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Photo of Grace Erny in front of table with archaeological ceramics

Grace Erny

Dept of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

archaeology, archaeology and history of Greece and the Aegean, inequality in the ancient world, archaeology survey and the rural Mediterranean, analysis of archaeological ceramics, archaeological ethics, public archaeology

Sai Balakrishnan

Sai Balakrishnan

Dept of City & Regional Planning

spatial forms of urbanization, land-use changes

Dept of Economics

labor economics, urban economics

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

Denise Herd

School of Public Health

public health, epidemiology, specialty area in multicultural health, behaviorial science, social movements, race and ethnicity, medical anthropology, American popular culture

Mia Fuller standing in outdoor setting

Mia Fuller

Dept of Italian Studies

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

Maryam Hosseini in outdoor setting

Maryam Hosseini

Dept of City & Regional Planning

computer vision, pedestrian mobility, urban accessibility, walkability

Daniel Aldana Cohen

Daniel Aldana Cohen

Dept of Sociology

politics of climate change, political economy, social inequality, urban studies, Latin America

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 Sociology

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

Nick Tsivanidis

Nick Tsivanidis

Dept of Economics

Haas School of Business

urban and regional economics, development economics, applied econometrics

Aarti Sethi

Dept of Anthropology

agrarian anthropology, ruralism, feminist anthropology, political economy, Comparative Religion, South Asia, debt and capitalism, climate change, cinema and media culture, caste, socio-economic inequality, the politics of knowledge, multi-species ethnography

School of Education

language, culture, society, literacy, literacy learning of urban youth, African American students in schools, writing development, effective teaching, learning strategies in multicultural urban schools and communities, studies of race - class - and gender, Leaders for Equity and Democracy EdD - LEAD

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

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

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

Haas School of Business

urban economics, housing markets, public policies, capital taxation

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

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

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

Associate Professor Desiree Fields, smiling, wearing a colorfully patterned blouse in front of grey concrete background.

Dept of Geography

economic geography, urban theory, financialization, digital platforms, property, geographical political economy, housing justice, digital capitalism

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