University of Washington   
 

Interdisciplinary Group Faculty, Urban Design and Planning
 
 
Dan Abramson, Urban Design and Planning
DUP, 1998, Tsinghua University
Urban identity, conservation and design; housing and community development; urban studies in emergent/resurgent market economies and transnational communities
Email: abramson@u.washington.edu
Homepage: 
 
Marina Alberti Urban Design and Planning
Ph.D.. 1992, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Environmental planning, urban ecology, impact assessment, geographic information systems
Email: malberti@u.washington.edu
Homepage:  http://faculty.washington.edu/malberti/
Christine Bae Urban Design and Planning
Ph.D.. 1994, University of Southern California
Transportation planning, growth management and land use planning, community development
Email: cbae@u.washington.edu
Homepage:  http://faculty.washington.edu/cbae
William B. Beyers Geography
Ph.D. 1967, University of Washington
Regional science, economic geography, location theory, regional analysis
Email: beyers@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/beyers/
Hilda Blanco Urban Design and Planning
Ph.D. 1989, University of California, Berkeley
Land use planning, comprehensive planning, neighborhood planning, infrastructure, finance
Email: hblanco@u.washington.edu
Homepage:  http://faculty.washington.edu/hblanco

Derek Booth Civil and Environmental Engineering
          Ph.D. 1984, University of Washington
          Analysis of consequences of geologic processes on land-use with a focus on stream channels; prediction of future    
          hazards to human activity as a result of ongoing urban development
          Email:  dbooth@u.washington.edu
          Homepage:  http://www.ce.washington.edu/faculty/bios/booth_d.html

Branden Born Urban Design and Planning
           Ph.D. 2003, Wisconsin (Madison)
           Planning process and social justice, particularly with regard to the inclusion of marginalized populations in societal
           decision-making; land use planning and regionalism; urban food systems planning and policy.
           Email:  bborn@u.washington.edu
           Homepage:  http://www.caup.washington.edu/udp/Born.html

Alan Borning Computer Science & Engineering
          Ph.D. 1979, Stanford
          Land use, transportation, and environmental modeling; human-computer interaction; constraint-based languages and
          systems
          Email: borning@cs.washington.edu
          Homepage:  http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/borning/

Gordon Bradley Forest Resources
Ph.D. 1986, University of Michigan
Foreign land use, urban forest interface studies, environmental planning
Email: gbradley@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/gbradley/

Christopher Campbell  Urban Design and Planning
          Ph.D. 2002, California (Los Angeles) 
          Community processes and structures, social and place identity, participatory and democratic planning processes, planning
          education. 
          Email:  ccamp1@u.washington.edu
          Homepage:  http://www.caup.washington.edu/udp/Campbell.html

Nicholas R. Chrisman Geography
          Ph.D. 1982, University of Bristol
          Geographic information systems, computer-assisted cartography
          Email: chrisman@u.washington.edu
          Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/chris

James DeLisle  Urban Design and Planning
          Ph.D. 1981, University of Wisconsin
          Real estate and urban land economics
          Email:  jdelisle@u.washington.edu
          Homepage:  http://www.caup.washington.edu/uwrunstad/AboutUs/welcome/directorsletter1.htm

Gail L. Dubrow Urban Design and Planning
Ph.D. 1991, University of California, Los Angeles
History of the built environment, historic preservation, research methods, and issues of race, class, gender and ethnicity in the city
Email: dubrow@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/dubrow/
 
Mark Ellis Geography
Ph.D. 1988, Indiana University
Immigration, labor markets, race and ethnicity
Email: ellism@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/ellism/
Mark S. Handcock Statistics & Sociology
Ph.D. 1989, University of Chicago
Statistical methodology for the social sciences, spatial statistics, longitudinal data, environmental statistics
Email: handcock@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.stat.washington.edu/handcock
 
James W. Harrington, Jr. Geography
Ph.D. 1983, University of Washington
Economic geography, regional economic development, geography of labor
Email: jwh@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/jwh/
Marc Hershman (on leave until Winter 2003) Marine Studies
Ph.D. 1967, Temple University, L.L.M. 1970 Miami University
Law of the coastal zone, coastal zone management, port development
Email: hershmj@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.sma.washington.edu/
Kristina Hill Landscape Architecture
Ph.D. 1997, Harvard University
Spatial patterns of land use, GIS mapping, land classification techniques, urban ecology
Email: kzhill@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.caup.washington.edu/HTML/LARCH/people/faculty/hill/hill.php

Jeff Hou Landscape Architecture
          Ph.D., 2001, California (Berkeley) 
          Community design, cultural landscape, environmental planning, heritage preservation, indigenous people and natural
          resource, citizen participation and social movement in the Pacific Rim.   
          Email:  jhou@u.washington.edu
          Homepage:  http://www.caup.washington.edu/larch/people/faculty/jeff/jeff.php

Rachel Garshick Kleit  Public Affairs
Ph.D. 1999, University of North Carolina
Housing policy, public housing, urban and social policy, social networks and social capital.
Email: kleit@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://evans.washington.edu/FAC/Kleit/index.html
David Layton Public Affairs
Ph.D. 1995, University of Washington
Environmental and natural resource policy
Email: dflayton@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.gspa.washington.edu/FAC/LaytonD/
 
Robert Lee Forest Resources
Ph.D. 1973, University of California, Berkeley
Natural resource sociology, multi-resource management, development/change of forestry institutions
Email: boblee@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.cfr.washington.edu/People/Faculty/Lee/

Lynne Manzo Landscape Architecture
          Ph.D. 1994 City University of New York
          The study of the interrelationships between people and their physical surroundings, including not only natural and
          built settings, but also the socio-cultural and political milieu that shape the appearance, meanings, and use of space
          Email:  lmanzo@u.washington.edu
          Homepage:  http://www.caup.washington.edu/html/larch/people/faculty/lynne/lynne.php

John Marzluff Forest Resources
Ph.D. 1987, Northern Arizona University
Wildlife habitat relationships, avian ecology, animal behavior, conservation biology, endangered species recovery
Email: corvid@u.washington.edu
          Homepage: http://www.cfr.washington.edu/people/Faculty/Marzluff/
Donald H. Miller Urban Design and Planning
Ph.D. 1973, University of California, Berkeley
Urban spatial structure, consumer behavior and demand for public services, planning theory and evaluation, urbanization processes
Email: millerd@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/dmiller/
Anne Vernez Moudon Urban Design and Planning
Dr. es Sc., 1987, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Urban design, city form and neighborhood studies, design research
Email: moudon@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/avmoudon/
Robert Mugerauer, Dean and Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Ph.D. 1973, University of Texas
Sustainability and the impact of technology in built and natural environments; values, social, and cultural factors in design and planning; theory and current research methods
Email: drbobm@u.washington.edu
Homepage:  http://www.caup.washington.edu/udp/Mugerauer.html

Robert Naiman, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences,
          Ph.D., 1974, Arizona State
          Structure and dynamics of lotic ecosystems, watershed ecology and management, and the role of large animals in
          influencing ecosystem dynamics
          Email:  naiman@u.washington.edu
          Homepage:   http://www.fish.washington.edu/people/naiman/

Timothy L. Nyerges Geography
Ph.D. 1980, Ohio State University
Geographic information systems, computer-assisted cartography
Email: nyerges@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/nyerges/
Vikram Prakash Architecture
Ph.D. 1994, Cornell University
Interdisciplinary perspectives of culture studies applied to architecture, non-western architecture, modernism and culture theory
Email:  vprakash@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://depts.washington.edu/archdept/welcome_arch/faculty_bios/bio_prakash_v.html
 
Mark Purcell Urban Design and Planning
        Ph.D. 1998, California (Los Angeles)
          Urban, political, economic, and social geography; citizenship and democracy; urban social movements, especially Los
          Angeles and Seattle
Email:  mpurcell@u.washington.edu
Homepage:  http://faculty.washington.edu/mpurcell/
 
G. Scott Rutherford Civil Engineering
Ph.D. 1974, Northwestern University
Transportation planning and engineering
Email: scottrut@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.ce.washington.edu/faculty/faculty_members/bios/rutherford_s.html
Clare Ryan Forest Resources
Ph.D. 1996, University of Michigan
Natural resource policy processes and administration, natural resource conflict management
Email: cmryan@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/cmryan/
David C. Streatfield Landscape Architecture
M.L.A., 1965, Pennsylvania
Regional landscape planning, environmental and landscape history, landscape studies, history of urban design, historic landscape preservation
Email: buzzz@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.caup.washington.edu/html/larch/people/faculty/dave/dave.php

Paul Waddell (Director of PhD Program) Public Affairs
Ph.D. 1989, University of Texas, Dallas
Urban and regional development patterns, processes, and public policy, GIS
Email: pwaddell@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://faculty.washington.edu/pwaddell/
Richard O. Zerbe Public Affairs
Ph.D. 1969, Duke University
Law and economics
Email: zerbe@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.gspa.washington.edu/Faculty/Zerbe/Publications/cv.html