This page shows all SGCI Faculty Affiliates who have selected Economic and Community Development as either a primary OR secondary Research Theme.
The SGCI uses six broadly-defined Core Research Themes, pictured at right, to better categorize UConn’s research capacity on topics involving cities. Our Faculty Affiliates are grouped according to these six themes. Affiliates self-select one primary Research Theme that best represents their research and scholarship, and — since cities-related research is often interdisciplinary — they typically select one or more secondary themes as well.
Click on any Faculty Affiliate name to see a detailed profile, including contact information, research interests, recent cities-related publications, useful links, and more. Use the links in the sidebar at left to browse SGCI Faculty Affiliates by last name or Research Theme.
You can learn more about the SGCI’s Faculty Affiliate program here.
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| Photo | Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Jorge Aguero | Associate Professor, Economics and El Instituto | jorge.aguero@uconn.edu |
 | Mohamad G Alkadry | Professor and Department Head, Department of Public Policy | mohamad.alkadry@uconn.edu |
 | Mostafa Analoui | Executive Director, UConn Venture Development and Technology Incubation Program | mostafa.analoui@uconn.edu |
 | Edith Barrett | CLAS Associate Dean Program Director, Urban and Community Studies Professor, Public Policy | edith.barrett@uconn.edu |
 | Mary Bernstein | Professor, Sociology | Mary.Bernstein@uconn.edu |
 | Laura E. Brown | Associate Extension Educator, Community Economic Development | laura.brown@uconn.edu |
 | Eric Brunner | MPA and MPP Program Director Professor, Department of Public Policy | eric.brunner@uconn.edu |
 | Scott Campbell | Associate Professor, English | scott.campbell@uconn.edu |
 | Katharine Capshaw | Professor, English | capshaw@uconn.edu |
 | Fred V. Carstensen | Director, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis Professor, Finance, School of Business | fred.carstensen@uconn.edu |
 | Noel Cazenave | Professor, Sociology and Urban and Community Studies | noel.cazenave@uconn.edu |
 | Xiang (Peter) Chen | Assistant Professor, Geography | xiang.chen@uconn.edu |
 | Jeffrey P. Cohen | Professor, Real Estate and Finance at UCONN’s Center for Real Estate Dean’s Ackerman Scholar, School of Business | jeffrey.cohen@business.uconn.edu |
 | Ryan Scott Coles | Assistant Professor, School of Business | ryan.coles@uconn.edu |
 | Thomas Cooke | Professor, Geography | thomas.cooke@uconn.edu |
 | Andrew Deener | Associate Professor, Sociology | andrew.deener@uconn.edu |
 | Morgaen Donaldson | Director, Center for Education Policy Analysis Associate Professor, Educational Leadership Coordinator, Learning, Leadership and Education Policy Ph.D. Program (Leadership and Education Policy Concentration) | morgaen.donaldson@uconn.edu |
 | Mary Donegan | Assistant Professor In-Residence, Urban and Community Studies | mary.donegan@uconn.edu |
 | Nathan Fiala | Assistant Professor, Agriculture and Resource Economics | nathan.fiala@uconn.edu |
 | Timothy Bernarr Folta | Director, Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Professor and Wolff Family Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship | timothy.folta@uconn.edu |
 | David Garvey | Director, Nonprofit Leadership Program Adjunct Professor, Public Policy | d.garvey@uconn.edu |
 | Prakash Kashwan | Associate Professor, Political Science | prakash.kashwan@uconn.edu |
 | James O'Neil Knighton | Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment | james.knighton@uconn.edu |
 | Samuel Martinez | Professor, Anthropology | samuel.martinez@uconn.edu |
 | Glenn Mitoma | Assistant Professor, Human Rights and Education Director, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center | glenn.mitoma@uconn.edu |
 | Michael O'Neill | Associate Dean and Associate Director, UConn Extension, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources | mp.oneill@uconn.edu |
 | James O’Donnell | Executive Director and Professor, Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation | james.odonnell@uconn.edu |
 | Nishith Prakash | Associate Professor, Economics and Human Rights | nishith.prakash@uconn.edu |
 | Mark Robbins | Professor, Department of Public Policy | mark.robbins@uconn.edu |
 | Stephen Ross | Professor, Economics, Urban and Community Studies, and Public Policy | stephen.l.ross@uconn.edu |
 | Cathy J. Schlund-Vials | Director, Asian and Asian American Studies Institute Professor, English and Asian and Asian American Studies | Cathy.Schlund-Vials@uconn.edu |
 | Louise B. Simmons | Professor, School of Social Work Chair, Urban Issues in Social Work | Louise.Simmons@uconn.edu |
 | Jennifer Terni | Associate Department Head and Associate Professor, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages | jennifer.terni@uconn.edu |
 | Charles R. Venator-Santiago | Associate Professor, Political Science, El Instituto | charles.venator@uconn.edu |
 | Fiona Vernal | Associate Professor, History and Africana Studies | Fiona.Vernal@uconn.edu |
 | Christopher R. Vials | Associate Professor, English Director, American Studies | christopher.vials@uconn.edu |
 | Robert H. Wilson | Director, Sustainable Global Cities Initiative Visiting Professor, Department of Public Policy | robert.h.wilson@uconn.edu |
 | Chuanrong (Cindy) Zhang | Department Head and Professor, Geography | cindy.zhang@uconn.edu |
 | Jin Zhu | Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering | jzhu@uconn.edu |