Fallon Samuels Aidoo, an endowed professor of urban design, planning, and preservation at the University of New Orleans, has researched and redesigned the adaptation of built environments to new uses and users, risks, and hazards for nearly 20 years. Her community-engaged research, interdisciplinary teaching, real estate consulting, academic publications, and professional service focus on the front lines of economic, demographic, and climate change, particularly aging buildings, historic commercial corridors, and coastal communities of color most at risk of disinvestment pre- and post-disasters. An urban planner who meets the U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for historic preservation, Fallon advises and evaluates the resilience policies and revitalization projects of public agencies and corporations as well as community foundations, nonprofit conservancies, universities, neighborhood associations, business alliances, and preservation societies. She recently mapped and historicized neglected assets of Boston Main Streets, Philadelphia’s transit villages, and Newark’s waterfront; currently, she is retooling African American heritage preservation leaders fighting speculative development and storm surges—from Pontchartrain Park, New Orleans to Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard. Recently named a NextCity Fellow and Louisiana Landmarks Society trustee, Fallon holds degrees in urban planning (Ph.D., Harvard), architectural history (M.S., MIT), and civil/structural engineering (B.S., Columbia).