Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Robert B. Noland, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (EJBSPPP), 33 Livingston Avenue (848-932-2859)

Website: http://bloustein.rutgers.edu/graduate/doctoral-studies

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Hooshang Amirahmadi, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Cornell
Third-world development (regional/national); global economic restructuring

Clinton J. Andrews, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Energy and environmental planning; regulatory reform; planning methods

Joel Cantor, Distinguished Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Director, Institute for Health; Sc.D., Johns Hopkins
Health care financing and delivery; health care policy

Henry A. Coleman, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Princeton 
Public policy; state and local finances

Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Social policy; American politics

James DeFilippis, Associate Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Rutgers
Community development; housing

Frank Felder, Associate Research Professor; Director, Center for Energy, Economic, and Environmental Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Energy policy; restructured electric power systems

Michael R. Greenberg, Associate Dean and Distinguished Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Columbia
Environmental planning; public health

William K. Hallman, Professor of Human Ecology, SEBS; Ph.D., South Carolina
Risk perception; risk communication; consumer attitudes and behavior; food policy

Andrea Hetling, Associate Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Maryland
Social policy; domestic violence; welfare 

Briavel Holcomb, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Colorado
Environment and behavior; urban revitalization

James W. Hughes, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Rutgers
Housing; demographic and economic analyses

Radha Jagannathan, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Princeton
Statistics and methods; public welfare

Naa Oyo Kwate, Associate Professor of Human Ecology and Africana Studies, SEBS; Ph.D., St. John's
Urban inequality; African-American health

Michael Lahr, Research Professor, Center for Urban Policy Research; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Economic development; regional economics; public finance

Robert W. Lake, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Chicago
Urban and community development; urban policy and politics; planning and social theory

Beth Leech, Professor of Political Science, SAS; Ph.D., Texas A&M
American political institutions; public policy

David Listokin, Distinguished Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Rutgers
Housing; land use; finance

Jane Miller, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Maternal and infant health; demography

Anton Nelessen, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; M.S., Harvard
Urban design; site and master planning; media presentations

Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Associate Professor of Social Work, SSW; Ph.D., Columbia
Child and family health policies; poverty and inequality

Kathe Newman, Associate Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., CUNY
Urban politics; urban revitalization; community development

Robert B. Noland, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Impacts of transport planning and policy on environmental outcomes; impact of induced travel on vehicle emissions; behavioral responses to new transport capacity

Karen M. O'Neill, Associate Professor of Human Ecology, SEBS/SAS; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Land-use conflicts; social classes; the state

Cymie R. Payne, Associate Professor of Human Ecology, SEBS; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
International environmental law; liability; impact assessment; global climate change

Frank Popper, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Harvard
Urban politics; urban revitalization; community development

Edward Ramsamy, Associate Professor of Africana Studies, SAS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Social theory and urban planning; international development

Mark Robson, Professor of Entomology, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Public health; agrochemical toxicology

William M. Rodgers III, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Harvard
Labor economics; economics of social problems

Julia Sass Rubin, Associate Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Harvard
Community economic development; developmental finance; nonprofit and hybrid organizational forms 

Thomas Rudel, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, SEBS; Ph.D., Yale
Development; environment; human ecology

Hal Salzman, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Brandeis
Workforce development and labor markets; effects of technological change; science and engineering workforce policy

Dona Schneider, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Rutgers
Morbidity and mortality patterns for children and high-risk groups

Ethan Schoolman, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan
Environmental, political, and cultural sociology; inequalities in access to healthy food

Stuart Shapiro, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Harvard
Public administration; public policy; regulatory processes; quantitative methods

Mi Shih, Assistant Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Rutgers
International urbanization; land development and property rights; city redevelopment; social protests and citizenship in China

Michael Smart, Assistant Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Social networks and neighborhood activity patterns; urban modeling and simulation; GIS

Meredeth Turshen, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Sussex (UK)
Political economy of health; third-world social policy

Carl Van Horn, Distinguished Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Ohio State
American political institutions; public policy

Marc Weiner, Associate Research Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Rutgers
Survey research; public opinion; demography; politics; qualitative research methods

Lyna Wiggins, Associate Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
GIS; computer applications in planning

Nancy Wolff, Distinguished Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Iowa State
Health economics; public finance

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Barbara Faga, Professor of Practice in Urban Design, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Participatory planning; planning practice and theory; urban design; zoning

Paul Gottlieb, Associate Professor of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, SEBS; Ph.D., Princeton
Farmland fragmentation; causes and effects of zoning; rural and high-tech economic development 

Wolfram Hoefer, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, SEBS; Dokt. Ing., Technische Universität München (Germany)
Brownfields; suburban landscapes; design theory

Robert E. Kopp, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, SAS; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Past states of Earth systems and transitions; integrated assessments: energy, climate, and policy

Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty

Stuart Meck, Associate Research Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; M.C.P., Ohio State
Land use law; planning and zoning administration; comprehensive planning