Vassar College , Psychology and Film/Drama, B. A., 1977
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Public Administration, M.P.A., 1990
University of South Florida , Applied Anthropology, Ph. D., 2000
Associate in Research, University of South Florida, 1991-present
Assistant Director, Alabama Transit Association, Birmingham, Alabama, 1986-1991
Transportation Director, Office of Senior Citizens’ Activities, Birmingham, Alabama, 1984-1986
Social Worker, Food Stamp Program, Department of Human Resources, Birmingham, Alabama, 1980-1984
Director of Special Projects, Family and Child Services, Birmingham, Alabama, 1977-1980
Ward, Beverly G. Integration of Transportation Services and the WAGES Program, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida, Florida Department of Transportation, 1999.
Ward, Beverly G. Lisa Staes, and Rosemary G. Mathias. Integration of Transportation Services and the WAGES Program, Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida, and Florida Department of Transportation, 85 pp., 1999.
Ward, Beverly G. and Rosemary G. Mathias. Getting to Work and Other Places the Poor Have to Go, 4pp., Practicing Anthropology Vol. 22(1), 2000.
Ward, Beverly G. and Martin Catalá. Job Access and Commuting Needs. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Commuter Transportation, 2000.
Ward, Beverly G. and Martin Catalá. You Can’t Get There on the Bus. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2000.
Ward, Beverly G. Public Transit and Welfare-to-Work: A Paper Exploring Issues of Access and Mobility Related to the Federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 36pp., 2000, http://www.cutr.usf.edu/pubs/public_transit_and_w2w.pdf.
Worthington , Janice and Beverly G. Ward,. Job Training Activities and Opportunities and Transportation Needs and Usage Among WAGES Participants: Part II of Welfare Reform Focus Group Report, 63 pp., 2001, http://www.cutr.usf.edu/pdf/Catholic Charities final.pdf.
Ward, Beverly G. Community Impact Assessment in Florida Transportation Projects: Case Studies. Tampa: Center for Urban Transportation Research and Florida Department of Transportation, 2001.
Ward, Beverly G. Community Impact Assessment and Environmental Justice for Transit Agencies: A Reference, 38 pp., 2002, http://www.cutr.usf.edu/pdf/CIA_EJ_for_Transit.pdf.
Polzin, Steve n E. and Beverly G. Ward. Designing an Educational Program for the Future Transportation Workforce (with Steven E. Polzin, Ph.D.). Transportation Research Record 1812, 2002, pp 143-150.
Monahan, Patricia, Thomas J. Cook, Judson J. Lawrie, Joana Conklin, David Chia, Scott Hamwey, Rosemary G. Mathis, and Beverly G. Ward. Strategies to Increase Coordination of Transportation Services for the Transportation Disadvantaged. TCRP Report 105. Washington, DC: Transit Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, 86 pp., 2004, http://gulliver.trb.org/publications/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_105.pdf.
Ward, Beverly G., Public Health and the Travel Behavior of People in Low-Income Households. TDM Review, Issue One 2005.
Synergistic Activities
Curriculum Development and Instruction
GIS and Anthropology, ANG 6448, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fall 2003.
Public Transportation Policy and Poor Women’ s Travel Issues, EVR 6934, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fall 2001.
Transportation and Society, CGN 4933, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Spring and Summer 2003-2004.
National Academy of Sciences
Charter Member, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Joint Subcommittee on Community Impact Assessment
Member and Mobility Subcommittee Co-Chairperson, TRB Committee ABE70, Women’ s Issues in Transportation
Member, TRB Task Force ADD50T, Environmental Justice in Transportation
Selected Sponsored Research
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Small Area Analyses to Support Prevention of Cardiac Fatalities
$118,747
October 2003 – September 2006
National Science Foundation
Assessing the Impact of Relocation in Two Urban Neighborhoods
$204,000
May 2003 - February 2006
Florida Department of Transportation, Central Environmental Management Office, and Federal Highway Administration, Planning and Environment
Maintenance of a Community Impact Assessment Internet Site
$12,600
January - December 2005
Transportation Research Board, Transit Cooperative Research Program and National Center for Transit Research
Case Studies in Environmental Justice and Public Transit Title VI Reporting
$125,000
January 2004 – June 2005
Florida Department of Transportation, Public Transit Office
Evaluation of Public Transportation Services Provided to Welfare Transition Program Participants
$85,000
November 2003 – May 2005.
University of South Florida Collaborative for Children, Families, and Neighborhoods
East Tampa Asset Mapping Project Management
$19,233
January 2003 – June 2005
Florida Department of Transportation, Central Environmental Management Office
Measuring the Effectiveness of Community Impact Assessment
$95,000
September 2001 - August 2005
University of South Florida Collaborative for Children, Families, and Neighborhoods
Central Avenue Area Community Impact Assessment
$19,233
July 2005 – June 2006