Below is a list of our current student community within the Master of City Planning program for the 2021-22 academic year. For student contact information, please search the UC Berkeley Online Directory.
| Name | Research Interests/Specializations |
| Pierce Abrahamson | Environmental and racial justice, sustainable development, climate resiliency, healthy cities, transportation policy, inclusive planning, public spaces, food and water systems, urban ecology |
| Sondra Abruzzo | Climate Action Planning, Waste Management and Reduction, Community Engagement and Education, Healthy and Mobile Cities |
| Edna Aguilar | Transportation planning, climate, active transportation, transit |
| Kenji Anzai | Construction, operation, and integration of different modes of public transportation; system dynamics of public transportation as a whole and its relationship to the surrounding lands. |
| Holly Armstrong | Transformative justice, housing/environmental planning, planning for fire prevention, rural/suburban/small city planning |
| Sarah Atkinson | Closed-loop, cooperative & just economies; racial & gender equity; urban sustainability, urban greening and anti-displacement strategies, political ecology, incarceration and urban carceral spaces, alternatives to capitalist exploitation; community-control of land and resources. |
| Amanda Barnett | Urban ecology and racial equity // Green-Blue Infrastructure & Green Gentrification // Participatory Design // Interdisciplinary utilities, transportation, & land use planning //Active Transportation as a stormwater management strategy // Smart Cities & surveillance ethics // Affordable housing, economic development, real rent and reparations // Climate resilience & climate justice // science writing and storytelling // Holistic Engineering |
| Victoria Beckley | Housing Development (especially affordable and public housing); Community Engagement/Participatory Planning; Spatial Patterns of Development, Segregation, and Displacement |
| Joshua Berman | Sustainable transportation systems, transportation planning and project management, equitable community participation and incremental development |
| Micah Blackwell | Environmental crisis planning, city planning, systemic racism, transportation, housing, land use, mental health, general well-being of people, healthy cities, economic development of minorities, breaking systems of poverty, feminism, city planning history |
| Ray Boyle | Regenerative design and development; Integrated earth systems and intelligent cities; Inclusive innovation for equitable futures. |
| Pawida Bualert | Urban Design, Public Space Design, Participatory planning, Resilient cities, Urban metabolism, Design for ecological democracy, Urban Analytics, How changing urban forms affect change in public space, how urban design can solve future urban challenges in developing countries |
| Camille Cauchois | Accessible transportation, transportation planning, public policy, public transportation access, affordable housing, equitable cities |
| Ishita Chandra | Urban Design, Social justice and equity, Community based planning & implementation, Urban Informality, Place-making, solid waste management and Sustainability |
| Melody Chang | Anthropology of bureaucracy and the state; civic participation, citizenship and identity; port cities and waterways; public art and monuments; urban geography and mapping; participatory and civic design processes; and the intersection of planning and criminal justice reform outcomes |
| Audrey Chau-Cuevo | Affordable Housing Development |
| Aurora Chavez | Public Health x City Planning, Health Equity, Environmental + Social Justice, Anti-Racist Public Policy |
| Karen Chavez | Sustainable communities and development, the intersection between the built environment and health, climate resiliency, environmental justice, transportation planning and policy, GIS |
| Shuyue Chen | Urban Design, Public Transportation and Walking Network, Transit Oriented Development, Metropolitan Governance, Service Design, Smart City. |
| Rumassah Chohan | Violence and politics of urban planning in the Global South, social justice and equity, anti-displacement development, cultural and communal resilience, decolonising urban spaces, affordable housing |
| Chun Ho Chow | Urban and Regional Systems, Dynamics, and Morphology; Public and Active Transportation; Emergence of Social Complexity and Urbanism; Complex Systems; Simulations and Modelling |
| Jesus Contreras | Collaborative-impact approaches to urban design that allow people's lived experiences to shape the development of their communities. |
| Isabelle Donohoe | Affordable housing, urban displacement, community development, sustainable cities |
| Ethan Ebinger | Transportation planning, travel demand modeling, geospatial analysis, sustainable communities and development, active transportation, public transit |
| Olivia El-Sadr Davis | Community development, role of art and artists in cities |
| Katie Fallon | Environmental justice; water rights and access; planning for spatial, racial and economic equity; transportation; GIS; urban ecology; community based planning; climate resilience and hazard mitigation |
| Robert Feign | Affordable Housing, Housing Policy, Equitable Community Development, and Community Planning |
| Jessica Finkel | Environmental Justice, Social Equity, Active Transportation, Sustainability, Food Access and Security, Climate Change and Resiliency, Public Policy |
| Julia Flessel | Transportation planning, public policy, population growth and displacement, land use, community participation & engagement, food systems |
| Erika Foster | Community resilience, community health, food equity and urban agriculture, civic participation, grassroots city planning; closed loop cities |
| Whitney Francis | Food and agriculture; racial and environmental justice; creating sustainable, resilient, and equitable systems; policy and advocacy |
| Blaire Frett | Affordable housing; urban spatial segregation; gentrification and displacement; homelessness services; social determinants of health; mental health; power, privilege, social influence and resistance; community based participatory research; health equity and social justice |
| Madeleine Galvin | Political economy of service delivery, comparative urban politics, public finance, national urban policy, land-use planning, informality and the informal economy, international and area studies in planning |
| Lucia Game | Transportation Planning & Policy, Public Transportation, Sustainable development, Walkable Cities |
| Javaun Garcia | Transportation Planning; Food and Water Systems; Sustainable Regions & Cities; Rural Transportation Access; Walkability in Cities/Towns; Last Mile Transportation; Community Resiliency; Environmental and Racial Justice; Inclusive Planning |
| Claire Genese | Housing justice, homelessness, racial equity, economic development, Filipinx-American history |
| Juan González | Built environment and health, health equity, housing as a human right, housing as health, environmental justice, community empowerment, racial equity and social justice |
| Rene Gonzalez | Environmental justice, social equity, sustainable development and urban design, urban ecology, participatory planning, and advocacy |
| Hannah Greenberg | Sustainable and equitable transportation, environmental justice, and climate resilience |
| Isabella Gross | Informal settlement development, informal urban systems, urban development in the Global South, socioeconomic equity, environmental/climate justice, urban agriculture, biophilic design, race + space, food access + security |
| Christopher Hacnik | Affordable housing policy and finance; economic mobility and wealth-building strategies; racial desegregation and anti-displacement; pro-density and inclusionary zoning strategies; environmental land use policy; transit-oriented development |
| Solomon Haile | Transportation planning and policy; shared micromobility and active transportation; alternative transportation options and public transit; pedestrian and bicyclist safety, urban and complete streets design. |
| Kate Ham | housing justice, racial equity, gentrification and displacement, social housing, community planning, participatory planning, housing data analysis |
| Gregory Harasym | Transportation planning, Travel demand modeling, Healthy transportation alternatives, Climate change mitigation, environmental justice and health disparities in low-income neighborhoods - especially as they relate to existing transit infrastructure |
| Molly Harris | Access to housing, housing decommodification, equitable economic development, community-led planning |
| Maria Hart | Housing policy, equitable economic development, resilience and adaptation planning, environmental justice and access to green spaces, inclusive community engagement strategies, and community health and wellbeing. |
| Drake Hayes | Transportation Mode Choice, Transportation Policy, Measuring Economic Impacts, Transportation Modeling, Congestion, Airport planning, Transportation Innovation. |
| Luke Henningsen | Environmental justice; circular economy; regenerative development; public policy; food, water, and energy systems; land use; urban ecology; biodiversity restoration; climate change action; seeking a balance between social equity, economic prosperity, and environmental progress. |
| Matthew Hui | Transportation Planning; Public Transportation; Active Transportation; Transportation Systems in the US and Abroad |
| Mike Hua | Transportation, Active Transportation (walking/biking), Public Space and Streetscapes, Transportation Equity, Multi-Use Trails & Promenades, Parks and Green Spaces, New/Emerging Mobility, Data Visualization and Mapping, Smart Cities, Circular Economy, Physical Product Design, Cultural Anthropology in Cities |
| Mausam Jamwal | Public Infrastructure for womxn, and marginalized communities excluded by systems of class and caste | Intersections of Environmentalism-Social Equity-Development | Urban Renewal and Redevelopment | Resilient Urbanism | Participatory Planning |
| Martine Johannessen | Decommodified housing, community land trusts, cooperatives, rural/non-urban planning, queer spaces and networks, informality, migration & displacement, spatial justice |
| Tera Johnson | Climate change adaptation, environmental and social justice, equitable transportation planning, community-based participatory planning |
| Salústia Josefino | Public health x city planning, food and water systems, transportation planning, environmental and racial justice, participatory decision making, global south/north relations |
| Emily Kaner | Relationships between everyday environments and health behaviors |
| Cameron Kees | Environmental justice, urban design & design futurism, climate adaptation & resilience, sustainable development, GIS & spatial analysis, social determinants of health, environmental gentrification, public open space |
| Chae Kim | Equitable development, international development, participatory budgeting and inclusive planning processes, anti-displacement and racial desegregation, place-making |
| Anisha Kimble | Urban Design, Transportation, GIS Accessibility Analysis and ADA Compliance in Public Space. |
| Katie Knipfing | Urban design, healthy cities, sustainable real estate development, social and racial justice, architecture and community oriented planning |
| Miki Kobayashi | Affordable housing, anti-displacement strategies, gentrification, real estate development |
| Kaitlyn Kong | Transportation Planning and Equity, Active/Multi-Modal Transportation, Public Transportation, Green and Complete Streets, Streetscape, Sustainable Development, Public Spaces, Green Spaces, Sustainable Cities, Resiliency Planning, Livability |
| Katie Kowalsky | Urban Design, Land Use, Participatory Design, Climate resiliency and Adaption |
| Jonathan Kupfer | Transportation policy and planning; public transit; micromobility and active transportation; safety and complete streets |
| Martine Kushner | Climate resiliency; Urban health; Environmental justice; Race & gender equity; Nature-based Solutions & Sustainable land/water management; Affordable housing; Public space & spatial equality; Participatory planning & public policy; Humanitarian-development nexus |
| Elliot Kwon | Mass Housing Design and Policies, Community-Led Planning, Public Space Design, Placemaking, Modern Korean Architecture and Planning |
| Eugene Lau | Equity centered planning for social justice outcomes, Community led and participatory engagement in planning process, Economic development and revitalization in marginalized communities, Mixed use transportation hubs and housing affordability |
| Olivia LaVecchia | Housing affordability, housing availability, access to housing, pro-density and inclusionary zoning strategies, market rate and middle-income housing, real estate development, sustainable land use, nature in cities, climate resiliency, climate migration |
| Ying Chik (Vanessa) Lee | Environmental Restoration, Environmental Modelling and Urban Design focusing on the Relations between Freedom of Speech and the Design of Civic Space |
| Skyler Lewis | Environmental planning; GIS and geospatial modeling; regional land use and transportation planning; coastal climate adaptation; urban ecology and watershed management; transit network integration and governance; ecological corridors and restoration |
| Connor Liskey | Urban design, political economy, history of built environments |
| Maggie Loesch | Public space, active transportation, urban design, critical mapping. |
| Dominic Lucchesi | Transportation equity, policy, and planning; Micromobility; Urban design; Labor history |
| Wynnie Maravilla | Affordable Housing, Anti-Racist Public Policy, Displacement & Gentrification, Environmental Justice, Green Construction, Parks and Recreation, Zoning |
| Claire Mardian | Equitable Urban Design, Accessible Transportation, Environmental Justice |
| Joann Michelle Martinez | Real estate development, public spaces, housing policy in the U.S., city planning, economic and community development, civic engagement in low-income and communities of color, affordable housing, real rent and reparations, storytelling, mapping, Urban Design, access to green space, urban farming, landscape architecture |
| Sydney Maves | Bike and Pedestrian-friendly Planning, Public Transportation, Complete Streets, New Mobility, Public Spaces, Green Spaces, Sustainable Cities, Resiliency Planning, Livability, Urban Analytics, GIS |
| Ash McEvoy | Community development and resilience, housing as a human right, public transit and mobility, transportation equity and coverage, space and land use, spatial justice, anti-displacement strategies, placemaking, inclusionary zoning, community land trust models, transportation networks/corridors and multimodality, transit-oriented development |
| Mary McGee | Public Health, Healthy Cities and Communities, Transportation, Active Transportation, Design and User Experience |
| Jasmin Muñoz | Inclusive planning, environmental justice, indigenous environmental issues, equity in conflict resolution, environmental health disparity, indigenous planning, collaborative decision making; public policy |
| Maile Munro | Community-Driven Planning, Affordable Housing, LIHTC, Public Housing, Community Resilience, Civic Engagement, Housing Policy Development & Evaluation |
| Hunter Oatman-Stanford | Transportation equity, active/healthy transportation, safe streets, inclusive design, public-space planning, land use, environmental justice, accessibility, healthy cities |
| Olivia Ortiz | Transportation equity, community-led planning, climate resilience |
| Christina Peck | Transportation, active transportation, flexible shared right of ways, geospatial analysis, GIS, curb mapping and usage, expanding green/porous infrastructure, climate change mitigation strategies, and adaptive reuse. |
| Ashiyr Pierson | Transportation and mobility, transit oriented/affordable housing/sustainable development, and climate change adaptation. All of which in the US and abroad. |
| Maya Price | Transportation Planning, Climate Change, Environmental & Racial Justice, Gentrification & Displacement |
| Emery Reifsnyder | Affordable Housing, Climate Adaptability, Urban Analytics, GIS, Remote Sensing, Social and Racial Justice |
| Petra Reyes | Public Health & City Planning, Health Equity, Sustainable Development, Community Based Planning & Implementation, Geospatial Analysis, Transportation Planning |
| Juliana Rodriguez Ospina | Transportation planning, public transportation and sustainability, geospatial analysis |
| Hayden Rosenberg | Socially and racially just community development; food (in)security; equitable social services; community resiliency |
| Johanna Roth | Environmental health, environmental justice, sustainable cities, food systems, climate change resiliency, food systems, spatial analysis |
| Erika Ruiz | Transportation policy and planning, sustainable urban design, social equity and environmental justice, placemaking, climate resiliency |
| Chenoa Schatzki-McClain | Real estate development & finance, housing policy, green buildings, urban design, health equity, active transportation |
| Samantha Serafica | Transportation planning; transit-oriented development; sustainable design; gentrification and displacement; healthy cities; climate and disaster resilience; international development; informal urbanism |
| Ujay Siddharth | Climate resilience, infrastructure planning, healthy cities, carbon neutral economies, environmental justice, GIS, effective/productive design of housing and infrastructure |
| Natalie Spievack | Racial segregation, affordable housing, displacement, community development, PK-12 education, structural racism, community engagement and organizing |
| Stephanie Steinbrecher | Environmental justice, climate adaptation and resilience, community-based planning, racial and economic equity, and just transition frameworks in urban spaces. |
| Molly Sun | Transportation planning and equity, transit and infrastructure financing, safe and equitable streets, gentrification, displacement, affordable housing, and community building |
| Jun William Tanabe | Urban design, public space, community development |
| Andrew Tate | Transportation planning; walkability in American cities; last mile transportation |
| Keira Thompson | Urban Design, Land Use, Transit Oriented Communities, Community Development |
| Rafael Unda Venegas | Public policy, social equity in transportation and urban planning, transit, active modes, road-space redistribution, economic development, transportation and infrastructure financing, and implementation science. |
| Edgardo Vazquez | Equitable Cities, Transportation Planning, Food Systems, International Development, Sustainable Regions & Cities |
| Leyla Wahedi | Urban Analytics, Spatial Analysis, Smart Cities, Community Engagement, Civic Technology, Urban Ecology, Transportation |
| Haoshi (Joanna) Wang | Urban analytics, transportation planning, GIS, public transit and active transportation planning and engineering |
| Shiying Wang | Transportation and Mobility, Urban Design, Urban Analytics, Social Equity and Justice |
| Elly Wanyonyi | Transportation Planning,Travel demand modelling,Transit Oriented Development,Real Estate Development,Civic Tech,Urban Economics and Affordable housing |
| Lauren Willey | Resilience and adaptation to climate change; water and food systems; sustainable design grounded in ecological patterns; permaculture |
| Michelle Williams | Environmental Health, Environmental Justice, Housing, Social Determinants of Health, community-based participatory research, translation of research to public policy creation and implementation, environmental contaminants exposures, climate justice |
| Lindsay Wong | Sustainable urban design, participatory planning, urban informality, and community development. |
| Qi Yun (Kelvin) Yeoh | Affordable Housing, Housing Policy, Community-based Planning, Placemaking, Urban Informality, ASEAN Planning and Architecture, Cultural Preservation |
| Snow Zhu | Equitable economic development, land use policy, housing policy, immigrant communities, economic inequality, public-private partnerships, healthy cities, sustainable food systems, climate resilience |