Faculty and Lecturer Profiles
Full-time Faculty
![Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz](/cityplanning/files/2016/01/FacultyBio_Sungu-Eryilmaz-150x150.jpg)
Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Program Director
Expertise: Urban Planning; Public Policy; Sustainable Cities; Mixed Methods Research; GIS
![Luis Santiago, PhD](/cityplanning/files/2023/09/hs-LSantiago-150.jpg)
Luis Santiago, PhD
Associate Professor of the Practice
Expertise: Green Infrastructure, Coastal Resilience. Community-Based Sustainable Development
Affiliate Faculty
Loretta Lees, PhD, FAcSS, MAE, FHEA, FRSA
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Professor
Director, Boston University Initiative on Cities
Expertise: Gentrification, Urban Regeneration, Global Urbanism, Urban Policy, Urban Public Space, Architecture and Urban Social Theory
Adjunct Faculty
![Philip Barash, MA](/cityplanning/files/2023/02/images-150x150.jpg)
Philip Barash, MA
Expertise: Urban change and placemaking with experience in writing, visioning, facilitation, program development, strategic partnerships, and institutional philanthropy
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John Bolduc, MA
Expertise: Climate Change Planning, Building Energy, Vulnerability Assessment, Resilience, Sustainability
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Walter F. Carroll, PhD
Expertise: Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity; Urban Political Economy; Guns and Urban Violence; Social Network Analysis; Japanese Cities; Urban Problems and Policy
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Brian Creamer, MCP, AICP, SITES AP
Expertise: Urban Design, Low Impact Development, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning
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Ozlem Edizel-Tasci, PhD
Expertise: Sustainable development, climate change policy, water management, urban sustainability (water, waste), community engaged research, cultural mapping, P-GIS, cultural heritage, urban regeneration, urban governance, mega-events
![Kurt Gaertner, MS](/cityplanning/files/2016/09/gartner-1-148x150.jpg)
Kurt Gaertner, MS, AICP
Expertise: Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, Energy and Natural Resource Conservation
![Andrew Grace, MCP](/cityplanning/files/2022/09/Grace-photo-150x150.jpg)
Andrew Grace, MCP
Expertise: Urban Design, Real Estate, Planning, Economic Development in both the public and private sector
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Doug Johnson, MCP, AICP
Expertise: Transportation Planning (transit and active transportation), Community Engagement
![Haegi Kwon, PhD](/cityplanning/files/2019/08/haegi_kwon_picture_BU2-150x150.jpg)
Haegi Kwon, PhD
Expertise: Urban affairs, economic and community development, immigration and race in the US, Asian American politics, nonprofit advocacy
![Kwabena Kyei-Aboagye, JD](/cityplanning/files/2016/02/Kwabena-150x150.jpg)
Kwabena Kyei-Aboagye, MCP, JD
Expertise: Environmental Law and Urban Environmental Issues; Environmental Justice; Environmental Issues in Ghana
![James C. O’Connell, JD](/cityplanning/files/2016/01/FacultyBio_OConnell.jpg)
James C. O’Connell, PhD, FAICP
Expertise: Urban History; Metropolitan Boston Planning and Development; Urban and Regional Planning; Heritage Planning
![Terrance J. Regan, MPA](/cityplanning/files/2016/01/FacultyBio_Regan-150x150.jpg)
Terrance J. Regan, MPA
Expertise: Transportation Policy; Finance; Intelligent Transportation Systems
Sarah Stanton, MPA
Expertise: Public Finance, Public Administration
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Felix I. Zemel, MCP, MPH, DrPH, DAAS, FLPHI-MA
Expertise: Building Codes, Built Environment, Affordable Housing, Public & Environmental Health, Innovative Public Policy