Foster, Sheila R., 1963-

Sheila Rose Foster is a legal scholar, and an author. She is a tenured Professor of Climate at the Columbia Climate School. Foster is most known her research in the areas of environmental law and justice, urban land use law and policy, and state and local government. She served as the former Clarkson Distinguished Chair in Planning at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and received the Senior Scholar Award by International Academy of Environmental Law. She is the co-author of four books, including From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement, and Co-Cities: Innovative Transitions Toward Just and Self-Sustaining Communities. In addition, she is a Founding Editor of SLoGLaw blog, which focuses on developments in state and local government law, and is a Founding Board Member of the Journal of Climate Resilience and Climate Justice since 2022.