Full-time Faculty
Mahyar Arefi, MUD, MARCH (Tehran), PhD (USC)
Associate Professor
Urban Design and Community Development
513 556 1667
mahyar.arefi@uc.edu
Christopher Auffrey, PhD (Michigan)
Undergraduate Programs Coordinator and Associate Professor
Healthy Urban Planning, Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
513 556 0579
chris.auffrey@uc.edu
Carla Chifos, AICP, MCP (Cincinnati), PhD (Cornell)
Associate Professor and Ph.D. Program Coordinator
Sustainable Development, Urban Development and International Development
513 293 8195
carla.chifos@uc.edu
David J. Edelman, FAICP, Eur Ing, SIA/KIVI NIRIA, MRP, PhD (Cornell)
Professor and MCP Program Coordinator
Urban Environmental Management, Energy Policy Planning, Development Planning and Management
513 556 2378
david.edelman@uc.edu
Charles E. Ellison, PhD (Michigan)
Professor
Urban Theory, Political Economy, Public Policy, Planning Theory, Planning and Politics
513 556 0210
charles.ellison@uc.edu
Jan Marie Fritz, CCS, PhD (American University)
Professor
Community Development, Environmental Justice, Mediation/Facilitation of Organizations, Public Policy
513 556 0208
jan.fritz@uc.edu
Rainer vom Hofe, Dip-Ing (FHS Weihenstephan), MS, PhD (Cornell)
Associate Professor
Regional Economics, Economic Analysis, Quantitative Methods and Modeling
513 556 3835
rainer.vomhofe@uc.edu
Beth Walter Honadle, MPA, MA, PhD (Syracuse)
Professor (CV)
Intergovernmental Relations, Workforce Development, Community and Economic Development, Local Governmental Boundary Adjustments, Rural Development
513 556 4823
beth.honadle@uc.edu
Johanna W. Looye, MRP, PhD (Cornell)
Associate Professor
Urban and Regional Theory, International Development, Women and International Development, Informal Sector, Planning Techniques and Statistics
513 556 0216
johanna.looye@uc.edu
Danilo Palazzo, MArch, PhD
Director and Professor
Urban design and planning
513 556 0904
palazzdo@uc.edu
Frank Russell, AIA, MARCH (Harvard)
Assistant Professor in Practice
Urban Design and Community Planning
513 403 2973
frank.russell@uc.edu
Menelaos Triantafillou, AICP, ASLA, BUP (Cincinnati), MLA (Harvard)
Associate Professor in Practice
Community Development and Physical Planning
513 556 4212
menelaos.triantafillou@uc.edu
David P. Varady, FAICP, MCP, PhD (Pennsylvania)
Professor (CV)
Housing, Residential Mobility and Community Development
513 556 0762
david.varady@uc.edu
Xinhao Wang, AICP, MCP (Rhode Island), PhD (Pennsylvania)
Professor
Environmental Planning, Geographic Information Systems and Modeling
513 556 0497
xinhao.wang@uc.edu
Marisa Zapata, MUP, PhD (Illinois)
Assistant Professor
Land use planning, participatory democracy, social equity, regional planning
513 556 0984
zapatama@uc.edu
Affiliate Faculty
Amy Lind, PhD (Cornell)
Mary Ellen Heintz Endowed Chair and Associate Professor of Women’s Studies, Affiliated Associated Professor of Planning
Women and Development, Sexual Rights and Global Power
Virginia Russell, FASLA, LEED Professional MLA (Ohio State)
Associate Professor
Licensure, History of Landscape Architecture, International Practices, Sustainable Design and LEED, Large Scale Land Use Planning and Development
Emeritus Faculty
Roger J. Barry, PhD (Indiana State)
Professor Emeritus
Ethics, Regional Planning and Economic Development
513 556 3927
roger.barry@uc.edu
Jay Chatterjee, FAICP, MRP (North Carolina), MARCH/Urban Design (Harvard)
Professor
Urban Design, Regional Planning, Transportation and Land Use
513 556 1204
jay.chatterjee@uc.edu
John E. Kleymeyer, AICP, MBA, MCP (Cincinnati)
Associate Professor EmeritusCitizen Participation, Strategic Planning, Transportation, Planning Administration History and Legislation
jack.kleymeyer@uc.edu
Michael C. Romanos, AICP, MSc (Florida State), PhD (Cornell)
Professor
Economic Development Planning, Sustainable Development, Regional Planning and Development, International Development Planning, Third World Development Public Services, Infrastructure, Urban Management, Urban and Regional Spatial Structure
513 293 8156
michael.romanos@uc.edu
Samuel Sherrill, PhD (Cincinnati)
Associate Professor Emeritus
Scientific Visualization, Program Evaluation, Quantitative Methods and Computer Applications in Planning
513 556 5649
samuel.sherrill@uc.edu
Thomas E. Wagner, MA (Miami), EdD (Cincinnati)
Professor Emeritus
Public Sector Collective Bargaining, Mediation, Urban Ethnicity and Urban Appalachians
513 556 2041
thomas.wagner@uc.edu
School of Planning Administration
Rosa Smith
Administrative Secretary
513 556 4943
rosa.smith@uc.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Alexander D. Christoforidis, AIA, AICP
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Co-op Coordinator
Nancy Cutler, MCP, JD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Planning Law
Terry M. Grundy, MA
Adjunct Associate Professor
Urban Lobbying, Government Relations and Community Development
Ronald Miller, FAICP, MCRP
Adjunct Faculty
Comprehensive Planning and Community Participation
John Niehaus, PE, MA
Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering and Planning
Transportation Engineering and Planning
Gary Powell, JD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Planning Law
Paul Schirmer, MCP
Adjunct Instructor
Margaret Wuerstle, MCP
Adjunct Instructor
