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
218F Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Water and environmental economics; urban water systems; flood risk management; adaptation to extreme events

Dominic J. Bednar

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. University of Michigan
(949) 824-0563
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

Scott A. Bollens

Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and International Cooperation
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; AICP
(949) 824-0563
226B Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Politically divided cities, ethnic/group disparities and urban planning, urban and intergovernmental growth policy

Martha S. Feldman

Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Management; Sociology; Political Science; Nursing Science; Johnson Chair for Civic Governance and Public Management
Ph.D. Stanford University
(949) 824-0563
232B Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Organization theory and behavior, stability and change in organizations, decision making and information processing, public management, qualitative research methods

David L. Feldman

Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Political Science; Director, Water UCI
Ph.D. University of Missouri
(949) 824-0563
226F Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Water resources management and policy, global climate change policy, ethics and environmental decisions, adaptive management and sustainable development

Ajay Garde

Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. University of Southern California
(949) 824-0563
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

Jessica Garrison

Assistant Professor of Teaching of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(949) 824-0563
232A Social Ecology I
Specializations: 
Environmental justice, climate adaptation, geographic information systems, spatial analysis

Douglas Houston

Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
(949) 824-0563
212E Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Transportation, air pollution, urban inequality, environmental equity, spatial analysis

Hun Kee Kim

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
(949) 824-0563
218G Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Urban social-spatial transformation, late-socialist, postsocialist and authoritarian regimes, globalization, infrastructure, real estate, development theory and practice, governance

Jae Hong Kim

Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(949) 824-0563
206E Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Regional economic development, land use, economic–physical development nexus, location choice, urban system modeling

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
206C Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Land-use and environmental law, public-private programs, community development, local government, political participation

Mukul Kumar

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
949-824-0563
218D Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Climate justice, energy and environment, political ecology, social movements, global urbanism

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
212C Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Environment, conflict and peacebuilding; transnational threat networks; international ethics

Michael Méndez

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
(949) 824-0563
226D Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Climate change, environmental justice, environmental studies, sustainability, urban planning

Walter Nicholls

Department Chair, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Sociology
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
(949) 824-4384
300G Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Urban sociology, politics and policy, social movements, immigration, comparative urbanism, theory, planning conflicts

Virginia Parks

Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
(949) 824-0563
218G Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Urban inequality, urban labor markets, labor, community organizing and development, racial inequality, immigration

Seth Pipkin

Vice Chair, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(949) 824-0563
218E Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Economic development, Latin America, U.S.-Mexico border, political economy, economic sociology, group learning, labor

María G. Rendón

Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Sociology; Director, Ph.D. Program
Ph.D. Harvard University
(949) 824-0563
212B Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Urban inequality, immigration, race/ethnicity, youth violence, sociology of education and social policy

L. Alejandra Reyes R.C.

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
(949) 824-0563
232C Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Housing policy, urban governance, civic engagement, Mexican urban development, financialization

Avipsa Roy

Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Ph.D. Arizona State University
949-824-0563
226E Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Active transportation, human mobility, spatial data science, built environment, urban planning

Nícola Ulibarrí

Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy; Director, MPP Program
Ph.D. Stanford University
(949) 824-0563
206B Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Environmental planning and policy, water resources management, collaborative governance

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
203 Social Ecology 1
Specializations: 
Affordable housing, community development, government policy, nonprofit management, and social and environmental justice