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Research Expertise and Interest

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Name

Department

Sai Balakrishnan

Sai Balakrishnan

Dept of City & Regional Planning

spatial forms of urbanization, land-use changes

Andrea A. diSessa

School of Education

education, cognition, conceptual development, science education, design of technology for education, computational literacies

Alison Post

Dept of Political Science

regulation, infrastructure, water and sanitation, urban politics, urban politics and policy, comparative political economy, community-engaged research/scholarship, impact evaluations requested by governments/NGOs

Mia Fuller standing in outdoor setting

Mia Fuller

Dept of Italian Studies

anthropology, Italy, fascism, urban design, architecture, Italian colonialism

Hannah R Thompson

School of Public Health

epidemiology, physical activity, nutrition and health, childhood and youth, health disparities, school/community partnerships, participatory research, public education, physical education

Nick Tsivanidis

Nick Tsivanidis

Dept of Economics

Haas School of Business

urban and regional economics, development economics, applied econometrics

Dept of Economics

labor economics, urban economics

Peter Bosselmann

Peter C. Bosselmann

Dept of Architecture

Dept of City & Regional Planning

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

urban design, architecture, city and regional planning, landscape architecture

David Sedlak standing in pool with sculpture to his right.

David L. Sedlak

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

fate and transport of and transformation of chemicals in the aquatic environment, water reuse and water recycling, urban water infrastructure, engineered treatment wetlands

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

landscape ecology, remote sensing, GIS, spatial analysis, urban geography, ecosystem change, biodiversity, ecosystem services, wetlands, urban regions, landscape dynamics

Dept of South and Southeast Asian Studies

literary theory, South and Southeast Asian studies, Sanskrit literature, Indian epic studies, psychoanalytically oriented cultural studies

Dept of City & Regional Planning

transportation, urban planning, travel behavior, immigration, housing, agglomeration

Carlos F. Daganzo

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

logistics, networks, urban transportation, traffic flow

Dept of Sociology

social networks, American social history, technology, urban sociology, sociology

Division of Electrical Engineering (EECS)

signal processing, image processing, computer vision, Deep Learning

Dept of History

history, U.S. History, urban history, cultural history, History of Time

intellectual property, privacy, copyright, artists' rights, free expression, notice and takedown, free and open source licensing, defensive patent licensing, DMCA, patent, how technical and policy design affect privacy and other social values

Walter Hood

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

urban design, community development, landscape architecture, environmental planning, landscape design, citizen participation, design of architecture and landscape

Dept of Anthropology

media, music, Indigenous Australia, ethnographic film, cinema, urban studies, fire ecology

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

urban design and planning, design history, social and cultural factors in landscape design

Dept of Anthropology

citizenship, Brazil, architecture, law, planning, the United States, cities, democracy, political and social anthropology, urban ethnography, the Americas

Vernadette Gonzalez

Dept of Ethnic Studies

Asian American literacy and cultural studies, culture of U.S. Imperialism, gender and sexuality, Philippine and Filipino American studies, transnational American studies

Dr. Chris Schell sets a wildlife camera trap in the East Bay, CA. His lab uses these devices and other techniques (e.g., GPS collars, roadkill collections) to monitor how wildlife populations adapt to life in cities.

Christopher Schell

Dept of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

behavioral ecology, urban ecology, One Health, social-ecological dynamics, environmental justice

Haas School of Business

urban economics, housing markets, public policies, capital taxation

Dept of City & Regional Planning

water, sanitation, basic services delivery, food justice, urban agriculture, poverty alleviation, environmental sustainability, environmental justice, urban governance, participatory planning, community-based development, international development, development planning, sustainable development, African studies