Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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Department of Urban Studies and Planning Faculty

Faculty

Ashok Das, Assistant Professor
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At SFSU since 2008
Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), (Urban Planning) 2008
Interests: social policy; community development; urban poverty; research methods; international development & planning
Richard LeGates, Professor
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At SFSU since 1970
MCP/JP, University of California, Berkeley, (City and Regional Planning) 1968/1969
Interests: land use law; urban housing policy; research methods & GIS; regional planning
Ayse Pamuk, Associate Professor & Department Chair
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At SFSU since 2000
Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, (City and Regional Planning) 1994
Interests: housing & community development; urban policy; quantitative methods & GIS, international development & planning

Raquel Rivera Pinderhughes, Professor
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At SFSU since 1992
Ph.D., Graduate Center of New York, (Sociology) 1987
Interests: sustainable urban development; environmental justice; green collar jobs; urban agriculture; community food security

Jasper Rubin, Assistant Professor
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At SFSU since 2007
Ph.D., University of Maryland, (Geography) 2003
Interests: city planning; urban land use; the politics of urban development; the relationship between local power and larger scale forces in urban change; urban theory; waterfronts; San Francisco

Lecturers

Linda L. Day
Ph.D., Syracuse University, (Social Science) 1970; M.Arch. Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1992
Interests: neighborhood & community design; sustainable development; qualitative research methods
Carol Silverman
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, (Sociology) 1983
Interests: research methods, social networks, social psychology

Emeritus/Emerita Faculty

Deborah LeVeen, Professor
Norman Schneider, Professor

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