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Mercedes Narciso
Adjunct AssociAte Professor
M.S.C.R.P, Pratt Institute; B.A., Simon Bolivar
University; formerly senior planner, Pratt Center
for Community Development.
Signe Nielsen
Adjunct Professor
B.L.Arch., City College of New York; B.A., Smith College;
B.S., Pratt Institute; principal, Mathews Nielsen
Landscape Architecture.
Larisa Ortiz Pu-Folkes
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.A.,
Wesleyan University; director of retail attraction, NYC
Dept. of Small Business Services.
Juan Camilo Osorio
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S., University of Massachusetts; B.Arch., Universidad
Nacional de Columbia; senior GIS analyst/planner,
Municipal Art Society Planning Center.
Stuart Pertz
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.Arch., Princeton University; B.Arch., Princeton
University; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleu,
France; former member, New York City Planning
Commission; founding chair, Pratt Institute
Graduate Urban Design Program.
Steven Romalewski
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S., Columbia University; director, CUNY Mapping
Service, Center for Urban Research at The Graduate
Center/CUNY.
Alison Schneider
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute; B.Env.D., University of Colorado;
Private Sector Integration Plan Manager, Regional
Catastrophic Planning Team.
John Shapiro, AICP
AssociAte Professor
Chair, Graduate Center for Planning and the
Environment M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute; B.A., Clark
University; formerly principal, Phillips Preiss Shapiro
Associates, Planning Consultants.Ronald Shiffman, FAICP,
FAIA
Professor
M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute; B.S.Arch., Pratt Institute;
founder, Pratt Center for Community Development.Toby Snyder
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M. Arch., Rhode Island School of Design; Certificate,
Urban Design, University of Pennsylvania; M.S.C.R.P.,
University of Pennsylvania; B.Arch., Clark University;
urban designer, FX Fowle Architects.Samara Swanston
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
J.D., St. John’s University; counsel to the Environmental
Protection Committee, NYC City Council.Petra Todorovich
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S.C.R.P., Rutgers University; B.A., Vassar College;
director of America 2050, Regional Plan Association.Meenakshi Varandani
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S. Pratt Institute; B.Arch., School of Planning
and Architecture, New Delhi, India; assistant
vice president, Planning Division, NYC Economic
Development Corporation.Meg Walker
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.Arch., Columbia University; B.A., Wesleyan University;
vice president, Project for Public Spaces.Joseph Weisbord
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute; B.A., Oberlin College;
lead director, Homelessness Initiatives, Fannie
Mae Corporation.Andrew Wiley-Schwartz
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
B.A., Hampshire College; assistant commissioner,
NYC Department of Transportation.Daniel Steinberg
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
Doctoral Candidate, Urban Planning, Columbia
University; B.A., University of Chicago.Edward Perry Winston, R.A.
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.A., Harvard University; M.Arch., Rice University; B.A.,
Princeton University; senior architect, MAP Architects.Ayse Yonder, Ph.D
Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; M.C.P., University
of Pennsylvania; Diploma for Architecture, Istanbul
Technical University.Arthur Zabarkes
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
PhD Candidate in Economics (abd), New York University;
M.S., Columbia Uinversity; B Arch Pennsylvania State;
Former Dean, New York Institute of Real Estate.Catherine Zidar
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute; B.S., University of Colorado,
Boulder; executive director, Newtown Creek Alliance.Andrew Zitcer
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
Doctoral Candidate, Planning & Public Policy, Rutgers
University; M.C.P., University of Pennsylvania; B.A.,
University of Pennsylvania.