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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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