor’s work in historically Black Fort Worth neighborhood reminds her of home
UTA NEWS:
A neighborhood’s decline sparked her life’s work
FOX 4 NEWS DALLAS:
Study links South Oak Cliff Renaissance Park to crime drop
LAUNCH EVENT FOR THE 2024 OPEN CITY CONFERENCE: RESILIENT FUTURES
LAF PERSPECTIVES:
Interview with Letora Anderson
UTA ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS TO THE COOPER STREET BRIDGES DESIGN COMPETITION
UTA PARTNERS WITH 10 OTHER UNIVERISITIES TO CO-FOUND THE DEANS’ EQUITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE
SOUTH OAK CLIFF RENAISSANCE PARK
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PERFORMANCE SERIES:
BY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION
RESEARCH TEAM:
RESEARCH FELLOW: LETORA ANDERSON, PLA, ACIP
RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: HEENA SHRESTHA & MOLLY WHITE
FIRM LIASON: STUDIO OUTSIDE
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Martin Luther King: What’s Your LIfe Blueprint?
What is Your Life's Blueprint, one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s most memorable speeches. He gave this speech in 1976 to a group of students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia approximately six months before he was assassinated. I captured four main...
CeCe Winans Caricature: Using More Than One Photo
Cece Winans is a female gospel artist and a voice of inspiration. I decided to digitally paint a caricature of her by using a photograph of her singing on stage as a reference. After the initial base layers were painted, I realized that the caricature was not turning...
Digitally Painting Eddie Murphey Caricature
Last year in 2012, I began painting with oils again. Even though I found it quite fun and relaxing, I had difficulty keeping my two-year-old from trying to dip my brushes into the paint and painting on my canvas. Therefore, I decided to try painting digitally. I...
