Penn IUR Welcomes 2020 Affiliates

Penn IUR is pleased to welcome its newest Faculty Fellows, Scholars, Fellows, Emerging Scholars, and Affiliated PhD students. The latest members of these groups will join a dynamic network of urbanists who, through Penn IUR’s programming, have unique opportunities to collaborate on issues impacting today’s cities.

Penn IUR’s affiliated professionals are experts in the field of urbanism, and collaborate with us on research and related projects. They include Penn IUR Faculty Fellows, who are distinguished urban-focused scholars based at the University of Pennsylvania; Penn IUR Scholars, who are leading urban-focused academics at other institutions; Penn IUR Fellows, who are practitioners from across the United States and around the world; and Penn IUR Emerging Scholars, who are recent doctoral graduates making novel contributions to the world of practice.

Penn IUR Affiliated PhD students are doctoral students undertaking an urban-focused course of study at the University of Pennsylvania. By joining this network of committed scholars-in-training, these students will gain the opportunity to present and refine their research among a cohort of like-minded learners.

2020 Penn IUR Affiliates

Faculty Fellows

• Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History, School of Arts and Sciences
• Sonja Dümpelmann, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Weitzman School of Design
• Zhongjie Lin, Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
• Jennifer Pinto-Martin, Executive Director, Center for Public Health Initiatives
• Harvey Rubin, Professor, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine

Scholars

• Sai Balakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
• María Alicia Becdach, Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies, Universidad de las Américas, Quito, Ecuador
• Raj Chetty, William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics, Harvard University
• Reid Ewing, Distinguished Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah

Fellows

• John Paul Farmer, Chief Technology Officer, City of New York
• William Glasgall, Senior Vice President and Director, State and Local Initiatives, Volcker Alliance
• Richard Ravitch, Director, Volcker Alliance
• Anthony (Tony) Sorrentino, Assistant Vice President, Office of the Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania

Emerging Scholars

• Chandan Deuskar, Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn IUR
• Xiaoxia Dong, Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Zhenkun Gan, Assistant Professor, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Affiliated PhD Students

• Bing-yu Chiu, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
• Joshua Davidson, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
• Chrissy Quattro, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
• Charles Starks, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
• Boqian Xu, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
• Tali Ziv, Department of Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences