The Department’s faculty is diverse, and the range of expertise it brings is well aligned with the mission, and goals and objectives of the Program. Faculty members produce high quality research and scholarship, and generate funding to support and mentor graduate students. They also actively engage in professional practice and community outreach, which enables a strong link between their research and instruction.
Makena Coffman
Environmental Planning, Energy and Climate Change Policy, Resource Management, System Modeling
Ashok Das
Community Participation and Empowerment, Slum Upgrading, Decentralization and Local Governance, Role of Civil Society in Equitable Development and Inclusive Urbanization, Integrated Microfinance, Disaster Risk Reduction, Socioeconomic Impacts of the Platform Economy, Reforming Planning Practice through Planning Education, Southeast Asia, South Asia
Priyam Das
Water Governance, Urban Poverty, Climate Adaptation, Urban Form, Resilient Design, Planning Pedagogy
Emma M. French
Climate Adaptation, Collaborative Governance, Participatory Planning, Climate Justice, Collective Care
Karl Kim
Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance, Transportation, Traffic Safety, Resilience, Environmental Management, Advanced Methods, GIS, Spatial Statistics, Categorical Data Analysis, Evacuation Modeling
Dan Milz
Environmental Planning, Dispute Resolution, Facilitation, Community Engagement, Participatory/Collaborative Planning, Resilience
Subhashni Raj
Climate Change, Food Systems Planning, Climate Adaptation Planning, Environmental Planning
Suwan Shen
Climate Change Impact, Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability, Risk Perception and Adaptation
Professors Emeriti and Retired
Tom Dinell
Planning Theory, Citizen Participation, Social Policy, Professional Practice, Conflict Resolution
Michael Douglass
Urbanization in Asia, Rural-urban Linkages, Spatial Planning Theory, Community and Civic Space, Migration
Peter Flachsbart
Transit-oriented Development, Neighborhood Planning, Environmental Psychology, Human Exposure to Air Pollution
Luciano Minerbi
Comparative Urbanism, Land Use and Environmental Planning, Sustainability, Pacific Islands Planning
Reginald Kwok
Urban Planning, Political Economy of Chinese Development, Urbanization, Globalization in East Asia, Spatial Planning, Cultural Impact on Urban Design
Affiliate Faculty
- Peter Flachsbart, Retired Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
- Kiyomi Kawamoto, Visiting Colleague, College of Social Sciences
- Laura S. L. Kong, Director, UNESCO/IOC-NOAA International Tsunami Information Center
- Pradip Pant, Planning Program Administrator, Statewide Transportation Planning (STP) Office, Hawaii Department of Transportation
- Poya Harirchi, Geographic Information Systems Technician, Department of planning and permitting, City and County of Honolulu and Lecturer, Department of Urban & Regional Planning
- Victoria Keener, Research Professor, Arizona Statue University Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, Adjunct Senior Fellow, East-West Center
- Pradip Pant, Planning Program Administrator, Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation
- Michael Parke, Research Fisheries Biologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Dean Sakamoto, Founder and Principal Architect, Dean Sakamoto Architects
- Sumeet Saksena, Senior Fellow, East-West Center
- Katherine Tibbets, Managing Director of Research, Evaluation & Data Sciences, Liliʻuokalani Trust
- Kirsten B Turner, Deputy Hawaiʻi State Energy Office
- Russell Uyeno, Professor, Meikai University
Lecturers
- Lee Sichter, President, Lee Sichter LLC
- Kamuela Enos, Director of Indigenous Innovation for UH System, Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI)
- Dacheng Dong, Senior Associate, PBR Hawai’i
- Jiwnath Ghimire, Assistant Specialist Hi-DRAW Coordinator, UH Mānoa