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I am Professor and Interim Director of the Global Urban Studies Program at Michigan State University (MSU). I also hold appointments in MSU's Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences and the School of Planning, Design and Construction. Before coming to MSU, I taught in departments of Public Policy, Urban Planning, Urban Design, and Geography at the University of Toronto, Syracuse University, Dalhousie University, and Texas A&M University. My main areas of research focus on urban (re)development processes and the resulting socio-economic, built, environmental and health impacts.

In addition to my experience in academia, I have worked in government and in private consulting firms as an urban policy analyst and planner. I also have extensive experience as editor, most notably being Associate Editor (2010-2015) and the Editor in Chief (2015-2021) of the Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA). Currently, I am the JUA’s Senior Associate Editor.

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The Journal of Urban Affairs, where I served as Associate Editor (2010-2015), Editor-in-Chief (2015-2021), and currently as Senior Associate Editor.

Summer Sports Down Under, Australia. Scuba diving with my ISS 310 People and Environment class off Cairns, the Great Barrier Reef.

Chengdu, China. Invited lecture at Sichuan University.

Copenhagen Denmark. Presenting paper at the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP).

Site visit to Reykjavik and region, Iceland.