Below is a list of our current student community within the Master of City Planning program for the 2019-20 academic year. For student contact information, please search the UC Berkeley Online Directory.

Name	Research Interests/Specializations
Josie Ahrens	Social Justice and Racial Equity in Transportation Planning, Policy, and Financing, Culturally Complete Streets, Public Space and Social Movements, Community Organizing and Engagement, Emerging Mobilities, Safe and Accessible Streets for All
Mona Al-Abadi	Affordable housing, real estate development, wealth building strategies for recipients of housing vouchers
Alejo Alvarado	Affordable housing, urban displacement, transportation equity, public transportation, international development, environmental justice, social movements, spatial analysis
Brenda Amboy	Public housing, digital inclusion, housing policy in the U.S., city planning, economic and community development, civic engagement in low-income and communities of color, affordable housing, social equity and justice.
Jazmin Amini	Transportation and Mobility, Active Transportation, Public Spaces, Urban Design, Public-Private Partnerships, and "Human Scale" Planning
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.
Cynthia Armour	Public Policy, Sustainable Cities, Environmental Justice, Community Development
Juanita Ballesteros	Transportation and mobility alternatives, pedestrian and bike friendly cities, and cities in emerging countries
Alberta Bleck	Growing cities, specifically the forces of change at work, how this change is experienced by city-dwellers, and ways government and communities can plan for equitable, sustainable, and innovative futures grounded in an understanding of shared history and the values of inclusive growth.
Tyler Brown	Agriculture, climate change, social justice
Lucia Calderon	Community-based food systems, environmental justice, healthy soils, participatory action research, climate change resiliency
Ryan Canavan	Healthy cities; city planning as chronic disease prevention; active transportation and public transit; food retail environments; racial and socioeconomic equity and justice
Letitia Carpenter	Environmental planning, environmental justice, social justice, policy, community enhancement and enrichment
Andrea Carranza	Environmental and social justice, sustainable cities, urban agriculture, food apartheid, our relationship with the environment, climate change, GIS
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
Michael Coulom	Economic and community development, emergency response planning, public involvement, participatory mapping, environmental and social justice, refugees and displaced communities, post-conflict planning, public space
Kanaad Deodhar	Transportation Planning, Public Policy, Urban Analytics
Kamene Dornubari-Ogidi	Smart cities infrastructure: urban corporate surveillance, privatization & impacts on community self determination; community control and participatory governance; urban design & economic development; grassroots anti-gentrification mobilizations & alternatives
Anna Driscoll	Revitalization and economic development, alternative transportation, community engagement in planning, small-city livability, affordable housing, urban refugee resettlement, placemaking
Kevin Dumler	Climate, housing, and transportation interdependencies; politics of urban housing supply
Ethan Ebinger	Transportation planning, travel demand modeling, geospatial analysis, sustainable communities and development, active transportation, public transit
Elena Eimert	Community engagement, affordable housing finance, mixed-income development, and equity in urban spaces/resources.
Erika Foster	Community resilience, community health, food equity and urban agriculture, civic participation, grassroots city planning; closed loop cities
Jamon Franklin	Income inequality, anti-displacement, affordable housing, health equity, sustainable cities, environmental justice, community development,  green spaces
Amanda Fukutome-Lopez	Built environment and health; violence reduction through built environment interventions; participatory planning; environmental justice; economic and community development; climate adaption planning; gentrification and displacement; food security
Isa Gaillard	Sustainable, resilient and regenerative cities, urban agriculture, access to healthy water, new mobility, community based planning, and indigenous land rights.
Dori Ganetsos	Affordable Housing, Community Stabilization Strategies, Gentrification & Displacement, Housing Policy, Project Finance, Racial Equity, Real Estate Development
David H. Garcia	Access to green spaces and well-being; equitable economic and community development; transformation of coastal, rural, and agricultural communities; global and comparative planning; environmental justice; urban design; participatory approaches
Aaron Gatdula	Sustainability; Urban Ecology; Landscape Ecology; Environmental Planning; Environmental Justice; Food Equity; Transportation Equity; Informal Transit in the Global South; Southeast Asian Studies; GIS and Urban Informatics
Lex Gelb	Participatory planning, spatial justice, affordable housing development, equitable public spaces, access to recreational facilities, history of the built environment
Gary Gerbrandt	Achieving equity and justice in the built environment, with a focus on affordable housing and transit planning to meet community needs
Beatriz Guerrero	Urban planning and health equity for vulnerable populations.
Matthew Gutierrez	Sustainable development, climate resiliency, urban ecology, urban agriculture, active transportation, placemaking
Jeremy Halpern	Transportation policy, planning and engineering: megaproject management, bus rapid transit systems, travel demand modeling, equity and displacement modeling
Carson Hartmann	Neighborhoods and wellbeing; planning responses to growth, and ensuing displacement and segregation; policy development and evaluation; geospatial and statistical analysis
Rourke Healey	Active transportation, healthy cities, community-based planning, regenerative and biophilic urban design
Meg Heisler	Housing decommodification, gentrification and anti-displacement strategies, community-led planning
Max Heninger	Affordable Housing Finance and Policy, Real Estate, Transit Oriented Development, Land Use Planning
Mariela Herrick	Public-Private Partnership, Economic Development, Public Policy, Health Equity, Community based planning
Rachel Heydemann	Community-centered, participatory, environmentally sustainable urban planning practices; race, equity and social justice; anti-displacement, pro-density strategies and affordable housing development; homelessness and rising wealth inequality; storytelling, identity and placemaking; emergent design; improved regional governance; policy, advocacy and civic engagement
Matthew Hui	Transportation Planning; Public Transportation; Active Transportation; Transportation Systems in the US and Abroad
Jessie Jaeger	Building healthy, sustainable communities with a key focus in regional and local air quality and multimodal transportation planning. Additional interests include assessing impacts to sensitive communities, improving the quality of life within the urban environment, and evaluating the environmental impacts of global climate change on developing and developed countries.
Anaïse Jean-Philippe	Displacement, affordable housing, income and racial inequality, international development
Felicia Jiang	Urban design as it relates to: sustainability, racial equity and social justice, affordable housing, community engagement, urban renewal, informality
Michael Clyde Johnson	Urban Design, Public Space Design and Theory, Spatial Justice
Emily Kaner	Relationships between everyday environments and health behaviors
Tiffany Kang	Racial and economic justice; participatory planning; immigrant and refugee communities; youth and formerly incarcerated populations; movement building; urban artistic production / culture-keeping
Clay Kerchof	Climate adaptation; natural hazard mitigation; climate and disaster resilience; disaster recovery; sustainable land use; housing affordability; expanding housing supply; economic opportunity; community engagement and coalition building
Jennifer Kim	Community-based participatory planning, affordable housing and anti-displacement, inclusive/equitable development, community land trust models, social and environmental justice, sustainable urban design, land use policies, resilience and adaptation planning
Anisha Kimble	Urban Design, Transportation, GIS Accessibility Analysis and ADA Compliance in Public Space.
Natalie Koski-Karell	Urban design, arts/humanities/cultural connections to urban planning, community economic development, land use law, equity
Elliot Kwon	Mass Housing Design and Policies, Community-Led Planning, Public Space Design, Placemaking, Modern Korean Architecture and Planning
Eunice Kwon	Community ownership, participatory governance, cooperative economies, ethnic and racial community formation
María de Jesús Lara-Lemus	Community Development, Public Art, Food Systems, Racial and Economic Segregation, Health Disparities and Environmental Racism.
Maggie Laush	Affordable housing, stimulating mixed-income communities, public-private partnerships, and effective public spaces
Ryan Laws	Transportation Planning, the effects of autonomous vehicles on regional economies
Janet Le	Urban design, democratic urban design, historic preservation, re-purposing infrastructures, community-based planning and development, community resilience, social justice, placemaking, civic engagement, urban studies in race and ethnicity, people of color activism, geographic information systems and design as critical map-making.
Amiel Leaño Atanacio	Housing Policy, Anti-Displacement Strategies, Equity & Social Justice, Public Housing, Community Land Trusts, Community & Economic Development
Sarah Lebu	Urban and slum health; Healthy cities; Water, sanitation and nutrition for the urban poor; Scaling of public health programs through city-wide planning and policy; Private-public partnership approaches to scaling programs.
Donna Leong	Health in all policies, age-friendly planning, and multimodal transportation financing
Audrey Lieberworth	Community-based planning, health equity, and economic development
Lauren Linde	Affordable housing, urban policies/strategies for providing housing and services to the homeless, complete streets/street safety and transportation accessibility, the intersection of housing and public health
David Long	The interaction between transportation planning and land use planning, especially around large transportation infrastructure projects. Informal planning and development in developing countries.
Emmanuel Lopez	Economic development and housing rights; Deep ecology and the built environment; Climate mitigation and adaptation; Analytics and human behavior
José López	Environmental land use planning and policy, transportation and housing policy, economic development, planning for climate change impacts, general plans and zoning updates, water policy, renewable energy, and emission reductions.
Lily MacIver	Environmental and racial justice, impacts of air pollution on low-income communities of color, climate and health equity, community-led policy advocacy and planning, community-based participatory research, youth participation in planning, GIS based analysis.
Shazia Manji	Environmental justice and health disparities; health and racial equity analysis of social and environmental policy; land use policy and regulation; participatory planning and research methods; GIS
Emily Mann	Environmental planning; sustainability and climate change adaptation; food and water systems; environmental justice.
Brie Martin	Health benefits of urban green spaces and comprehensive public transit, environmental justice and Latin American Studies
Ian Martin	Transportation policy and planning, impact of public transportation networks on land use, integration of active transportation with public transportation, impact of ridesharing on mode choice and land use.
Laurel Mathews	Equitable climate adaptation, Public transportation access and use
Jon McCall	Environmental and social justice, climate resiliency, sustainable urban design and development, transportation planning and policy, participatory planning.
Shannon McCarthy	Transportation systems & public spaces as they relate to equitable access, public health, user behavior, and sustainability. Multimodal planning, active design, green space, public mental health, displacement/gentrification, affordable housing, participatory planning, and community-led development.
Zach McRae	Racial desegregation, community-led planning, grassroots power and movement building, anti-displacement, current consequence of historical planning practices, intersection of land use and water management, land use law, housing and economic development in marginalized communities in the united states of America and other countries, redistribution of wealth and community ownership
Ella Mitchell	Economic development, public space, healthy communities
Colleen Monahan	Racial Equity and Social Justice, Gentrification and Displacement, Food systems, Immigration and Social Mobility
Honora Montano	Climate adaptation in coastal communities, planning for urban green space, public health and equity, community engagement and education, media coverage of environmental issues
Josie Morgan	Urban Design, Disaster Preparedness & Resiliency, Climate Change, Land Use
Andrew Nelson	Transportation, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Emergencies and Disasters
Yuju Park	Affordable housing, gentrification and displacement, mobility, urban design
Gabriela Picado-Aguilar	Transportation planning, land use, Transit Oriented Development and active transportantion and transit
Marta Polovin	Transportation and regional planning/policy; sustainable transit design and development; social and environmental justice; healthy cities; citizen activism
Maya Price	Transportation Planning, Climate Change, Environmental & Racial Justice, Gentrification & Displacement
Shivani Raina	Informality in the Global South, Asset Based Community Development, Participatory Planning & Design, Food Justice, Health & Built Environment, Community Innovation & Disaster Risk Reduction
Karl Reinhardt	Sustainable transportation infrastructure, electric vehicle integration, smart city development, natural disaster preparedness and resiliency planning, queer spaces and networks
Diego Rentería	Los Angeles, working-class neighborhoods, Latinos, development of openspace through river restoration, sidewalk and plaza design, environmental justice, regional governance
Ivana Rosas	Land Use & Urban Design, Accessibility & Transportation, Resiliency & Solar infrastructure
Severin Sáenz	Community-based planning, neighborhood cultural preservation, housing and economic equity, community informed data collection, geospatial analysis and data visualization
Viri Santoyo	Environmental Justice, CEQA/ city planning/ land use, community centered and participatory planning, city level climate adaptation/prevention initiatives, community resilience/ social justice, affordable housing and housing equity.
Travis Schneider	The merging of urban design and transportation planning into an architecture for people in motion (expressways, rail corridors, bridges, tunnels, boulevards, streets, trails, squares, stations and ports), in order to improve and expand the public realm. Also, the geographic, geometric, and technological forces that shape city form, land use distribution, and the layout of roads, rail, and infrastructure.
Rasheed Shabazz	Racial and environmental justice and equity; gentrification and displacement; cooperatives, land trusts, and informality; reparations; community-driven and youth participatory action research; GIS; Oakland, Richmond; intercommunalism and Black community development; Afrofuturism.
Noel Simpkin	International development, sustainable water management, and community-centered and participatory planning - with a focus on women's voices in planning
Cali Slepin	Mixed-income development, placekeeping, creative community engagement strategies, and anti-displacement policy
Beatriz Stambuk-Torres	Park and River restoration and implementation, community engagement
Jun William Tanabe	Urban design, public space, community development
Andrew Tate	Transportation planning; walkability in American cities; last mile transportation
Sharifa Taylor	Health in all policies; active engagement of low-income and communities of color in the advocacy, budgeting, and planning process; participatory action research; affordable housing policy and responses to gentrification and displacement.
Shushan Tesfuzigta	Waste Management, Public Services, African Urbanism
Keira Thompson	Urban Design, Land Use, Transit Oriented Communities, Community Development
Matthew Thompson	Transportation & transit service planning (especially for bus networks); transit oriented development; use of GIS, data science, & analytics in planning; multi-modal mobility options and neighborhood accessibility for all ages and abilities; planning for the elderly; LGBTQ spaces; value of social infrastructure
Amy Thomson	Transportation planning and equity, transportation access and equity, sustainable communities, economic development.
Julian Tucker	Community-centered and Participatory Planning, Urban Equity, Housing, Community and Economic Development, Sustainable Cities
Ben Ulrey	Gentrification, displacement, and development; density and multimodal transit; planning for every age; community engagement; suburbia; sustainable and resilient cities; placemaking
Eric Valchuis	Innovations in design, construction methods, and financing of private sector projects with a goal of making it easier to make neighborhoods that are more interesting, pleasant, and accessible.
Rafael Velazquez	Public health x city planning, housing policy, neighborhood revitalization planning, urban spatial segregation, health equity, participatory decision making, global south/north relations
Ashley Wagner	Environmental and social justice, health equity, structural determinants of health, sustainable sanitation and waste management, participatory planning
Leopold Wambersie	Transportation planning, sustainable urban design, and infrastructure systems. Examining all the above in an international context, and assuring equitable implementation.
Jessie Wesley	Food systems, community engagement, equity, and environmental health in urban communities.
Sadie Wilson	Urban sustainability, active transportation networks, urban bicycle infrastructure, planning for climate resiliency and adaption, the inequality in the effects of climate change and climate disasters and how to mitigate those impacts using physical and socioeconomic interventions, ecologically-driven design solutions
Lindsay Wong	Sustainable urban design, participatory planning, urban informality, and community development.
Logan Woodruff	Urban Design, Tactical Urban Interventions, Participatory Planning Practices, Democratic Design, Post-Industrial Adaptation
Dalia Rubiano Yedidia	Community-based planning to support grassroots neighborhood organizing, racial equity and social justice, development without displacement, affordable housing
Yuquan Zhou	Built Environment, Healthy Cities, Urban Planning