Faculty

Environment

Clinton J. Andrews, Ph.D.

Clinton J. Andrews, Ph.D.

Clinton J. Andrews is a Distinguished Professor, center director, and the associate dean for research at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. He was educated at Brown and MIT in engineering and planning, and he worked...

Juan Ayala, MArch

Juan Ayala, MArch

Juan Ayala teaches urban design skills and the application of visual communication to the urban planning and design process.  His skills in developing design solutions originate from an understanding of the traditions in hand drawing, modeling, photography, and image...

Bob Gordon, M.P.P., M.B.A.

Bob Gordon, M.P.P., M.B.A.

Bob is a former New Jersey state senator, utility commissioner, transportation policy maker and corporate management consultant whose diverse skills make him particularly adept at addressing issues at the intersection of business and government.  Across a multi-decade...

Robert B. Noland, Ph.D.

Robert B. Noland, Ph.D.

Robert B. Noland is Associate Dean of Faculty and Distinguished Professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. He also serves as the Director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center. He received his PhD at the University of...

Mark Paul, Ph.D.

Mark Paul, Ph.D.

Mark Paul, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School as an assistant professor in September 2022. He is also a member of the Rutgers Climate Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research interests include understanding the...

Kelcie Ralph, Ph.D.

Kelcie Ralph, Ph.D.

Kelcie Ralph joined the Bloustein School from UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, where she studied the travel behavior of special populations. She earned her Ph.D. from UCLA, where her dissertation project evaluated the causes and consequences of the decline in...

Andrea Restrepo-Mieth, Ph.D.

Andrea Restrepo-Mieth, Ph.D.

Andrea Restrepo-Mieth, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School as an assistant professor in September 2022. She was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania, where she worked on urban planning institutions and local climate change...

Stuart Shapiro, Ph.D.

Stuart Shapiro, Ph.D.

Stuart Shapiro was named Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, in April 2023. He joined Rutgers University in 2003. Prior to that, he received a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University – Kennedy School of Government and worked at the...

Wenwen Zhang, Ph.D.

Wenwen Zhang, Ph.D.

Wenwen Zhang, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School in August 2020. She received her Ph.D. from Georgia Tech’s School of City and Regional Planning in 2017. She also earned Masters in City and Regional Planning, Civil Engineering, and Computational Science &...