Hooshang Amirahmadi holds a Ph.D. in planning and international development from Cornell University. Acclaimed for his contributions to improving United States-Iran relations through promoting world peace and humanistic studies, he is the founder of the Center for...
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 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...
Bernadette Baird-Zars, Ph.D., joined the Bloustein School in January 2023. Prior to Rutgers, she was a post-doctoral scholar in inclusive urbanism and governance focused on flooding adaptation and post-disaster recovery at Columbia University. Her work examines...
James DeFilippis' research focuses on the politics and economics of cities and communities. He is particularly interested in the processes of social change, and questions of power and justice in cities. His work strives to makes connections; linking disciplines and...
Barbara Faga joins the Bloustein School following a 30-year career as an author, professor and professional urban planner, having worked with communities to enhance the public’s perception of landscape architecture and urban design. Barbara joined AECOM (then EDAW) in...
Carmelo Ignaccolo, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School in 2024/2025 as an Assistant Professor, specializing in urban design, technology, heritage, and climate resilience. He received his Ph.D. in Urban Planning from MIT DUSP, where he was also affiliated with the Civic...
Radha Jagannathan is a Professor of Statistics in the Urban Planning & Policy Development Program at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Professor Jagannathan received a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and...
David Listokin is a Professor at the Center for Urban Policy Research of Rutgers University. He is a leading authority on public finance, development impact analysis, and historic preservation. Dr. Listokin has recently been analyzing strategies to quantify the...
Kathe Newmanis a Professor in the Urban Planning and Policy Development Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and Director of the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement. Dr. Newman holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the...
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...
Will Payne, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School in September 2020. He received his PhD in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley. In his research, Will uses quantitative and qualitative methods to study the relationship between geospatial technologies and...
Co-Academic Director, Collaborative Center for Community-Based Research and Service Academic Director, Rutgers Civic Leadership Institute, Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders Faculty Director, South Africa Study Abroad, Honors College & School...
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. 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...
Hal Salzman is Professor of Planning and Public Policy at the Edward J. Bloustein School and Senior Faculty Fellow at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development. His research focuses on science and engineering labor markets, workplace restructuring, skill...
Eric Seymour, Ph.D. joined the Bloustein School in July 2019. He was most recently a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University’s Population Studies and Training Center, where he worked on the spatial demography of urban population loss. Prior to that, he...
Mi Shih joined the faculty of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in 2014. Prior to this appointment, she served as an assistant professor in the Human Geography and Planning Program at the University of Alberta, Canada. Between 2011 and 2013,...
Dr. Michael Smart is an associate professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. His research interests include the influence of social and spatial phenomena on individuals’ transportation decisions, with a particular interest in...
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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 &...