People – Department of Urban and Regional Planning

PEOPLE

Abhinav Alakshendra

Assistant Professor;
Director, Center for International Design and Planning

alakshendra@ufl.edu

Lance Barbour

Systems Administrator, GeoPlan Center

lance@geoplan.ufl.edu

Ilir Bejleri

Associate Professor

Laura Dedenbach

Instructional Assistant Professor;
Graduate and Undergraduate Coordinator

laurajd@ufl.edu

Kyle Dost

Internship Coordinator; Associate Program Director,
Online Master of Urban and Regional Planning

kyledost@ufl.edu
352-294-1486

Daniel Dow n ing

Assistant Scholar,
GeoPlan Center

dadowning@ufl.edu

Erik Finlay

GIS Analyst,
GeoPlan Center

erikf@geoplan.ufl.edu

Kathryn Frank

Associate Professor

kifrank@ufl.edu

Crystal Goodison

Associate Scholar;
Associate Director,
GeoPlan Center

goody@geoplan.ufl.edu

Vitoria Guimaraes

Administrative Support Assistant I

vitoriaguimaraes@ufl.edu
352-294-1494

Laurel Harbin

Adjunct Lecturer

lharbin@ufl.edu

Thomas Hawkins

Instructional Assistant Professor;
Program Director,
Online Master of Urban and Regional Planning

hawkins@dcp.ufl.edu

Lingqian (Ivy) Hu

Professor;
Chair, Department of Urban and Regional Planning;
Associate Director, School of Landscape Architecture and Planning

Azza Kamal

Instructional Assistant Professor,
Sustainability and the Built Environment

azzakamal@ufl.edu

Hal Knowles

Lecturer + Change Agent,
Sustainability and the Built Environment

hknowles@ufl.edu

Huiqing Kuang

Instructional Assistant Professor, SLA&P

Cleary Larkin

Assistant Scholar;
Acting Director, Historic Preservation Program

clarkin@ufl.edu

Kristin Larsen

Professor

klarsen@ufl.edu

Devan Leavins

Adjunct Lecturer

devan.leavins@ufl.edu

Meredith Leigh

Adjunct Lecturer

msleigh@ufl.edu

Christy McCain

Associate Scholar,
GeoPlan Center

christym@geoplan.ufl.edu

Timothy Murtha

Affiliate Professor

tmurtha@ufl.edu

Vanessa Niblett

Academic Assistant II

vniblett@dcp.ufl.edu
352-294-1481

Kate Norris

Assistant Scholar; Geospatial Data Manager,
GeoPlan Center

katen@geoplan.ufl.edu

Sam Palmer

Assistant Scholar,
GeoPlan Center

Zhong-Ren Peng

Professor;
Director, International Center for Adaptation Planning and Design (iAdapt)

zpeng@dcp.ufl.edu

Reginald Pierre-Jean

Geospatial Developer, GeoPlan Center

reginald@ufl.edu

Deborah Rhoden

Fiscal Assistant

petals@ufl.edu
352-294-1440

Thomas Ruppert

Affiliate Faculty

truppert@ufl.edu

Ruth Steiner

Professor;
Director, Center for Health and the Built Environment

rsteiner@dcp.ufl.edu

Emre Tepe

Assistant Professor;

emretepe@ufl.edu

Alexis Thomas

Director,
GeoPlan Center

alexis@geoplan.ufl.edu

Sofia Thordin

Adjunct Lecturer

sthordin@ufl.edu

Glenda Walls

Business Administration Specialist

g.miles@ufl.edu
352-294-1478

Shenhao Wang

Assistant Professor in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

shenhaowang@ufl.edu

Yan Wang

Assistant Professor,
Florida Institute for Built Environmental Resiliece (FIBER)

Xingjing Xu

Research Assistant Scientist

axuxinjing@ufl.edu

Claudia Zapata

Office Manager

czapata1@ufl.edu
352-294-1484

EMERITUS FACULTY

Margaret “Peggy” Carr, Professor Emeritus

Stanley Latimer, Lecturer Emeritus

Joseli Macedo, Professor Emeritus

James Nicholas, Professor Emeritus

Christopher Silver, Professor Emeritus

Paul Zwick, Professor Emeritus