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
