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  Graduate School-Newark 2004-2006 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Urban Systems 977 (Joint Ph.D. Program with NJIT and UMDNJ)  

Urban Systems 977

Degree Program Offered: Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Doctoral Program: Karen A. Franck (973/596-3092; email: Karen.a.franck@njit.edu)

Coordinator of Urban Health Specialization: Jeffrey Backstrand (973/972-7453 or 3876; email: backstrjr@umdnj.edu)

Coordinator of Urban Environment Specialization: Peter C. Papademetriou (973/596-3078; email: papadem@njit.edu)

Coordinator of Urban Educational Policy Specialization: Alan Sadovnik (973/353-3532; email: sadovnik@andromeda.rutgers.edu)

Members of the Faculty

Professors:

Zeynep Celik, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Anthony Forrester, Ph.D., New York
Men's health; minority men's health; gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender violence; HIV/AIDS; acute/critical care nursing

Karen Franck, Ph.D., CUNY
Urban public space; alternative housing; design responsive to human needs and social change

Dennis E. Gale, Ph.D., George Washington
Urban planning and management; urban revitalization; politics and public policy; land use policy and growth management

Peter C. Papademetriou, M. Arch., Yale
Architectural history and criticism (focus: 1850-present); architectural design; urban design; urban history and cultural geography

Alan R. Sadovnik, Ph.D., New York
Sociology of education and qualitative research

Associate Professors:

Jeffrey R. Backstrand, Ph.D., Connecticut
Nutrition and public health; maternal-child health; sociocultural determinants of food intake, alcohol and child development; social epidemiology

Barbara Caldwell, Ph.D., Seton Hall
Mental health of urban families and children

Wanda Mohr, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)
Mental health

Arthur Powell, Ph.D., Rutgers
Mathematics education; ethnomathematics; urban education

Nancy Redeker, Ph.D., New York
Sleep in acute and chronic illness; self-management and adherence behavior; risk factors for trauma and trauma recidivism

Roberta Schorr, Ed.D., Rutgers
Mathematics education; urban education

Anthony Schuman, M.Arch., Columbia
Housing and urban development with an emphasis on the interplay of socio- economic forces and physical design; issues of pedagogy and organization in architectural education

Elizabeth Strom, Ph.D., CUNY
Urban politics and public policy; American government

Assistant Professors:

Gabrielle Esperdy, Ph.D., CUNY
Modern architecture and urbanism; contemporary cities and suburbs; intersections between consumer culture and the built environment (past and present)

Jamie Lew, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia
Race and ethnic relations; urban education and policy, immigration and international migration; comparative and international education


 
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