Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Grajdura, S., Robtoy, N., LanzDuret-Hernandez, J., & Rowangould, D. (2026). Post-flood disruptions to transportation access among people experiencing homelessness. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 39, 102159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2026.102159

Pezeshknejad, P., Damon, L., Grajdura, S., & Rowangould, D. (2026). Barriers to electric vehicle home charging and impacts on adoption. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 105262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2026.105262

Grajdura, S., LanzDuret-Hernandez, J., Espeland, S., Barajas, J., & Rowangould, D. (2026). “Having your own vehicle… it changes everything”: Rural car access, (im)mobility, and quality of life. Journal of Transport Geography, 130, 104447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2025.104447

Palm, M., Raynor, K., & Grajdura, S. (2025). Bridging access with life satisfaction and Nussbaum’s core capabilities. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 146, 104877. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2025.104877

Grajdura, S., & Rowangould, D. (2025). Understanding wildfire evacuees’ perceived safety on their evacuation route: A study of the 2018 Camp Fire. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 31, 101392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101392

Barajas, J., Grajdura, S., Karner, A., Palm, M., & Rowangould, D. (2025). Shifting priorities from equity to exclusion: Investigating U.S. transportation policy changes in the anti-DEI era. Transport Findings. https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.132484

LanzDuret-Hernandez, J., Grajdura, S., & Rowangould, D. (2024). “We have the right and we need better transportation”: Mobility, community, and connection of Latin American migrant workers in Vermont. Journal of Transport Geography, 118, 103947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2024.103947

Grajdura, S., & Niemeier, D. (2023). State of programming and data science preparation in civil engineering undergraduate curricula. Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 149(2), 04022010. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EI.2643-9115.0000076

Grajdura, S., Borjigin, S., & Niemeier, D. (2022). Fast-moving dire wildfire evacuation simulation. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 104, 103190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103190

Grajdura, S., Qian, X., & Niemeier, D. (2021). Awareness, departure, and preparation time in no-notice wildfire evacuations. Safety Science, 139, 105258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105258

Journal Articles Under Review

Bella, G., Tree, D., Brozen, M., Miller, M., Palm, M., Grajdura, S. Vehicle Abandonment in the 2025 Palisades Wildfire Evacuation: Identification and Characterization Using Connected Vehicle Data. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7234079

Li, X., Tang, M., Grajdura, S., Jin, Y., Wu, J., Jing, Q., Zhu, W., Wang, Z., Zhang, L., Niemeier, D. From West to Everywhere: Wildfire PM2.5 Reshapes US Air Quality Inequities

Kim, S., Brozen, M., Goddard, T., Grajdura, S., Palm, M. Applying the Transportation Security Index to a Post-Disaster Context: Predictors and Patterns Following the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires.

Kim, S., Grajdura, S., Brozen, M., Dennis-Bauer, S., Goddard, T., Miller, R., Lee, A., Palm, M. (2026). Transit Riders' Evacuation During the 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires. https://ssrn.com/abstract=6682623 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6682623

Grajdura, S., Palm, M., Yarbrough, C., He, Q., Chen, C., Rowangould, D., Goddard, T., Kim, K., & Wong, S. (2026). Transportation equity and natural hazard resilience: A scoping review. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/mxwtr_v1

Selected Reports, Policy Briefs, & Conference Papers

Grajdura, S., Quddoos, T., Mathern, A., & Banerji, S. (2026). Bridges in the line of wildfire: Infrastructure systems risk in the rural wildland–urban interface. ASCE Architectural Engineering Institute & ASCE Infrastructure Resilience Division (AEI IRD) Conference.

Palm, M., Grajdura, S., Dennis-Bauer, S., Kim, S., Brozen, M., Miller, R., Goddard, T., Lee, A., & Connaughton, S. (2025). Health and evacuation challenges for transit riders during the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires. Natural Hazards Center.

Kim, S., Brozen, M., Dennis-Bauer, S., Goddard, T., Grajdura, S., Lee, A., Miller, R., & Palm, M. (2025). Evacuation patterns, health risks, and mobility strategies among transit riders in the 2025 L.A. fires. UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Policy Brief.

Espeland, S., LanzDuret-Hernandez, J., Grajdura, S., & Rowangould, D. (2024). Evaluation of rural travel constraints and travel burdens in the U.S. and in rural zero-car households. National Center for Sustainable Transportation.

Barbour, E., Grajdura, S., Sun, R., Circella, G., Barajas, J., Jaller, M., D’Agostino, M., & Handy, S. (2023). Post-COVID transportation scenarios: Evaluating the impact of policies. California Air Resources Board.

Grajdura, S., & Beddoes, K. (2022). A systematic literature review of the research on gendered socialization in graduate engineering education. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.

Grajdura, S., & Beddoes, K. (2022). What early career civil engineers wish they had done differently: Lessons for students and faculty. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference.

Grajdura, S., & Niemeier, D. (2022). Improving our understanding of fire displacement effects. National Center for Sustainable Transportation.

Grajdura, S., Borjigin, S., & Niemeier, D. (2020). Agent-based wildfire evacuation with spatial simulation: A case study. Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on GeoSpatial Simulation (GeoSim 2020), 56–59.