Faculty Advisory Committee

Adjunct Professor of the History and Theory of Urban Form and Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Eve Blau is Adjunct Professor of the History and Theory of Urban Form and Design at the GSD. She is also Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and is Co-Director of the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative. 

Director, Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University; Emma Bloomberg Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Management
Harvard Kennedy School

Jorrit's research and teaching focus on the challenges of making the public sector more effective, efficient, equitable, and responsive to social needs. Jorrit is Faculty Co-Chair of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a joint program of Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School, funded by and executed in collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies. It is the world’s most comprehensive effort to advance effective problem-solving and innovation through executive education, research, curriculum development, and fieldwork in cities.

Associate Professor in Practice of Urban Planning
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Daniel D’Oca is an urban planner and Chair of the Center's Faculty Committee. He is Principal and co-founder of the New York City-based architecture, planning, and research firm Interboro Partners, and Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Professor of the Practice of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of the Practice of Economics, Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Harvard Kennedy School

Karen Dynan is a Professor of the Practice in the Harvard University Department of Economics and at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is also a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the chair of the American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics. She previously served as Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2014 to 2017.

Assistant Professor in Practice of Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Jenny French is a founding partner of French 2D, an architecture studio based in Boston, in 2008. The firm’s work addresses the intersection of architecture, storytelling, and society, examples of which can be found in many built and experimental projects. Recent and current projects include a 180-unit microhousing building in Boston, a Cohousing community in greater Boston, and large scale graphic work.

John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Rahul Mehrotra is Professor of Urban Design and Planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He is a practicing architect, urban designer, and educator.

Professor in Practice of Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Farshid Moussavi is principal of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA) and professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She was previously co-founder of Foreign Office Architects until 2011. Her work integrates architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture in a wide range of projects internationally.

Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture; Co-Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design Degree Program
Harvard Graduate School of Design

Chris Reed is recognized internationally as a leading voice in the transformation of landscapes and cities, and he works alternately as a researcher, strategist, teacher, designer, and advisor. Reed is particularly interested in the relationships between landscape and ecology, infrastructure, social spaces, and cities. 


 

Faculty Affiliates

Faculty from across the university who have either received funding from our Student Research Support Program (SRSP) or have other close ties to the Center (through the teaching of housing-related courses, etc.).
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Director of the Master in Design Engineering Program; Kumagai Professor of Architectural Technology
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Assistant Professor of Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Assistant Professor in Practice of Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture; Director of the Master in Landscape Architecture Program
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Planning & Interim Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Lecturer in Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics & Chairman of the Department of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Lecturer in Architecture; Part-time Director, Online Learning and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design & Founding Director of the Master in Real Estate Program
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Professor of Sociology
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Architecture; Chair of the Department of Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Plimpton Associate Professor of Planning and Urban Economics
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Associate Professor of Architecture
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Lecturer in Housing Studies
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Assistant Professor of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor of History
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences