Urban Planning and Public Policy Faculty

Maura Allaire Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (949) 824-0563 mallaire@uci.edu 218F Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Water and environmental economics; urban water systems; flood risk management; adaptation to extreme events Faculty website: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/allaire/
Dominic J. Bednar Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of Michigan (949) 824-0563 dbednar@uci.edu 206D Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Energy and environmental justice; just transition; energy efficiency; public policy and program analysis; spatial analysis; race/ethnicity; community organizing and development; mobility
David L. Feldman Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Political Science; Director, Water UCI Ph.D. University of Missouri (949) 824-0563 feldmand@uci.edu 226F Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Water resources management and policy, global climate change policy, ethics and environmental decisions, adaptive management and sustainable development Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/feldman
Ajay Garde Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of Southern California (949) 824-0563 ajay.garde@uci.edu 212D Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Urban design, sustainable design and development, urban built form, spatial and social inequality, affordable housing, public participation and urban design, land use regulations, non-behavioral issues in urban design Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/agarde
Jessica Garrison Assistant Professor of Teaching of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (949) 824-0563 jdgarris@uci.edu 232A Social Ecology I Specializations: Environmental justice, climate adaptation, geographic information systems, spatial analysis Faculty website: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/jessicagarrison/
Douglas Houston Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles (949) 824-0563 houston@uci.edu 212E Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Transportation, air pollution, urban inequality, environmental equity, spatial analysis Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/houston
Hun Kee Kim Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (949) 824-0563 hunkim@uci.edu 218G Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Urban social-spatial transformation, late-socialist, postsocialist and authoritarian regimes, globalization, infrastructure, real estate, development theory and practice, governance Faculty website: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/hunkim/
Jae Hong Kim Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (949) 824-0563 jaehk6@uci.edu 206E Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Regional economic development, land use, economic–physical development nexus, location choice, urban system modeling Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/jaehongkim
Nicholas J. Marantz Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; School of Law; Director, MURP Program Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; J.D. Harvard Law School (949) 824-0563 nmarantz@uci.edu 206C Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Land-use and environmental law, public-private programs, community development, local government, political participation Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/marantz
Mukul Kumar Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 949-824-0563 mukulk@uci.edu 218D Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Climate justice, energy and environment, political ecology, social movements, global urbanism Faculty website: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/mukulk/
Richard Matthew Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Political Science; Director, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs and Blum Center for Global Engagement Ph.D. Princeton University (949) 824-9670 rmatthew@uci.edu 212C Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Environment, conflict and peacebuilding; transnational threat networks; international ethics Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/rmatthew
Michael Méndez Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (949) 824-0563 mamende6@uci.edu 226D Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Climate change, environmental justice, environmental studies, sustainability, urban planning Faculty website: http://www.michaelanthonymendez.com/
Walter Nicholls Department Chair, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Sociology Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles (949) 824-4384 wnicholl@uci.edu 300G Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Urban sociology, politics and policy, social movements, immigration, comparative urbanism, theory, planning conflicts Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/nicholls
Virginia Parks Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles (949) 824-0563 vparks@uci.edu 218G Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Urban inequality, urban labor markets, labor, community organizing and development, racial inequality, immigration Faculty website: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/virginiaparks/
Seth Pipkin Vice Chair, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (949) 824-0563 spipkin@uci.edu 218E Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Economic development, Latin America, U.S.-Mexico border, political economy, economic sociology, group learning, labor Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/spipkin
María G. Rendón Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Sociology; Director, Ph.D. Program Ph.D. Harvard University (949) 824-0563 mgrendon@uci.edu 212B Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Urban inequality, immigration, race/ethnicity, youth violence, sociology of education and social policy Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/rendon
L. Alejandra Reyes R.C. Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin (949) 824-0563 lreyesru@uci.edu 232C Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Housing policy, urban governance, civic engagement, Mexican urban development, financialization Faculty website: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/laurareyes/
Avipsa Roy Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy Ph.D. Arizona State University 949-824-0563 avipsar@uci.edu 226E Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Active transportation, human mobility, spatial data science, built environment, urban planning Faculty website: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/avipsaroy/
Nícola Ulibarrí Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Director, MPP Program Ph.D. Stanford University (949) 824-0563 ulibarri@uci.edu 206B Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Environmental planning and policy, water resources management, collaborative governance Faculty website: http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/ulibarri
Karna Wong Assistant Professor of Teaching of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Asian American Studies Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles; AICP (949) 824-0563 karna.wong@uci.edu 203 Social Ecology 1 Specializations: Affordable housing, community development, government policy, nonprofit management, and social and environmental justice Faculty website: https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/karnawong/

Urban Planning and Public Policy Faculty

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