She received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and her Ph.D. in social science from the University of California, Irvine. Before joining USC in 1988, Dr. Giuliano served as Assistant Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Her research interests include transportation policy evaluation, land use and transportation relationships, and travel behavior. She is coeditor of the international journal Urban Studies, a member of the Editorial Board of Transportation Research, and a research fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.