Faculty

Regular Faculty

Peter Dreier, chair

E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of 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

Martha Matsuoka

Associate Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

A.B., Occidental College; M.C.P., U.C. Berkeley; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles

Bhavna Shamasunder

Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy

B.S., B.A., U.C. San Diego; M.ES, Yale University; Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley

On Special Appointment

Janis Breidenbach

Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., M.A., U.C. Los Angeles; Ph.D., Prescott College

Corey Davis

Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; J.D., Temple University; M.P.H., University of North Carolina

Heng Lam Foong

Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A. College of New Rochelle, M.S. Capella University

Christopher Hawthorne

Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Yale University

Joan Ling

Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Chatham College; M.A., U.C. Los Angeles

Myralyn Nartry

Part-Time Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles

Jane Schmitz

Non-Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., U.C. Davis; M.P.H., Ph.D., U.C. Los Angeles

Jeffrey Alan Seymour

Practitioner Professor, Politics; Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., M.A., U.C. Los Angeles

Nicole Vick

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

Steve Zimmer

Non-Tenure Track Instructor, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Goucher College; M.S., C.S.U. Los Angeles

Advisory Committee

Bevin Ashenmiller

Associate Professor, Economics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., U.C. 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., U.C. Berkeley

Regina Freer

Professor, Politics; Advisory Committee, Urban and Environmental Policy
B.A., U.C. 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., U.C. Los Angeles

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