Faculty and Lecturer Profiles
Full-time Faculty
Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Program Director
Expertise: Urban Planning; Public Policy; Sustainable Cities; Mixed Methods Research; GIS
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
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
Expertise: Urban change and placemaking with experience in writing, visioning, facilitation, program development, strategic partnerships, and institutional philanthropy
John Bolduc, MA
Expertise: Climate Change Planning, Building Energy, Vulnerability Assessment, Resilience, Sustainability
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
Brian Creamer, MCP, AICP, SITES AP
Expertise: Urban Design, Low Impact Development, Sustainable Development, Urban Planning
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, AICP
Expertise: Sustainable Development, Urban Planning, Energy and Natural Resource Conservation
Andrew Grace, MCP
Expertise: Urban Design, Real Estate, Planning, Economic Development in both the public and private sector
Doug Johnson, MCP, AICP
Expertise: Transportation Planning (transit and active transportation), Community Engagement
Haegi Kwon, PhD
Expertise: Urban affairs, economic and community development, immigration and race in the US, Asian American politics, nonprofit advocacy
Kwabena Kyei-Aboagye, MCP, JD
Expertise: Environmental Law and Urban Environmental Issues; Environmental Justice; Environmental Issues in Ghana
James C. O’Connell, PhD, FAICP
Expertise: Urban History; Metropolitan Boston Planning and Development; Urban and Regional Planning; Heritage Planning
Terrance J. Regan, MPA
Expertise: Transportation Policy; Finance; Intelligent Transportation Systems
Sarah Stanton, MPA
Expertise: Public Finance, Public Administration
Felix I. Zemel, MCP, MPH, DrPH, DAAS, FLPHI-MA
Expertise: Building Codes, Built Environment, Affordable Housing, Public & Environmental Health, Innovative Public Policy