Urban Planning

Fellow Sheela Patel
Founder and Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 3
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Scholar Arthur C. Nelson
Professor of Urban Planning and Real Estate Development, University of Arizona
Urban Development State & Local Finance
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Scholar Dowell Myers
Professor, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California Director, Population Dynamics Research Group
Urban Development Housing
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Scholar Paul A. Jargowsky
Professor of Public Policy, Rutgers University-Camden Director, Center for Urban Research and Education
Urban Development
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Scholar Timothy Beatley
Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
Urban Development
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Scholar Elijah Anderson
Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies, Yale University
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Fellow Richard Voith
Principal and Board Chairman, Econsult Solutions, Inc
Urban Development State & Local Finance
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Faculty Fellow Marilyn Jordan Taylor
Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design, Weitzman School of Design
Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Nancy Steinhardt
Professor of East Asian Art, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, School of Arts and Sciences Curator of Chinese Art, The Penn Museum
Urban Development
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Scholar Harris M. Steinberg
Executive Director, Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, Drexel University
Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Christopher Marcinkoski
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, University of Pennsylvania, Weitzman School of Design
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Faculty Fellow John MacDonald
Professor of Criminology and Sociology, Criminology, School of Arts and Sciences Director, Master of Science in Criminology
Urban Development Housing
Faculty Fellow John Landis
Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning, City & Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Gilles Duranton
Dean's Chair in Real Estate Professor, Real Estate, The Wharton School
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 3
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Faculty Fellow Camille Zubrinsky Charles
Professor of Sociology, Africana Studies, and Education, School of Arts and Sciences
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
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Staff Eugénie L. Birch
Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education Chair of the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research
Urban Development
Faculty Fellow Jonathan Barnett
Professor Emeritus of Practice, City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
Urban Development
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Scholar Amy Lynch
Associate Professor, Business and Public Management, West Chester University
Urban Development Housing
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Scholar Kirsten Kinzer
Associate Professor and Chair, Architecture and Urban Sustainability, University of the District of Columbia
Urban Development
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Fellow Mengke Chen
Director, Tencent
Urban Development

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