Founder of the Center for Urban Resilience (CURes), Strauss aims to create synergistic research and teaching opportunities within LMU as a resource to both government and neighborhoods throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Strauss is the Founding Editor of a web-based peer-reviewed journal, Cities and the Environment, which is funded in part by the USDA Forest Service and The LMU Library.
The founder of the Center for Urban Resilience (CURes), Strauss aims to create collaborative research and teaching opportunities at LMU that benefit both government agencies and neighborhoods throughout Los Angeles.  Strauss also serves as the Founding Editor of a web-based journal, Cities and the Environment, which is partially funded by the USDA Forest Service and The LMU Library.