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 and Historic Preservation (Weitzman School) fammon@design.upenn.edu
Nikhil Anand, Daniel Braun Silvers and Robert Peter Silvers Family Presidential Professor of Anthropology (SAS) nikhil.anand@sas.upenn.edu
Jonathan Barnett, Professor of Practice Emeritus (Weitzman School) jonathanxbarnett@gmail.com
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 (School of Social Policy and Practice)
cnaan@sp2.upenn.edu
Dennis Culhane, Professor, Dana and Andrew Stone Chair in Social Policy (School of Social Policy and Practice) culhane@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, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning, Director of the MUSA program (Weitzman School) delmelle@design.upenn.edu
Xiaoxia Dong, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) xiaoxiad@design.upenn.edu
Gilles Duranton, Dean's Professor of Real Estate (Wharton) duranton@wharton.upenn.edu
Lance Freeman, PIK Professor, James W. Effron University Professor of City & Regional Planning and Sociology (Weitzman School and SAS) 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, 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
Gary Hack, Professor Emeritus of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) gahack@design.upenn.edu
Amy Hillier, Associate Professor of Social Policy & Practice (Social Policy & Practice)
ahillier@upenn.edu
Mark Alan Hughes, Professor of Practice, Retired (Weitzman School)
mahughes@upenn.edu
John D. Landis, Professor Emeritus of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) jlan@design.upenn.edu
Allison Lassiter, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) alass@design.upenn.edu
Xiaojiang Li, Assistant Professor of Urban Spatial Analytics (Weitzman School) jianglix@design.upenn.edu
Zhongjie Lin, Benjamin Z. Lin Presidential Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) zlin@design.upenn.edu
Sarah Lopez, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning and Historic Preservation (Weitzman School) slopez1@design.upenn.edu
Randall F. Mason, Professor of Historic Preservation and City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) rfmason@design.upenn.edu
Lisa Mitchell, Chair and Professor of Anthropology & History (SAS)
lmitch@sas.upenn.edu
Laura Perna, GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education (Education) lperna@upenn.edu
Vincent Reina, Professor of City & Regional Planning (Weitzman School) vreina@design.upenn.edu
Megan Ryerson, Chair of City & Regional Planning, UPS Professor of Transportation (Weitzman School) mryerson@design.upenn.edu
Catherine Seavitt, Chair of Landscape Architecture, Meyerson Professor of Urbanism, Faculty Co-Director of the McHarg Center (Wetizman School) cseavitt@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
Marilyn Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design (Weitzman School) mjtaylor@design.upenn.edu
Dana Tomlin, Professor Emeritus (Weitzman School) tomlin.dana@verizon.net
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
Richard Weller, Professor Emeritus (Weitzman School) rjweller@design.upenn.edu
Amber Wiley, Presidential Associate Professor of Historic Preservation (Weitzman School) ambwiley@design.upenn.edu
Robert Yaro, Professor of Practice Emeritus (Weitzman School) yaro@design.upenn.edu
