Department of City and Regional Planning - UC Berkeley

Ph.D. Students

Below is a list of students in the Ph.D. program for the 2011-12 academic year. To find student contact information, search the UC Berkeley online directory.

Name	Previous Degree(s)	Research Interests/Specializations
Arata, Heather	UC Irvine, BA Sociology UC Irvine, MA Sociology University of Cambridge, MPhil Sociology
Bani Hashim, Alamira Reem	UC Berkeley, BA Architecture University of Southern California, MPl Urban Planning	Urban Design, Planning in the Middle East (Gulf States), Public Space, Pedestrian- friendly environments, Place Promotion, City Identity/Image
Barajas, Jesus	Penn State University, BS Computer Science California State University, Pomona, MURP	Pedestrian and bicyclist travel behavior
Barbour, Elisa	Oberlin College, B.A. UC Berkeley, M.C.P.
Bierbaum, Ariel	University of Pennsylvania, BA Urban Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MCP	Spatial, physical, and social pathways that structure opportunity, particularly connections between community development, regional planning and K-12 education; equity planning; disconnect between place- based identity construction and public planning practice
Bou Akar, Hiba	American University of Beirut, B. of Arch MIT, Master in City Planning	Low-income housing, war-displaced populations, urban space politics
Broaddus, Andrea	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, BS Geology Harvard, MPP/MUP	Transportation and Land Use Interaction; Transportation Demand Management; Road and Congestion Pricing; Parking Management; Urban Economics
Burga, Hector Fernando	University of Miami, BA Political Science and International Studies University of Miami, M.Arch Suburb and Town Design	Miami, Latin American and Caribbean Cities, Urban Ethnography, Urban Design, Public Space, International Development and Disaster Reconstruction, Urban Informality, Planning Theory, Urban Theory
Cardoso, Ricardo	Universidade do Porto, Licenciatura Engenharia Civil University College London, MSc Urban Development Planning	Urban and Planning Theory, International Development, Social Justice
Carlton, Ian	Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. Architecture UC Berkeley, M.C.P./M.S.
Chen, Jia Ching	UC Berkeley, BA Architecture & Interdisciplinary Studies UC Berkeley, Master of City Planning	Industrial Urbanization and Land-Use Conversion in Chinese Cities; New Energy Industries; Climate Change Policy; Governance of Global Value Chains; Transnational Labor Migration
Devadiga, Asavari	Univ. of Mumbai, B.S., Microbiology Univ. of Massachusetts Boston, M.S., Environmental Science and Policy	Infrastructure Planning; Growth Management; Urbanization; International Development; Metropolitan Governance
El-Zoghbi, Reim	Columbia University, MS, Urban Planning American University in Cairo, BS, Construction Engineering	International Development, Informality, Cities of the Global South
Feldstein, Lisa M.	University of Massachusetts at Boston, B.A., American Studies: Urban Focus UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D.	Domestic Focus on: Politics of Planning, Planning Policy, Urban Poverty, Affordable Housing and Low-Income Neighborhoods, Land Use & Equity, Food Access, Built Environment & Public Health
Foti, Fletcher	Princeton University, BS.E., Computer Science Portland State University, M.S., Civil Engineering	Behavioral Modeling and Urban Simulation
Gamble, Julie	Northwestern University, B.A. UC Berkeley, M.C.P.
Gonick, Sophie	Harvard and Radcliffe College, B.A. History UC Berkeley, M.C.P.	Housing, Informality, and Immigration in Europe
Gu, Yizhen	Tsinghua Univ, B. Eng Environmental Engineering Renmin Univ. of China, B.Econ, M.A. Environmental Economics	Land Use and Transportation; Land Use Regulation; Social Network, Urban Economics.
Guerra, Erick	University of Pennsylvania, BA Harvard Graduate School of Design, Master of Urban Planning	Transportation and Land Use with a focus on public and non-motorized transportation investments and transportation systems in developing cities
Guerra, Monica	UC Los Angeles, B.A. Anthropology University of Michigan, M.A. Urban Planning	Urban Poverty, International Development, Economic Development
Hayter, Jason Alexander	The University of Texas at Austin, BA, History and Government (Honors), 1998 University of Oregon, Master of Community and Regional Planning, 2004	Urban Design, Environmental Planning, Cultural Landscape Studies, History and Practice of City Planning, Local Governance
Hinkley, Sara M.	Amherst College, BA Political Science & Women and Gender Studies University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, MRP, City and Regional Planning	Labor and the city; technology development and labor in sub-Saharan Africa; urban theory; development theory and practice
Huerta Nino, Ricardo	UC Davis, BA Native American Studies & Spanish Stanford University MA Latin American Studies UC Berkeley, M.C.P.	Research interest: philanthropy and development in Native American Reservations
Huerta, Alvaro	UC Los Angeles, History, BA UC Los Angeles, MA, Urban Planning	Ethnic economies, social networks, migration networks, informal economy and Chicana/o issues
Kim, Hun	UC Berkeley, BA Philosophy UC Berkeley, MCP	Urban & Political Theory, International Development & Aid, Economic Governance
Kim, Hyungkyoo	Seoul National University, BS Architecture Seoul National University, MS Urban Design University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MUP	Sustainable Urban Design, Urban Form, Microclimate, Pedestrian Comfort, Urban Heat Island
Lee, Keith	University of Chicago, BA Economics Yale University, Master of Environmental Management	Urban metabolism, material and energy flows, city-hinterland linkages, food systems, urban design
Makarewicz, Carrie	University of Michigan, BBA University of Illinois-Chicago, MUPP	Strategies for sustainable and equitable regional planning of transportation and employment; the disconnect between city planning and urban education systems
Martin, Anne	Bryn Mawr College, A.B. Growth and Structure of Cities UC Berkeley, MCP	Land Use, Sustainability, Affordable Housing, Green Building
Martinez de Velasco Aguirre, Emilio	Universidad Iberoamericana Bachelor in Architecture Architectural Assoc., School of Architecture, London, MA Housing and Urbanism	Regional Economic Development, Development Theories, Metropolitan Planning.
Mattiuzzi, Elizabeth	UC Berkeley, B.A. Political Science London School of Econ and Political Science, M.S. Contemporary Urbanism
Mendez, Michael	California State University, Northridge, B.A. Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.C.P.	Environmental Policy, Climate Justice, Science and Technology Studies (STS), Politics of Technological Change and Development, Urban Environmental Governance, and Citizen Science
Montero, Sergio	Universidad de Granada, Licenciado en Economía (BA Economics) -- 2003 UC Berkeley, M.C.P.	International Comparative Planning; Urban and Regional Economic Development; State Rescaling and Decentralization of Planning and Governance; Global Circulation of Urban and Regional Policies; International Development
Nam, Sylvia	UC Berkeley, Comparative Literature UC Berkeley, MCP	Urban theory and practice; development theory and practice; Asian urbanism; transitioning economies; gender and labor
Newmark, Gregory	Yale College, BA, History & Int’l Studies Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, MSc, Urban and Regional Planning	Transport
Ng, Wei-Shiuen	University of York, BSc. Environmental Economics and Environmental Management Yale University, MSc. Environmental Science	Transportation and Environmental Economics and Policy
Olsen, Aksel	University of Copenhagen, B.Sc. Geography University of Copenhagen, Cand. Scient. Geography	Land use change and transportation behavior; adaptive strategies of deindustrialization; modeling of businesses and urban dynamics
Pederson, Pedro	Emory University, B.A. Political Science UC Berkeley, MCP/ MA (International and Area Studies)	International Development; Public Finance, Low-income Housing, Urban Development in Latin America
Riggs, William	Ball State University, Muncie, IN, B.A., History University of Louisville, MUP	Urban Planning/Env Design and Public Health
Roy, Kakolee Renee	Carnegie Mellon University, Bachelor of Architecture Carnegie Mellon University, Master of Urban Design University of Oxford, MSc. Nature, Society and Environmental Policy	Urban agriculture and informal food economies, food systems planning, community economic development, participatory design/planning
Rubin, James Charles	University of Pennsylvania, BA, Theatre Arts, Hunter College, M.U.P., 2004	Sustainable transportation, public transit planning, transportation and development
Sanders, Rebecca	Baylor University, BA, University Scholar in Spanish and French UC Berkeley, MCP, Transportation Planning and Urban Design	Transportation planning, Urban Design, Public Health
Santitham, Kunnatham	Thammasat University, Thailand, B.Sci, Architecture (Summa Cum Laude) Thammasat University, Thailand, M.Arch (Architectural Management)	Sustainable Real Estate Development, Sustainability & Equity Planning, Integral Marketing, Social Equity
Schafran, Alex	Stanford University, B.A, History Hunter College, CUNY, M.A. Urban Planning	Community Development, Organizing & Change; Urban/Rural Divide; Immigrant Neighborhoods; Affordable Housing and Housing Affordability; Sustainability & Equity Planning; Community Economic Development;
Shirgaokar, Manish	Maharaja Sayajirao University, India B.Arch UC Berkeley, MCP/M.Arch	International development, Social equity, Transport, Land use planning, Sustainability, Energy, Emissions, Regulation design, Knowledge transfer
Sosa Lopez, Oscar	Univ. Iberoamericana-Mexico, Communications UC Berkeley, MCP
Sverdlik, Alice	University of Chicago,BA History University of London MSc Social Policy Research University of London MSc Urban Economic Development	Housing, poverty, informality, gender, climate change
Szibbo, Nicola	Univ. of British Columbia, B.A., Anthropology UC Berkeley, MCP	Urban Design, Energy Efficiency, Canada & Europe Urban Design, Energy Efficiency, Canada & Europe.
Thomas, Alainna	UC Santa Cruz, BA Asian/Islamic History UC Berkeley, Master of City Planning	Transportation and land use issues in developing countries; TOD in China; local governance/urban planning in China; international planning culture; fostering/saving bicycle culture in China
Tucker, Jennifer	UC Berkeley, M.P.P.	Urban Poverty; Development theory and Practice; Migration; Gender; Urban Politics; Informality
Villalobos, Monica	UC Davis, B.S., Community and Regional Development Cornell University, M.R.P., City and Regional Planning	Transportation Planning- transit infrastructure and design, Transit Oriented Development and the Intersection of Transportation and Land Use; International Development and Urbanization in the Global South; Strategies for Sustainable and Equitable Development.
Wade, Matthew	Indiana University, BA English New School University, MA International Affairs
Wegmann, Jake	Dartmouth College, BA Computer Science University of Colorado, Boulder, MS Geophysics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MCP/MSRED	Subsidized Multifamily Housing, Low-Cost Unsubsidized Housing, Housing Policy, "Mixed Tenure" Housing, Self-Built/ Informal Housing, Regional Architectural Vernacular Housing Traditions
Young, Cheryl	Columbia University, B.A., Urban Studies Harvard University, M.P.P., Public Policy	International Economic Development; Affordable Housing Markets, The Relationship Between Spatial Economy and Informality
Zuk, Miriam	Barnard College, BA Environmental Science MIT, MS Technology and Policy	Environmental health, social justice, community development