The Faculty

Program Director

Karen Franck, PhD, 1978. City University of New York (Environmental Psychology) Professor

Research Interests: Urban public space, alternative housing, design responsive to human needs and social change.

Urban Health

*Urban Health Specialization Coordinator
*Dula F. Pacquiao, EdD, RN, CTN (Rutgers University, Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education: Anthropology) Associate Professor and Director, Center for Multicultural Education, Research, and Practice, UMDNJ - School of Nursing

Research Interests: Cultural diversity in education and healthcare, ethics, cultural competent care, and leadership; Qualitative methodology.

Jeffrey R. Backstrand, PhD University of Connecticut (Nutritional Anthropology) Associate Professor UMDNJ School of Nursing

Research Interests: Nutrition and public health; maternal and child health: sociocultural determinants of food intake; alcohol and child development; social epidemiology.

Carolyn K. Burr, Ed.D. Columbia University Teacher's College (Adult Education) Senior Education Specialist, UMDNJ François-Xavier Bagnoud Center

Research Interests: Healthcare roles in urban health systems

Barbara Caldwell, PhD Seton Hall University (Psychology) Associate Professor UMDNJ School of Nursing

Research Interests: Psychosocial concerns of inner city child-bearing women.

Frances Munet-Vilaro, PhD , RN University of Washington (Nursing) Associate Professor UMDNJ School of Nursing

Research Interests: Health disparities among Latinos.

Linda S. Podhurst, PhD Rutgers the State University at Newark (Medical Sociology) Executive Director, UMDNJ François-Xavier Bagnoud Center

Research Interests: Medical sociology; healthcare worker training; race and ethnic relations, qualitative methods.

Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Ed.D. Columbia University Teacher's College (Health and Behavior Studies & Nutrition Education) Director, Nutrition and Wellness, UMDNJ François-Xavier Bagnoud Center

Research Interests: Nutrition, preventive health and wellness; qualitative and mixed-method research; women's health.

Susan W. Salmond, Ed.D., RN Columbia University Teacher's College (Nursing Education) Associate Professor and Interim Dean, UMDNJ School of Nursing

Research Interests: Role of the nurse executive.

Deborah S. Storm, PhD University of Michigan (Nursing) Director, Research and Evaluation, UMDNJ François Xavier Bagnoud Center

Research Interests: Quality of life in HIV infection; medication adherence; pediatric and prenatal HIV infection; self-management of chronic illness.

Leslie-Faith Morritt Taub

Dr. Huey-Shys Chen

David Anthony (Tony) Forrester, PhD, R.N.

Carolyn K. Burr, EdD, RN

Frances Rieth Ward

Urban Environment

*Urban Environment Specialization Coordinator
*Karen Franck, PhD, 1978. City University of New York (Environmental Psychology) Professor

Research Interests: Urban public space, alternative housing, design responsive to human needs and social change.

Peter C. Papademetriou, M.Arch. Yale University (Architecture) Professor

Research Interests: Architectural history & criticism (focus: 1850-present); architectural design; urban design; urban history and cultural geography.

Zeynep Celik, PhD University of California, Berkeley Professor

Research Interests:

Gabrielle Esperdy, PhD City University of New York (Art History) Assistant Professor

Research Interests: Modern architecture and urbanism; contemporary cities and suburbs; and intersections between consumer culture and the built environment (past and present)

Dennis E. Gale, PhD George Washington University (American Civilization) Professor

Research Interests: Urban planning and management; urban revitalization; politics and public policy; land use policy and growth management.

Anthony Schuman, M.Arch, Columbia University (Architecture), RA Associate Professor

Research Interests: housing and urban development with an emphasis on the interplay of socio-economic forces and physical design; and issues of pedagogy and organization in architectural education. He is currently investigating service-based learning in schools of architecture and planning.

Urban Education

*Urban Educational Policy Specialization Coordinator
*Alan R. Sadovnik, PhD New York University (Sociology) Professor of Urban Education, Public Affairs and Administration (joint) and Sociology (affiliate); Associate Director of Institute on Education Law and Policy

Research interests: sociology of education, urban educational policy, qualitative research, sociological theory

Jason Barr, PhD Columbia University (Economics) Assistant Professor of Economics

Research interests:Firm Behavior, Computational Economics, Industrial Organization, Economics of education

Jamie Lew- PhD Teachers College Columbia University (Comparative and International Education); Associate Professor of Urban Education

Research Interests: Race and ethnic relations; urban education and policy; immigration and international migration; comparative and international education; minority children and children of immigrants in urban schools

Carmen Kynard PhD New York University (English Education)Assistant Professor of Urban Education

Research interests: race, ethnicity and urban education; composition and writing

Arthur Powell Ed.D. Rutgers University (Mathematics Education) Associate Professor of Urban Education

Research interests: mathematics education, ethnomathematics, qualitative research

Roberta Schorr Ed.D. Rutgers University (Mathematics Education)Associate Professor of Urban Education and Mathematics (affiliate)

Research interests: mathematics education, professional development, assessment, technology, policy, and the development of mathematical ideas in students

Anna Stubblefield PhD Rutgers (Philosophy)Associate Professor

Research interests: Black American philosophy, disability theory, feminist philosophy, social and political philosophy, ethics and philosophy of education

Carolyne White PhD University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Educational Policy Studies)

Research interests: qualitative research, race, ethnicity and education, philosophy of education

 

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