The Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning draws faculty from the University. While the University governs the basic PhD requirements, the Graduate Group Faculty are responsible for discipline-related requirements, admissions, and the supervision of qualifying and candidacy examinations and the dissertation. In consultation with the Graduate Group chair, PhD students select the chairs of their examining and dissertation committees from the following list:
Francesca Ammon, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) fammon@design.upenn.edu
Nikhil Anand, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (SAS)
nikhil.anand@sas.upenn.edu
Eugénie L. Birch, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education (Weitzman School) elbirch@design.upenn.edu
Sanya Carley, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy & City Planning, Faculty Co-Director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy (Weitzman School) scarley@design.upenn.edu
Ram Cnaan, Professor of Social Work (School of Social Policy and Practice)
cnaan@sp2.upenn.edu
Thomas L. Daniels, Crossways Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) thomasld@design.upenn.edu
Akira Drake Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) akirad@design.upenn.edu
Elizabeth Delmelle, Director of MUSA Program, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) delmelle@design.upenn.edu
Gilles Duranton, Dean's Professor of Real Estate (Wharton)
duranton@wharton.upenn.edu
Lance Freeman, James W. Effron University Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) lancefre@design.upenn.edu
David Grazian, Professor of Sociology and Communications (SAS)
dgrazian@soc.upenn.edu
Jamaal Green, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) jamaalg@design.upenn.edu
Erick Guerra, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) erickg@design.upenn.edu
David Gouverneur, Associate Professor of Practice, City & Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture (Weitzman School)
dgg@design.upenn.edu
Amy Hillier, Associate Professor of Social Policy & Practice (Social Policy & Practice)
ahillier@upenn.edu
Mark Alan Hughes, Professor of Practice (Weitzman School)
mahughes@upenn.edu
Allison Lassiter, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) alass@design.upenn.edu
Zhongjie Lin, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) zlin@design.upenn.edu
Sarah Lopez, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) slopez1@design.upenn.edu
Randall F. Mason, Professor of City & Regional Planning & Historic Preservation (Weitzman School) rfmason@design.upenn.edu
Lisa Mitchell, Associate Professor of South Asia Studies (SAS)
lmitch@sas.upenn.edu
Laura Perna, Professor of Education (Education)
lperna@gse.upenn.edu
Vincent Reina, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) vreina@design.upenn.edu
Megan Ryerson, UPS Associate Professor of Transportation (Weitzman School) mryerson@design.upenn.edu
Lisa Servon, Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) servon@upenn.edu
Frederick R. Steiner Paley Professor and Dean (Weitzman School)
fsteiner@design.upenn.edu
Mark Stern, Professor of Social Welfare and History (SP2)
stern@sp2.upenn.edu
Domenic Vitiello, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) vitiello@design.upenn.edu
Susan M. Wachter, Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management; Professor of Real Estate and Finance (Wharton and Weitzman School)
wachter@wharton.upenn.edu
Amber Wiley, Presidential Associate Professor of Historic Preservation (Weitzman School) ambwiley@design.upenn.edu