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Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

landscape architecture, arid landscapes, visualization, urban design, urbanism

Dept of History

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

Dept of City & Regional Planning

urban and regional economics, social and spatial inequality, urbanization, segregation, quantitative methods

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

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

Dept of Sociology

poverty, inequality, causal inference, mixed methods, incarceration, prisoner reentry, education, neighborhoods, urban, community, adolescence, public impact research/scholarship

Ann Swidler

Dept of Sociology

religion, culture, Africa, AIDS, political sociology, theory, development, NGOs, public impact research/scholarship, community-engaged research/scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships, social justice research

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 Anthropology

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

Leslie Salzinger

Dept of Gender and Women's Studies

sociology of gender, capitalism, theories of neoliberalism, political economy, Gender and Work, Latin America, Mexico, ethnography, Marxian political economy, social reproduction

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

Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann

Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann

Dept of History

Modern German and European History, Human Rights and Internationalism, global urban history, critical theory

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 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

Dept of Anthropology

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

Fotini Chow

Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

environmental fluid mechanics, wind energy applications, clouds, large-eddy simulation, turbulence modeling, atmospheric boundary layer flow, flow over complex terrain, wildfire smoke transport, methane emissions, urban dispersion modeling, urban air quality

Goldman School of Public Policy

crime, public policy, employment discrimination, labor economics, racial inequality, urban economics, criminal justice policy

Lu Liang gave a talk

Lu Liang

Dept of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

geospatial science, urban environment modeling, low-cost monitoring, air pollution, agricultural irrigation mapping

Keynote Address Region Nine Head Start Association Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness Conference, Kona, HI.

Travis J. Bristol

Dept of African American Studies

School of Education

race and gender, urban schooling, organizational contexts of teachers' work, educational equity, African American students in schools

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 Civil and Environmental Engineering

transportation economics, transportation planning, transportation systems analysis, aviation policy and planning, urban and regional planning, air transportation

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

Matthew Shutzer in outdoor setting

Matthew Shutzer

Dept of History

environmental history, modern South Asia, energy history, Science and Technology studies, histories of development and decolonization, empire, political economy, comparative history, historical sociology, social theory

School of Education

educational equity, urban schooling, educational leadership, high stakes accountability, school improvement, educational policy, educational management and administration

Dept of City & Regional Planning

urban spatial politics, ecological design, environmental hazards of climate change, Affordable housing, shared equity housing, manufactured housing, adaptation to flooding