Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment 1 GCPE’s practice-based interdisciplinary approach to urbanism is GRADUATE CENTER FOR deepened through partnerships and close alliances with the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA), the Project for Public PLANNING AND THE Spaces (PPS), the World Monuments Fund, Planners Network, the New York City Council, community boards, the Department of Housing ENVIRONMENT Preservation and Development, and many other city agencies. The Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE) is Global Practice a unique, interdisciplinary alliance of four graduate-level programs GCPE is responding to the challenges and promises of the increasing with shared values placed on urban sustainability and community globalization of urban issues with courses that run partly or entirely participation, defined by the “triple bottom line” of environment, equity, abroad, allowing students to learn about global innovations and practices and economy. Each of the four programs—City and Regional Planning, in place. For example, for the past two years, GCPE students have Historic Preservation, Sustainable Environmental Systems, and Urban traveled to Havana, Cuba, to learn from planners, organizers, designers, Placemaking and Management—maintains its independence, degree, and and architects there and to work together with agencies, groups, and depth of study. Yet students can move among the four programs, coming universities to forge recommendations for 21st-century neighborhoods into the GCPE through one and taking electives in any of the other three, that respect and reflect Cuban heritage. with the further option to follow set tracks for specialized or multifaceted studies. Chair GCPE also offers linkages to the undergraduate Construction Eve L. Baron, PhD Management program and the graduate programs in Facilities 718.687.5641 Management and Real Estate Practice, all available at the Pratt [email protected] Manhattan campus. City and Regional Planning students can earn a joint Master of Science/Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School. Additional Assistant to the Chair opportunities for all GCPE students are available through our close Sandy Hetzel partnerships with the Pratt Center for Community Development, which 718.399.4340 works with community-based organizations, small businesses, and the [email protected] public sector to develop innovative strategies toward an equitable and sustainable NYC, and the Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative • City and Regional Planning, MS (https://catalog.pratt.edu/graduate/ (SAVI), a Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-centered initiative that architecture/planning-environment/city-regional-planning/) provides students and faculty across disciplines access to GIS and • Historic Preservation, MS (https://catalog.pratt.edu/graduate/ visualization resources. architecture/planning-environment/historic-preservation/) • Sustainable Environmental Systems, MS (https://catalog.pratt.edu/ Impact graduate/architecture/planning-environment/sustainable- Studio coursework emphasizes teamwork and interdisciplinary, environmental-systems/) integrative thinking as an effective method of acquiring professional • Urban Placemaking and Management, MS (https://catalog.pratt.edu/ skills. The studio typically involves a real client and culminates in a graduate/architecture/planning-environment/urban-placemaking- multidisciplinary proposal that is evaluated by an array of distinguished management/) professionals and community leaders. The studios emphasize hands-on work where the students can have an immediate impact Caron Atlas on public policy and community action. Faculty are drawn from top Visiting Assistant Professor practitioners in community development, government, private practice, B.A., M.A., University of Chicago. and civic institutions. Students are prepared to lead in the fields of David Burney planning, preservation, placemaking, development, and environmental Academic Coordinator sustainability. Dip. Arch., Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh; Dip. Arch., Kingston Students graduate with the technical know-how, collaborative experience, University, London; M.S., University of London. and critical-thinking skills necessary to pursue professional careers and Joan Byron to plan for just, sustainable, and culturally intact urban communities. Visiting Assistant Professor Alumni play a broad range of leadership roles in private, public, and B.Arch., Pratt Institute; M.P.A., Harvard University. nonprofit sectors. Steve Davies Internships and Partnerships Professor Through internships, partnerships, studios, and directed research, M.Arch., University of California, Berkeley. students have ample opportunity to work on real-world and real-time Mike Flynn issues. Courses are taught in the evening (except for the Historic Visiting Assistant Professor Preservation program’s courses, which are concentrated on two Studied at University of Vermont; M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute. weekdays and evenings) in order to give students time during the day for internships and fellowships. Eighty percent of GCPE students take on an Thomas Grassi internship or fellowship, which deepens their educational experience and Visiting Assistant Professor provides important networking opportunities. 2 Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment B.Arch., Pratt Institute. Ward Dennis Visiting Assistant Professor Ingrid Haftel B.A. Geography, Columbia College; M.S. Historic Preservation, Columbia Visiting Assistant Professor University. B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of Chicago. Nadya K. Nenadich Will Hart Academic Coordinator, Adjunct Associate Professor Visiting Assistant Professor B.Arch., Pratt Institute; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., Polytechnic B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.L.A. Landscape Architecture, University of University of Cataluña. Georgia. Christopher Neville Tom Jost Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor B.A., Amherst College; M.S. Historic Preservation, Columbia University. B.S., Lehigh University; M.S. Arch and Urban Design, Pratt Institute. Kate Ottavino Gillian Kaye B.A., New York University; M.Arch, M.S., Columbia University. Visiting Assistant Professor B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University. Theodore Prudon Adjunct Professor Setha Low M.A., M.S., Ph.D., Columbia University; M.S., University of Delft, the Visiting Assistant Professor Netherlands. M.A. Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Vicki Weiner Jonathan Martin Adjunct Associate Professor Associate Professor B.A., Drew University; M.S., Columbia University. B.S.D., Arizona State University; M.R.P., Ph.D., Cornell University. Kevin Wolfe Jonathan Marvel Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor B.A., Holy Cross College; B.L.A., City College of New York; M.A., Clark B.A., Dartmouth College; M.Arch., Harvard Graduate School of Design. University; M.Arch., Columbia University. Claudia Mausner Bridget Anderson Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor Ph.D. Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY. B.A., Macalester College; M.P.A., Columbia University. Don Weinreich Eddie Bautista Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor M.Arch, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture Planning and M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute. Preservation. Michael Bobker Lisa Ackerman Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor M.S. Energy, New York Institute of Technology. B.A., Middlebury College; M.B.A., New York University; M.S., Pratt Institute. Jessie Braden Visiting Assistant Professor Kate Allen M.A., University of Toledo. Visiting Assistant Professor B.A., University of Alabama in Birmingham; M.S., Columbia University. Esther Brunner Visiting Assistant Professor Beth Bingham M.L.A., Columbia University. Visiting Assistant Professor M.S., Pratt Institute. Damon Chaky Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Science Glenn Boornazian Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. B.A. History, Blackburn College; M.S. Historic Preservation, Columbia University. Carter Craft Visiting Assistant Professor Carol Clark M.U.P., New York University. Visiting Associate Professor B.A., University of Michigan; M.S., Columbia University. Raymond Figueroa Visiting Instructor Azra Dawood Cornell University College of Human Ecology. Visiting Assistant Professor B.Arch., University of Texas at Austin; M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Laura Jay Institute of Technology. Visiting Assistant Professor Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment 3 M.S., Columbia University. B.A., Clark University; M.A., New York University. Elliott Maltby John Shapiro Adjunct Associate Professor Professor B.A., Kenyon College; M.L.A., University of California, Berkeley. B.A., Clark University; M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute. Paul Mankiewicz Ron Shiffman Visiting Associate Professor Professor Emeritus Ph.D., CUNY. B.Arch., M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute. Gita Nandan Dana Taplin Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor M.Arch., University of California, Berkeley. B.A. Hobart College; M.S. Hunter College; Ph.D., CUNY. Marcel Negret Meg Walker Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor M.S., Pratt Institute. B.A., Wesleyan University; M.Arch., Columbia University. Leonel Ponce Eve Baron Visiting Assistant Professor Chair B.Arch., University of Texas at Austin; M.S., Pratt Institute. B.A., M.S., Ohio State University; Ph.D., Rutgers University. Carolyn Schaeberle Jenifer Becker Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant