People

People

As the largest planning department in the United States, DUSP has unparalleled breadth and depth of expertise. A list of current faculty, staff, and students can be found by using the dropdown menu below.
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Cherie Abbanat
Lecturer
Mariana Arcaya
Assistant Professor
Nicholas Ashford
Professor of Technology and Policy
Eran Ben-Joseph
Professor
Department Head
Alan Berger
Leventhal Professor of Advanced Urbanism
Co-Director, LCAU, Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism ; Director, P-REX lab
Gabriella Carolini
Assistant Professor
Phillip Clay
Professor Emeritus
Joseph Coughlin
Director, MIT AgeLab
Senior Lecturer
Dayna Cunningham
Lecturer
Executive Director, CoLab
Alexander D'Hooghe
Associate Professor
John de Monchaux
Professor Emeritus
Peter Del Tredici
Visiting Lecturer of Applied Ecology and Planning
Michael Dennis
Professor Emeritus
Ingrid Gould Ellen
Visiting Professor
John Fernández
Professor; Director of the Building Technology Program; Director of the Urban Metabolism Group
Joseph Ferreira
Professor; Head of Urban Information Systems
Robert Fogelson
Professor
Michael Foster
Instructor
Dennis Frenchman
Professor
Ralph Gakenheimer
Professor Emeritus
David Geltner
Professor
Amy Glasmeier
Professor of Economic Geography and Regional Planning
Head, Housing, Community and Economic Development Group
Ezra Haber Glenn
Lecturer
Chair, UG Program
Gary Hack
Professor Emeritus
Yu-Hung Hong
Lecturer
Director, Sam Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab
David Hsu
Assistant Professor
Jason Jackson
Lecturer in Political Economy
Erica C. James
Associate Professor
Langley Keyes
Professor Emeritus
Melvin King
Senior Lecturer
Eric Klopfer
Professor
Director of the MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program
Janelle Knox-Hayes
Associate Professor
Marie Law Adams
Lecturer
Tunney Lee
Professor Emeritus
Frank Levy
Professor Emeritus
Jennifer Light
Professor
Head, Program in Science, Technology and Society
Fadi Masoud
Miho Mazereeuw
Assistant Professor
Ceasar McDowell
Professor of the Practice
Co-Chair, MCP Program
Tod McGrath
Lecturer
Julie Newman
Lecturer
Director, MIT Office of Sustainability
Mary Anne Ocampo
Lecturer in Urban Design
Paul Osterman
Professor
Karen R. Polenske
Professor Emeritus
Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Associate Professor of Law and Development
Head, International Development Group
Carlo Ratti
Professor of the Practice
Director, SENSEable City Lab
Kenneth Reeves
Martin Luther King Jr. Visiting Scholar
Elisabeth Reynolds
Lecturer of Innovation and Economic Development 
Executive Director, MIT Industrial Performance Center
Peter Roth
Lecturer
Brent D. Ryan
Associate Professor
Head, City Design and Development Group, Chair, PhD Program
Albert Saiz
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Real Estate
Frederick Salvucci
Senior Lecturer
Adèle Naudé Santos
Professor
Bish Sanyal
Professor
Director of the Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies / Humphrey Fellows Program
Hashim Sarkis
Professor, Dean SA+P
Otto Scharmer
Senior Lecturer
Karl Seidman
Senior Lecturer
Bob Simha
Lecturer
Amy Smith
Senior Lecturer
Anne Whiston Spirn
Professor
Justin Steil
Assistant Professor of Law and Urban Planning
Lawrence Susskind
Professor
Head, Environmental Policy and Planning Group
Terry Szold
Adjunct Professor
J. Phillip Thompson
Associate Professor
Lawrence Vale
Ford Professor of Urban Design and Planning
On Leave Spring 17
Bruno Verdini Trejo
Lecturer in Urban Planning and Negotiation
Executive Director MIT-Harvard Mexico Negotiation Program
James Wescoat
Professor
William Wheaton
Professor Emeritus
Clarence Williams
Professor Emeritus
Sarah Williams
Assistant Professor of Technology and Urban Planning
P. Christopher Zegras
Associate Professor
Co-Chair, MCP Program
Jinhua Zhao
Assistant Professor
On Sabbatical Spring 17
Siqi Zheng
Samuel Tak Lee Associate Professor of Real Estate Development and Entrepreneurship
Faculty Director, Samuel Tak Lee Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab