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Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Faculty

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Graduate Faculty

Elizabeth Brabec, Professor and Head of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, B.S., Guelph, 1981; M.L.A., 1984; J.D., Maryland, 1992.

Elisabeth Hamin, Associate Professor of Regional Planning and Director of the Ph.D. Program in Regional Planning, B.A., Cleveland State, 1984; M.B.A., Northwestern, 1986; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1997.

Mark Hamin, Lecturer in Regional Planning and Director of the Graduate Program in Regional Planning, B.A., Brown, 1984; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1999.

Mark S. Lindhult, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture, B.S.L.A., Pennsylvania State, 1977; M.B.A., M.L.A., Illinois, 1980; F.A.S.L.A., 1998.

Ellen-J. Pader, Associate Professor of Regional Planning and Director of the Combined Degree Program in Regional Planning and Law (with Western New England College of Law), B.A., Kenyon College, 1972, Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1981.

Robert L. Ryan, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, and Director of the Dual Degree Option in Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, B.S.L.A., California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, 1985; M.L.A., M.U.P., Michigan, 1995; Ph.D., 1997.

John F. Ahern, Professor, B.S., Massachusetts, 1974; M.L.A., Pennsylvania, 1980; F.A.S.L.A., 1996; Ph.D., Wageningen, 2002.

Annaliese L. Bischoff, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, B.A., Brown, 1975; M.L.A., New York at Syracuse, 1979.

Dean Cardasis, Professor of Landscape Architecture, B.A., Ohio, 1972; M.L.A., Massachusetts, 1981; F.A.S.L.A., 2000.

Michael Davidsohn, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, B.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1988; M.L.A., 1992.

Peter Kumble, Lecturer, B.A., Antioch, 1980; M.L.A., Arizona, 1988.

Patricia L. McGirr, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, B.S., Michigan, 1984; M.L.A., 1994.

John R. Mullin, Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, B.A., Massachusetts, 1967; M.C.P., Rhode Island, 1969; M.S.B.A., Boston, 1972; Ph.D., Waterloo, 1975; Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners, 1999.

Henry Renski, Assistant Professor, B.A., Southern Maine, 1995; M.R.P., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998; Ph.D., 2006.

Frank Sleegers, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, M.L.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1995; Dipl.-Ing., Hannover, Germany, 1996.

Jane Thurber, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, B.A., Hamilton College, 1980; M.L.A., Harvard, 1985.

Joseph S.R. Volpe, Professor of Landscape Architecture, B.S., California at Los Angeles, 1958; B.L.A., California at Berkeley, 1961; M.L.A., Harvard, 1964.


Adjunct/Associate Faculty

David Bloniarz, Adjunct Lecturer of Landscape Architecture.

Timothy W. Brennan, Adjunct Lecturer of Urban and Regional Planning.

Nancy Denig, Adjunct Lecturer of Landscape Architecture.

Harry L. Dodson, Adjunct Lecturer of Landscape Architecture.

John T. Finn, Professor of Systems Ecology.

Glenn Garber, Visiting Lecturer of Regional Planning.

Julie A. Graham, Professor of Geosciences.

Robin Karson, Adjunct Lecturer of Landscape Architecture.

Jeanne Kidwell, Adjunct Lecturer of Landscape Architecture.

David K. Loomis, Associate Professor of Forestry.

Martha Lyon, Visiting Lecturer of Landscape Architecture.

Robert P. Mitchell, Adjunct Lecturer of Regional Planning.

Maureen Moriarty-Lempke, Adjunct Lecturer of Regional Planning.

Rutherford H. Platt, Professor of Geosciences.

Todd Richardson, Adjunct Lecturer of Landscape Architecture.

Stanley Rosenberg, Adjunct Lecturer of Regional Planning.

Paul W. Shuldiner, Professor of Civil Engineering.

John Sinton, Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture.

Richard Taupier, Adjunct Lecturer of Regional Planning.

Rodney B. Warnick, Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Roger Washburn, Adjunct Lecturer of Landscape Architecture.