Dandora Neighborhood, Nairobi, Kenya
Appointments and Education
Academic Appointments
January 2022-present
John Portman Chair and Dean of the College
of Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
August 2021-December 2021
Associate Dean of Research, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
September 2012-December 2021
Professor (Spring 2019); Associate Professor (2012-2019), Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
July 2017-December 2021
Director of the Real Estate Design and Development Program
JJ
July 2017-June 2021
Department Chair, Department of Urban and Environmental Planning, School of Architecture, University of Virginia
September 2007-August 2012
Associate / Assistant Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University
September 2002-August 2007
Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning Program, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University
September 2001-August 2002
Visiting Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning Program, Department of Geography, Michigan State University
Education and Honors
2013-2014
Fulbright Scholar, Kenya. Africa Regional Research Program
August 2001
Ph.D., Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 1992
M.A., History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
May 1989
M.S., Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison
April 1984
A.B. with Distinction, History and Political Science, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.