Faculty

Regular Faculty

Peter Dreier, chair

E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Politics, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A., Syracuse University M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Mijin Cha

Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.S., Cornell University; J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law; LLM, Ph.D., University of London

Virginia Parks

Madeline McKinnie Endowed Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Martha Matsuoka

Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

A.B., Occidental College; M.C.P., UC Berkeley Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Bhavna Shamasunder

Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.S. /B.A., UC San Diego; M.ES, Yale University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

On Special Appointment

Jeremiah Axelrod

Adjunct Assistant Professor, History
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., UC Irvine

Heng Lam Foong

Adjunct Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A. College of New Rochelle, M.S. Capella University

Christopher Hawthorne

Adjunct Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., Yale University

Jane Schmitz

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., UC Davis; M.P.H., Ph.D., UC Los Angeles

Jeffrey Alan Seymour

Practitioner Professor, Politics; Non Tenure Track Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Jacqueline Valenzuela

Non Tenure Track Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.A., California State University, Northridge; M.P.H., University of Southern California

Nicole Vick

Non Tenure Track Instructor, Urban & Environmental Policy
B.S., M.P.H., University of Southern California

Steve Zimmer

Adjunct Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.A. Goucher College; M.S. CSU Los Angeles

Advisory Committee

Bevin Ashenmiller

Associate Professor, Economics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara

Elizabeth Braker

Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Kinesiology; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.A., Colorado College; Ph.D., UC Berkeley

Regina Freer

Professor, Politics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., UC Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Jan Lin

Professor, Sociology; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Williams College; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., New School for Social Research

Gretchen North

Professor, Biology; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., UCLA

Alexandra Puerto

Associate Professor, History; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy; Affiliated Faculty, Latino/a and Latin American Studies
B.B.A., New School for Social Research; M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., UC Davis

James Sadd

Professor, Environmental Science
B.S., University of Southern California; M.S., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

John Swift

Associate Dean for Core Curriculum and Student Issues; English; Core Program; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Middlebury College M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia