Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Robert Lake, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy (EJBSPPP), 33 Livingston Avenue (732-932-5475, ext. 521)

Website: http://www.policy.rutgers.edu

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

Robert W. Burchell, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Codirector, Center for Urban Policy Research; Ph.D., Rutgers
Empirical analysis in housing; land use; municipal finance

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

Gabriella Carolini, Assistant Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Columbia
International urban development; affordable housing and informal settlements; public sector accounting and fiscal policy; international financial architecture

Daniel G. Chatman, Assistant Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Director, Alan M. Voorhees Transporation Center;  Ph.D., Harvard
Land use, transportation planning, regional governance

Caron Chess, Professor of Human Ecology; Director, Center for Environmental Communication, SEBS; Ph.D., New York
Public participation and deliberation; communication concerning environmental issues

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

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

Stephanie Curenton, Assistant Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Virginia
Education policy; early childhood education and intervention; workforce development for early childhood teachers; language and social indicators of school readiness

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

Frank Fischer, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, FAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Science, technology, and environmental policy

Norman J. Glickman, University Professor, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Urban and regional economics and policy

Michael R. Greenberg, Associate Dean and 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, Assistant Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Columbia
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 Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Rutgers
Housing; demographic and economic analyses

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

Robert W. Lake, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Chicago
Urban spatial structure; locational conflict; race and housing

David Listokin, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Codirector, Center for Urban Policy Research; Ph.D., Rutgers
Housing; land use; finance

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

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

Kathe Newman, Assistant 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

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

John R. Pucher, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Urban transportation; urban and public-sector economics

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

Alan Rosenthal, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP;  Ph.D., Harvard
State legislatures; state politics

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

Thomas Rudel, 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

Joseph J. Seneca, University Professor, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Environmental policy and regulation; state and local economic development and finance

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

Peter Simmons, Professor of Law, SL-N; LL.B., California (Berkeley)
Land use; housing; municipal law

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

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

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

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

Cliff Zukin, Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Ohio State
Mass media and American politics; public opinion and voting behavior; survey research

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

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

Stephen P. Finn, Associate Research Professor EJBSPPP; Director, Community Development Institute; M.S.W., Rutgers
Community development; community organizing; university-community partnerships

Paul Gottleib, 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 Artchitecture, SEBS; Dokt. Ing., Technische Universität München (Germany)
Brownfields; suburban landscapes; design theory

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

Andrew Pleasant, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology, SEBS; Ph.D., Cornell
Health, environment, and science literacy and communication; social change

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

Mark Robson, Professor of Entomology and Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, SEBS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Public health; agrochemical toxicology

Rachel Shwom, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology, SEBS; Ph.D., Michigan State
Environmental sociology; organizational sociology; global climate change