Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.
Center Faculty
Tom Angotti
Center Director, Professor.
Author of We Won’t Move: Community Planning in “The Real Estate Capital of the World.” Land Use columnist for www.gothamgazette.com. Editor, Progressive Planning. 197-a plans, zoning, environment, housing.
Recent projects: Atlantic Yards (Brooklyn), Willets Point (Queens), Community Land Trusts.
Jill Simone Gross
Associate Professor.
Comparative international urban development, social capital formation, citizen participation, urban governance and leadership, culture, tourism, and “cyber-development” in American and European inner cities.
Lynn McCormick
Associate Professor.
Economic and community development, workforce development, policy studies, community plans, evaluations.
Recent projects: Understanding and Supporting New York City’s Artisans; community plan for Corona and Sunnyside, Queens; redevelopment plan for Mt. Vernon, New York.
Susan Turner Meiklejohn
Associate Professor.
Immigration and Planning for Multi-Ethnic Communities, Land-Use and Comprehensive Planning, Urban History and Historic Preservation.
Recent Projects: Comprehensive community plans for Sunnyside and Dutch Kills, Queens. Preservation Plan for Sunnyside Gardens, Queens.
Laxmi Ramasubramanian
Associate Professor.
GIS and spatial multimedia; children’s environments, public transit, participatory planning processes.
Recent projects: Placeworx: A Model for Participatory Planning with Youth; Character Plans for Retail Business Districts, Oak Park, IL.
Sigmund Shipp
Associate Professor.
Worker-owned cooperatives, community development, faith-based and black college community economic development, criminal justice and re-entry issues.
Recent projects: redevelopment projects for Sunset Park, East New York and the Ford Foundation study of community development corporations and their capacity issues.
John Chin
Associate Professor.
Community planning, health and human services planning, immigrant populations.
