City & Regional Planning and Community Development Faculty

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City & Regional Planning and Community Development Faculty

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    Associate Professor of Instruction and Program Head of Planning & Community Development
    City & Regional Planning, Community Development

    Jeffrey Doshna, PhD, AICP

    • Email: doshna@temple.edu
    • Phone: 215-204-1213
    • Office: Architecture 213
    • Website: http://sites.temple.edu/doshna

    • Jeffrey P. Doshna is a professional planner, economist and community leader. He teaches courses in community and economic development, quantitative and qualitative research methods and supervises the graduate planning studio. After a term on the Flemington (NJ) Borough Council, he is currently the Chairperson of the Planning Board.
       
      His primary research area is community economic development with a focus on community development finance. His current work explores the influences of neoliberalism on the practice of community development through programs like the Federal...

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    Assistant Professor of Instruction and Curriculum Coordinator

    Ryan Thomas Devlin

    • Email: rtdevlin@temple.edu
    • Phone: (703) 328-4263
    • Website: @RTDPhd

    • Ryan Thomas Devlin’s research focuses on urban informality in cities of the Global North. He is specifically interested in informal placemaking strategies of immigrant groups in U.S. cities, and how planners, urban designers, and public administrators respond to such actions. His current work focuses on street vending and other uses of public space for livelihoods. Ryan is a community-engaged scholar who works closely with a variety of activist groups supporting informal workers such as the Street Vendor Project in New...

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  • Adjunct Faculty
    Planning & Community Development

    Logan Axelson

    • Logan Axelson is a senior transportation planner in the Office of Transit, Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. He focuses on long-range planning and urban design for public transit projects. He works with students to help express city planning concepts graphically.

      MRP, Cornell University
      BA, Temple University

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    Adjunct Professor
    City & Regional Planning, Community Development

    William J. Cohen, PhD, FAICP

    • Email: wjcohen@temple.edu
    • Phone: 302-765-2352

    • Bill Cohen has been a practicing city and regional planner with over 32 years of experience at the municipal and state levels, in addition to the nonprofit sector. He has been on the faculty of Temple University since 2004, where his teaching and research focuses on ecological planning and environmental design. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses including: Planning History and Theory, Land Use Planning; Ecological Planning and Development and People, Places, and Environment.

      Cohen has experience as a municipal planning director and was the...

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  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Fred Conner

    • Email: frederick.conner@temple.edu
    • Phone: 484-686-1016

    • Fred Conner is a management consultant with over 30 years of leadership experience in planning, building, and maintaining communities in both the private and public sectors. Noteworthy planning projects have included expeditionary military bases, campus master plans, and municipal comprehensive plans. His military and public service careers include serving as Chairman of the Whitpain Township Board of Elected Supervisors. 

      MS – Community & Regional Planning, Temple University
      BA – Economics, Upsala College 
       

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Martine Decamp, AICP

    • Email: martine.decamp@temple.edu

    • Martine Decamp is Deputy Director for the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. In her 20 years as a planner, she has worked with the community, developers, architects, engineers, attorneys, and elected officials in her roles in community planning, development planning, and strategic planning and policy. Her passions include environmental justice and legislative affairs.


      MCP, City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania
      BS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
       

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Planning & Community Development

    Thomas Edinger

    • Email: thomas.edinger@temple.edu

    • Thomas Edinger is a senior transportation planner at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, where he handles major transportation planning tasks, including managing the Congestion Management Process (CMP) for the region.

      MCRP Ohio State University
      BS, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Planning & Community Development

    David Feldman

    • Email: david.feldman@temple.edu
    • Phone: 215-370-6043
    • Website: www.right-sized-homes.com

    • David Feldman has worked in housing and community development policy and implementation for over 25 years, in the private and non-profit sectors. His work has included funding and technical assistance to community-based organizations for affordable housing and community economic development projects, neighborhood planning and related policy initiatives in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Flint, Michigan; and for Hurricane Sandy relief in New York City. He serves as a gubernatorial appointee to the Pennsylvania State Planning Board.

      WMP, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
      MArch, Harvard University
      BA, University of Pennsylvania
       

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Planning & Community Development

    Sean Greene

    • Email: sean.greene@temple.edu

    • Sean Greene brings over 25 years of experience of resource protection and planning to the classroom. Currently working at the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, he incorporates his experience and the those of his students to explore how our communities grow.

      MS, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University
      BA, University of Delaware

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Planning & Community Development

    David Guinnip

    • Email: david.guinnup@temple.edu

    • David R. Guinnup is an applied economist and an urban and regional planner with over 40 years of professional experience in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Currently, he teaches the fundamentals of cultural and environmental ecology of human settlements. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, The International Economics Honor Society.

      BS, Ball State University
      Graduate Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education, Temple University 2021

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Planning & Community Development

    John Haak, AICP

    • Email: john.haak@temple.edu

    • John Haak is a city planner with 35 years of professional experience with regional, county and municipal-level planning agencies. His expertise includes comprehensive and community planning, economic development, capital programming, urban redevelopment, transportation planning and sustainability.

      MCRP, University of North Carolina
      BA, Brown University

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Planning & Community Development

    Kyle Hearing

    • Email: kyle.hearing@temple.edu
    • Phone: 301-466-7932

    • Kyle Hearing is a project manager and senior transportation planner at Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning, where he focuses on transit service and active transportation planning and analysis. Kyle leverages geographic information systems (GIS) to translate complex datasets into digestible information that promotes the development of equitable transportation networks. By developing models to understand how existing infrastructure and transit services facilitate movement throughout a region, Kyle enhances demographic analyses to highlight areas where investments will generate the largest impact for the people who stand to benefit most.

      MS, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University
      BS, University of Michigan

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Planning & Community Development

    Meredith Johnson

    • Email: tul07908@temple.edu

    • Meredith Johnson specializes in accessible development that utilizes existing space through community empowerment and interdisciplinary thinking. She is the executive director at the East Falls Development Corporation—a non-profit that works in community and economic development in and around the East Falls neighborhood in Philadelphia.

      MS, University of Pennsylvania
      BS, Texas State University

  • Adjunct Faculty
    Planning & Community Development

    Dennis Livrone

    • Email: dennis.livrone@temple.edu

    • Dennis Livrone is a retired environmental planner from the Bucks County Planning Commission. For over 35 years, he represented county government on federal, state, regional, county and municipal planning committees, as well as authored/co-authored numerous planning and educational publications. He was elected to a four-year term on Doylestown Borough Council in November 2021.

      MEPC and BS, Pennsylvania State University

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Andrew Meloney, AICP

    • Email: andrew.meloney0001@temple.edu

    • Andrew Meloney, AICP is the Director of Choice Neighborhoods at the Philadelphia Housing Authority, overseeing the implementation and planning of HUD’s public housing and neighborhood revitalization program in Philadelphia. Andrew is passionate about public service and strives to improve the lives of the citizens of Philadelphia with his work.

      Previously, he worked at the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Planning and Development for 12 years. While at DPD, he managed a team of planners working to implement the recommendations of the Philadelphia 2035 Comprehensive Plan with policy, legislation, and project management. Before that, Andrew worked as a GIS and Real Estate Development Analyst at the Reinvestment Fund and as a GIS Specialist for the Philadelphia Department of Records. He has a BA degree in geography and planning from West Chester University and is an American Planning Association Certified Planner.

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Kevin Moran

    • Email: tuj70012@temple.edu

    • Kevin Moran is the senior manager at ULI Philadelphia and was previously the executive director of the Northern Liberties BID and Fairmount CDC. He has an extensive background in non-profit management and economic development that includes facilitating over $5 million in public space, affordable housing and commercial corridor investments in the Philadelphia region.

      MA and BA, Villanova University

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Brian Olszak

    • Brian Olszak is a senior planner at the Montgomery County Planning Commission. He produces legal instruments, such as zoning and land development ordinances and similar technical documents; writes subdivision and land development reviews, as well as zoning amendment reviews; and analyzes and synthesizes demographic, housing and development data, among other responsibilities.

      MS, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University
      BA, Loyola College in Maryland

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Nicole Ozdemir

    • Nicole Ozdemir is a senior planner at the Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) with a profound commitment to public service and equitable development. Since joining PCPC in 2014, Nicole has been an advocate for public engagement, working to create a more vibrant and inclusive city. Nicole is currently part of the PCPC team working to update Philadelphia’s comprehensive plan with a greater focus on inclusivity, social justice, and racial equity. She holds a bachelor’s degree in urban planning and studies and a master's degree in city and regional planning.

      MA, University of Pennsylvania
      BA, University at Albany, State University of New York

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Samantha Porter

    • Email: tul07914@temple.edu

    • As the director of place-based initiatives for the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity, Samantha Porter is interested in interdisciplinary, community-driven approaches to planning and community development. As a practitioner, she offers a blend of theory and practice in disaster recovery program design and implementation.

      MPA, University of Pennsylvania
      BA, Temple University

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Andrew Reid

    • Email: andrew.reid0002@temple.edu

    • Andrew Reid is engaged in cutting-edge economic and community development practice nationally, focusing on major social and economic challenges, such as gentrification, equity, inclusive growth, food access, housing, infrastructure, access to financial services and health disparities. 

      CAGS, Tufts University
      MBA, Golden Gate University
      BA, University of California, Davis

  • Adjunct Associate Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Rick Sauer

    • Email: richard.sauer@temple.edu
    • Phone: 215-732-5829 ext. 105

    • Rick Sauer has 35 years of experience in the non-profit housing and community development field. For the past 24 years, he has served as executive director of the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC), a membership association of organizations working to create an equitable city where every Philadelphian lives, works, and thrives in a neighborhood that offers an excellent quality of life. 

      Sauer previously served as associate director of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, and assistant editor of Shelterforce magazine for the National Housing Institute. He is a recipient of a 2007 Eisenhower Fellowship on Urban Challenges and a NeighborWorks America Northeast Region 2013 Visionary Leader in Community Development award, and holds a Masters Degree in Urban Planning and Policy Development from Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He serves on a number of housing and community development-related boards, including the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund Oversight Board, Philadelphia Land Bank, and the Urban Affairs Coalition, where he is also co-chair of their Community Economic Development Committee.
       

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Eleanor Sharpe

    • Email: eleanor.sharpe@temple.edu

    • Eleanor Sharpe is the executive director at the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. She serves in a dual capacity as head of the planning commission and deputy to the director of the city's Department of Planning and Development, responsible for the Division of Planning and Zoning.

      MCP, University of Pennsylvania
      BArch, Howard University

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Jeremy Stoff

    • Email: jeremy.stoff@temple.edu
    • Phone: 301-512-6112

    • Jeremy Stoff is community planner for the Bucks County Planning Commission where he serves in a variety of planning roles, including comprehensive planning, downtown revitalization, and stormwater management planning. In his role, he also uses geographic information systems (GIS) to interpret large amounts of data into presentable information that promotes the development of equitable communities across Bucks County.

      MS, Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University
      BA, Syracuse University
       

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Ashley Wagner

    • Email: ashley.wagner@temple.edu

    • Ashley Wagner works creatively in the nonprofit and small business fields as a project manager and communications director. In previous community development work, she managed a small business alliance and directed community arts projects and exhibitions. Recently, Ashley has served as general manager of Kole Made, a local woodworking firm that specializes in sustainable building and reclaimed materials. Her work is driven by a commitment to local commerce, collectivism, and equitable sustainability. A proud graduate of the Community Development undergraduate program at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, and a lifelong student, Ashley enjoys post-graduate studies in herbal medicine and holds a certificate in art history from The Barnes Foundation.

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Joanne Walker

    • Email: joanne.walker@temple.edu

    • Joanne Walker is an attorney and consultant with a keen interest in land use, the environment and social issues. With over 35 years of experience in environmental and land use law, and working with nonprofits on management and governance issues, Joanne is interested in promoting responsible planning and stewardship, particularly with respect to the environment, quality of life and improvement of social conditions.

      JD and MPA, Syracuse University
      BA, LaSalle University

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Marissa Waxman

    • Marisa Waxman is first deputy revenue commissioner for the City of Philadelphia. She loves utilizing behavioral economics and data analysis to improve revenue collections and expand relief for vulnerable Philadelphians.

      MCP and BA, University of Pennsylvania

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Jonathan Wetstein

    • Email: jonathan.wetstein@temple.edu

    • Jonathan Wetstein, MPS is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University’s Community and Economic Development Graduate Program and carries a long-standing commitment to urban revitalization-related project through the lens of food systems. His professional experience began in 2005 as a consultant in comprehensive land use planning and design. Jonathan entered the field of community and economic development as a project manager for Camden, NJ non-profit organizations in 2011. As an independent consultant, he continues working alongside local businesses, governments and non-profits to meet a variety of new economic development goals through community assessments, market analysis, visioning, grant funding and administration.

  • Adjunct Professor
    Planning & Community Development

    Emily Wyner

    • Email: emily.wyner@temple.edu

    • Emily Wyner is an organizational development practitioner with roots in racial and economic justice movements, public health, and cooperatives and other membership organizations. She is currently a senior associate at KONU, where she designs and facilitates leadership development programs for nonprofits and institutions tackling systemic challenges.

      MS, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
      BA, Tufts University

       

  • Professor Emerita
    Planning & Community Development

    Deborah Howe, PhD, FAICP

    • Deborah Howe was Professor at Temple University for 10 years and Chair from 2006–2015. Her research and professional interests include affordable housing alternatives, community planning for aging populations, commercial land use patterns and the Oregon land use system. Among the numerous accomplishments throughout her career, Howe co-founded the Faculty Women's Interest Group, chaired the Global Perspectives Committee for the American Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) and served as a planner, grants coordinator and community development director in Dutchess County, New York where she administered over $6 million in Community Development funding.

      In 2000, Howe was inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) in recognition of her contributions to planning education. In 2005, she was recognized by the Oregon Chapter of American Planning Association for exemplary service during her six-year term as the lead co-editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association—the premier journal in the field of planning. 

      PhD, University of Michigan
      MS, University of Michigan
      BS, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse

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    Associate Professor Emerita
    City & Regional Planning, Community Development

    Lynn Mandarano, PhD

    • Email: lynn.mandarano@temple.edu
    • Phone: 215-777-9112
    • Office: Architecture 135
    • Website: http://sites.temple.edu/mandarano/

    • Lynn Mandarano is an expert in community engagement and capacity building for collective action to address complex social and environmental concerns. Her research explores how everyone from individuals to regional collaborative institutions develop capacities, such as knowledge, relationships and political will to plan and implement projects that have positive, long-term impacts. Her work in Philadelphia has assisted communities with capacity building and engaged students through community-based service learning projects. 
       
      Her work is published in leading...

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