Amy E. Abruzzi, Assistant Teaching Professor; B.A., M.L.S., Rutgers; M.A., M.A., New York; Ph.D., M.P.H., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health
Teaching and research interests include the prevention of chronic illness and comorbidities; the geography of health, especially urban/rural issues in the United States as well as globally; and environmental and occupational contributions to disease disparities.

Hooshang Amirahmadi, Professor; B.S., Azarabadegan (Iran); M.S., Dallas; Ph.D., Cornell
Teaching and research interests include national economic development policies and planning; globalization and international relations; foreign investment and trade; regional economic development; and industrial and technology policy.

Clinton J. Andrews, Professor and Associate Dean for Planning and New Initiatives; Director, Rutgers Center for Green Building; B.S., Brown; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching and research interests include the use of technical knowledge in environmental decision making; environmental management; energy policy; and social science aspects of industrial ecology.  

Juan Ayala, Assistant Professor of Practice; B.S., Rutgers; M.Arch., NJIT
Teaching and research interests include urban design; community participation and visioning; expansion of the semipublic realm; 3-D visualization and image sequencing; critical thinking, decision making and design; and parametric design development in planning.

Marci Berger, Instructor; B.A., Cornell University; MA in Political Science, Rutgers University/Eagleton Institute; MPH, UMDNJ/RWJ Medical School; PhD, Rutgers University/Bloustein School
Teaching and research interests include health policy; public policy; reproductive rights; and poverty in the United States.

Debra Borie-Holtz, Assistant Teaching Professor; B.A., M.P.A.P., Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include policy formation and implementation; legislative leadership and governing; federal and state regulatory process; women in government; and survey research design, delivery, and data analysis.

Robert W. Burchell, Distinguished Professor; Codirector, Center for Urban Policy Research; B.S.M.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; M.C.R.P., Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include sprawl and smart growth; housing and land-use; development and regulation; fiscal impact analysis; and development impact analysis.

Alan Cander, Assistant Teaching Professor; B.A., Lehigh; J.D., Boston College School of Law; M.C.P., Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include urban redevelopment; how public and private entities in declining cities collaborate to revalorize contested urban space; and factors affecting the political economy of land assembly.

Joel Cantor, Distinguished Professor; Director, Center for State Health Policy; B.A., Wisconsin; Sc.D., Johns Hopkins
Teaching and research interests include health care financing and delivery; health care policy; and access to health services by low-income populations.

Raphael J. Caprio, University Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program; Director, Bloustein Local Government Research Center; B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Cincinnati; Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include government management; state and local tax policy; interest arbitration and public sector labor issues; and regional economic development.

Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Professor; B.A., Cornell; M.P.P., Georgetown; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching and research interests include American social policy; family policy; and women and politics.

Stephanie Curenton, Associate Professor; B.A., Wittenberg; M.A., Ph.D., Virginia
Teaching and research interests include education policy; early childhood education and intervention; workforce development for early childhood teachers; and language and social indicators of school readiness. 

Thomas P. Davis, Instructor; B.A., Villanova; M.C.R.P., Rutgers; M.P.A.P.A., Columbia
Teaching and research interests include housing finance, statistical analysis, project management, grant writing, budget preparation, program development, and strategic planning.

James DeFilippis, Associate Professor; B.A., Vermont; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include urban political economy and political philosophy;  community development theory and practice; unregulated work and the informal economy; and immigration.

Barbara Faga, Professor of Practice in Urban Design; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Teaching and research interests include participatory planning, landscape architecture, and urban design.

Frank A. Felder, Associate Research Professor and Director, Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy; B.A., B.S., Columbia; S.M., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Teaching and research interests include energy policy and restructured electric power systems.

Anita Franzione, Assistant Teaching Professor; B.A., M.P.A., New York; Dr.P.H., Columbia
Teaching and research interests include U.S. health care systems; long-term care; and quality improvement in patient care in various settings.

Michael Greenberg, Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean of the Faculty; Director, Environmental Analysis and Communications Group; B.A., Hunter; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia
Teaching and research interests include risk analysis; environmental health; nuclear waste management; and senior citizen environmental risks.

Andrea Hetling, Assistant Professor; B.A., Master of International Affairs, Columbia; Ph.D., Maryland
Teaching and research interests include poverty and family welfare; welfare policy; social policy implementation; and intimate partner violence.

Ann Marie Hill, Assistant Professor of Practice and Undergraduate Internship Coordinator; B.S., California State; M.B.A., Monmouth
Teaching and research interests include health disparities; research diffusion; and community-based participatory research.

T. Patrick Hill, Assistant Teaching Professor; B.A., M.A., Cambridge; M.A., California (Los Angeles); Ph.D., Chicago
Teaching and research interests include ethics and science/technology; clinical research; and neonatology.

Briavel Holcomb, Professor; B.Sc., Nottingham (UK); Dip.Ed., Oxford; M.A., Ph.D., Colorado
Teaching and research interests include tourism; urban geography; societal impacts of the world wide web; and gender.

James W. Hughes, Distinguished Professor and Dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy; Director, Rutgers Regional Report; B.S., M.C.R.P., Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include demographics; housing and real estate markets;  analysis of regional and state economies; and development patterns and transportation.

Radha Jagannathan, Professor; B.A., School of Economics, Delhi (India); M.A., Rutgers; Ph.D., Princeton
Teaching and research interests include school-to-work transition; social capital and community development; culture and human capital development; international comparative studies on youth; poverty, public welfare, and child welfare; and evaluation of social programs. 

Michael L. Lahr, Research Professor, Center for Urban Policy Research; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Teaching and research interests include economic development; interindustry economics; urban and regional economics and geography; public finance; and labor markets.

Robert W. Lake, Professor; B.A., Antioch; M.A., Ph.D., Chicago
Teaching and research interests include community-based planning; planning and social theory; locational conflict and social movements; environmental politics; and urban and political geography.

Paul J. Larrousse, Director, National Transit Institute; B.A., St. Anselm College; M.S., Polytechnic
Teaching interests include public transportation planning, management, and policy.

David Listokin, Distinguished Professor and Codirector, Center for Urban Policy Research; B.A., CUNY (Brooklyn College); M.C.R.P., Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include housing and land development; development impact assessment; and historic preservation.

Alexandra Lopez, Assistant Teaching Professor; B.A., Rutgers; M.A., Kean
Teaching and research interests include clinical supervision in addictions counseling and cultural competency; and clinical service provision within the Latino community.

Nancy H. Mantell, Research Associate and Director, Rutgers Economic Advisory Service; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Research interests include state and local economic and tax forecasting and analysis.

Stuart Meck, Associate Research Professor; B.A., M.A., Ohio State; M.B.A., Wright State
Teaching and research interests include land-use law; planning statute reform; state growth management; affordable housing; planning and zoning administration; impact analysis; public administration and finance; and comprehensive planning.

Jane Miller, Professor; B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Teaching and research interests include statistical literacy; quantitative communication; poverty and child health; and access to health care.

Dawne Mouzon, Assistant Professor; B.A., Rutgers; M.P.H., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include physical and mental health disparities; medical sociology; family demography; health policy; and race, class, and gender.

Anton E. Nelessen, Professor; B.Arch., Minnesota; M.Arch., Harvard
Teaching and research interests include design sustainability; community participatory visioning and planning; and the use of in-field research and media for planning.

Kathe Newman, Associate Professor; Director, Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Enagagement; B.A., Manhattan College; Ph.D., CUNY
Teaching and research interests include the urban change, revitalization, and community development; community food planning; housing policy and finance; and economic development.

Fereydoun Nikpour, Assistant Teaching Professor; B.A., M.A., National University of Iran (NUI); M.C.R.P., Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include statistical research methods; national spatial development planning; development of metropolitan areas in developing countries; and methods of regional analysis.

Robert B. Noland, Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program; Director, Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center; B.A., California; M.Sc., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Teaching and research interests include the impacts of transport planning and policy on environmental outcomes; microsimulation of pedestrian-vehicle interactions; nonmotorized transportation; and safety analysis.

Frank J. Popper, Professor; B.A., Haverford College; M.P.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Teaching and research interests include land use, regional, and natural resource planning; environmental history; the Great Plains, American West, and American South; and planning for population decline.

Kelcie Ralph, Assistant Professor; B.S., Alaska (Anchorage); M.E.P., Cambridge; M.C.D.S.S., London School of Economics; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Teaching and research interests include travel behaviors of special populations and causes and consequences of the decline in driving among young adults.

William M. Rodgers III, Professor; B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., California (Santa Barbara); M.A., Ph.D., Harvard
Teaching and research interests include causes and consequences of economic and social inequality; skills gaps and skills shortages; the impact of macroeconomic policy on labor market outcomes; the federal minimum wage; and food security.

Julia Sass Rubin, Associate Professor; A.B., Harvard (Radcliffe); M.B.A., A.M., Ph.D., Harvard
Teaching and research interests include community economic development; development finance; nonprofit and hybrid organizational forms; social enterprise; K-12 education policy; and nonprofit and grassroots advocacy.

Stuart Shapiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Public Policy; B.S., Case Western Reserve; M.P.P., Ph.D., Harvard
Teaching and research interests include the regulatory process; cost-benefit analysis;  federal bureaucracy; regulatory reform; and policy analysis. 

Mi Shih, Assistant Professor; B.S., M.S., National Taiwan; Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include international urbanization; land development and property rights; city redevelopment; and social protests and citizenship in China.

Michael Smart, Assistant Professor; B.A., Yale; M.C.R.P., Pennsylvania; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Teaching and research interest include transportation; immigrant neighborhoods; LGBT neighborhoods; urban modeling; and GIS.