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Paul Mankiewicz, Ph.D
Visiting AssociAte Professor
Ph.D., City University of New York; founding director,
Gaia Institute.
Amy Anderson Nagy
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute; B.A., University of
Colorado; project manager, New York Industrial
Retention Network.
Gita Nandan
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.Arch., University of California, Berkeley;
principal, Thread Collective.
Joseph Ofungwu, Ph.D
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
Ph.D. Civil/Environmental Engineering, NJIT;
M.S. Civil Engineering, N.J.I.T.; B.S. Civil Engineering,
N.J.I.T.; principal engineer, Louis Berger Group.
Jeffrey Perlman
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
B.S. Applied Physics, Yale University; president
and founder, Bright Power.
David Seiter
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.L.A. Landscape Architecture, University
of Pennsylvania; B.A. Art History, Vassar College;
principal, Future Green Studio.
Ronald Shiffman, FAICP, FAIA
Professor
M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute; B.S. Arch., Pratt Institute.
Jaime Stein
coordinAtor, urbAn enVironMentAl
systeMs MAnAgeMent
M.S., Pratt Institute; B.S., Millersville University.
Ira Stern
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute; regional manager, Bureau
of Water Supply for the New York City Department
of Environmental Protection.Gelvin Stevenson, Ph.D
Visiting AssociAte Professor
Ph.D. Economics, Washington University; B.A., Carleton
College; director, Clear Skies Solar.Samara Swanston
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
J.D., St. John’s University; counsel to the Environmental
Protection Committee, NYC City Council.Catherine Zidar
Visiting AssistAnt Professor
M.S.C.R.P., Pratt Institute ; B.S., University of Colorado,
Boulder; Executive Director, Newtown Creek Alliance.“Pratt opened my mind
to other ways of thinking
about how people
participate in their
environment. I learned to
ask ‘How do you see
a much larger picture
of the park in relation to the
community?’”
—Tupper Thomas,
M.S. Arch/Planning ’79,
Former administrator,
Prospect Park