Faculty

Urban Design

Clinton J. Andrews, Ph.D.

Clinton J. Andrews, Ph.D.

Clinton J. Andrews is a 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 previously in the...

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...

Alan Cander, Ph.D.

Alan Cander, Ph.D.

Dr. Cander has taught at both the graduate and undergraduate level at the Bloustein School.  He has taught the required Survey of Planning Law Principles course for MCRP students and the required Public Policy Formation course for MPP students.  At the undergraduate...

Barbara Faga, Ph.D.

Barbara Faga, Ph.D.

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...

Fereydoun Nikpour, PhD

Fereydoun Nikpour, PhD

Fereydoun Nikpour holds a Ph.D. in Planning and Public Policy from Rutgers University and is a Professor of Teaching at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He holds a M.A. in Urban Development from The National University of Iran (NUI), and M.C.R.P. (Master...

Jim Samuel, Ph.D.

Jim Samuel, Ph.D.

Dr. Jim Samuel is an Associate Professor of Practice and Executive Director of the Informatics Program at Bloustein. He is an information and artificial intelligence (AI) scientist, with significant industry experience in finance, technology, entrepreneurship and data...