PhD in Urban and Regional Planning

 2022 (Dissertation title: ; Dissertation Committee: Ernest Sternberg [chair], Daniel Hess, Sharmistha Bachi-Sen; Current Position: Instructor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo)

Dissertation title: Hypocrisy in Housing: The Racist and Anti-Poor Undergirding of US Federal Housing Policy;

Dissertation title: Implementation of green stormwater management in cities: Cases from New Hampshire’s costal watershed

Jimin Choi, PhD is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access, which is housed within the School of Architecture and Planning at the University at Buffalo. Her research focuses on creating more inclusive environments, improving transportation accessibility, and enhancing mobility for transportation-disadvantaged populations. She is engaged in diverse research projects intended to advance equity and inclusion for underrepresented populations. She brings experience conducting experimental studies in the laboratory and field, conducting surveys and interviews with various stakeholders, analyzing data, and capturing various stakeholder perspectives. She has co-authored several papers and publications, including assessing user experiences with wheelchair securement systems and the implementation of innovative, on-demand transit services for individuals with disabilities. She earned her Bachelor in Architecture from Yonsei University and Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Seoul National University in Korea, and her PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from University at Buffalo. 

Herbert Wang, PhD '23 research uses urban big data to improve or better understand transportation planning. He is also particularly interested in how smart city is developed, the characteristics of, and whether inclusiveness is addressed when building a smart city.

Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah, associate professor of urban and regional planning, is a prolific scholar with interests in water governance and determinations of the appropriate institutional frameworks for dealing with water issues.

Assistant Professor
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
231 Hayes Hall
(716) 829-3520
kgregg@buffalo.edu

Professor Daniel Hess's research is addressing interactions between housing, transportation, land use, and other public concerns. He develops new pathways for understanding the complex socio-economic and ethnic landscape of cities and spatial inequalities. He also explores equal access to resources from urban neighborhoods, focusing especially on the changes in gay neighborhoods and the LGBTQ+ population diffuses to other metropolitan locations.

Jordana Maisel works at the intersection of research, teaching and practice as assistant professor of urban planning and research director for the Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center).

Kate Nelischer joined the School of Architecture and Planning in 2022 as assistant professor of urban planning, bringing research and teaching experience that will foster connections across real estate development and urban planning in the study of smart cities and planning and development governance.

Associate Professor JiYoung Park’s research interests are urban economics and transportation modeling as applied to natural and man-made environmental and security problems.

Samina Raja is an international expert in planning and policy for sustainable food systems and healthy communities. She is professor of urban planning, principal investigator of UB's Food Lab and associate dean for research and inclusive excellence.

Robert Silverman applies urban planning to the study of the non-profit sector, the role of community-based organizations in urban neighborhoods, education reform, shrinking cities, and inequality in inner city housing markets.

Professor Sternberg studies the relationship between planning theory and planning practice and has strong interests in the intellectual history of planning thought.

Professor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
htaylor@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 330A - (716) 829-5458

Associate Professor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
liyin@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 331 - (716) 829-5883

Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture
kickert@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 323 - 716-829-5330

Nicholas B. Rajkovich, assistant professor of architecture, investigates the intersection of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and adaptation to climate change. He directs UB's Resilient Buildings Lab.

Korydon Smith is professor and chair of architecture at UB and co-director of UB's Community for Global Health Equity. He works across disciplines to build design solutions for those who have been traditionally marginalized from decisions about the design of their built environment.

Associate Professor - Department of Architecture
hsteiner@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 215 - (716) 829-5888

Edward Steinfeld, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Architecture and director of the IDEA Center, has been a trailblazer in the field of inclusive design since the 1970s. He believes architecture should, first and foremost, benefit the people who use buildings, and make a positive contribution to the community.

Assistant Professor - Department of Architecture, Director Design with Resilient Environments Lab, Director MArch / MUP Program
stiphany@buffalo.edu - 335 Hayes Hall - (716) 829-5985

Professor - Department of Architecture
despina@buffalo.edu - (716) 829-5893