Christin Salley

Dr. Christin Salley is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech in Arlington, Virginia. Her overall research focus is the development of equitable infrastructure systems and services within urban environments to enhance community resilience, with an emphasis on integrating cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence applications. Her work centers on understanding societal systems and addressing ethical considerations, particularly concerning vulnerable populations, pertaining to disaster and crisis management events. By employing a transdisciplinary, sociotechnical approach, she leverages mixed methods techniques for processing and analyzing information. Previously, she was a Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellow in the Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech, her M.S.E. in Civil Engineering from Johns Hopkins, and her B.S. in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland. Her overarching goal is to foster innovation, advance responsible research practices, and make a lasting positive impact on society through her work.