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President & Chief Technology Engineer
David Hildebrand
The Urbanicity Museums & Schools
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Geography · 5 faculty
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GEO-101 · GEO-402
Dr. Amara Osei
Assistant Professor · Worcester, Massachusetts
Geographer and GIS specialist researching spatial inequality, urban land use change, and the digital mapping of historical landscapes. Teaches WebGIS, Urban GIS & Analysi
Field: Spatial inequality, urban land use, historical GIS, cartographic history, remote sensing
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GEO-201 · GEO-403
Prof. Sanjay Krishnamurthy
Professor of Urban Planning · Somerville, Massachusetts
Prof. Krishnamurthy researches transit-oriented development, vertical urbanism, and how infrastructure investment shapes skyline growth in global cities. He has consulted
Field: Transit-oriented development, vertical urbanism, skyscraper economics, infrastructure planning, comparative ur
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Dr. Thomas Mbeki
Visiting Professor · Ithaca, New York
Dr. Mbeki is a physical and human geographer whose work examines climate adaptation in coastal cities, land use change, and environmental justice. He brings an internatio
Field: Climate adaptation, coastal urbanization, environmental justice, land use change, sustainable development
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GEO-302 · GEO-501
Dr. Yun-Seo Lee
Assistant Professor · Duluth, Minnesota
Dr. Lee combines economic theory with geospatial methods to study land markets, transportation networks, and the spatial distribution of economic activity. Her models int
Field: Spatial econometrics, land markets, remote sensing for economics, transportation networks, neighborhood foreca
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GEO-401 · GEO-502
Dr. Maria Oliveira
Assistant Professor · Providence, Rhode Island
Dr. Oliveira studies urban heat islands, green infrastructure, and climate resilience planning. Her GIS-intensive research maps microclimate variation across neighborhood
Field: Urban heat islands, green infrastructure, climate resilience, microclimate modeling, environmental planning
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History · 2 faculty
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BIGH101 · HIST101 · HIST201 · HIST-290
Dr. James Whitfield
Assistant Professor · Galena, Illinois
Architectural historian specializing in the Chicago School, Art Deco skyscrapers, and the relationship between building technology and urban form. Teaches World History a
Field: Architectural history, Chicago School, Art Deco period, building technology and urban development
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BIGH201 · HIST102 · HIST202 · HIST301
Dr. Barbara Thornton
Professor of Urban History · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dr. Thornton is a specialist in American urban history, with emphasis on how industrialization, migration, and federal housing policy shaped the 20th-century metropolis.
Field: Urban history, historic preservation, industrial geography, federal housing policy, commercial architecture
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PolSci · 3 faculty
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Prof. Eleanor Vance
Associate Professor · New Haven, Connecticut
Constitutional law scholar with expertise in separation of powers, federalism, and the evolution of judicial review from Marshall to Roberts. Teaches ConLaw and Comparati
Field: Constitutional interpretation, Supreme Court doctrine, judicial review, comparative constitutional design
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POLSCI-200 · POLSCI-302 · POLSCI-402
Prof. Catherine Fitzpatrick
Senior Lecturer · Annapolis, Maryland
Prof. Fitzpatrick teaches constitutional law, administrative law, and urban governance. Before academia she spent twelve years as a municipal attorney advising city counc
Field: Municipal law, urban governance, zoning litigation, eminent domain, public-private partnerships
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Dr. Robert Jeffries
Associate Professor · Springfield, Illinois
Dr. Jeffries studies comparative urban governance, focusing on how mayoral authority, council structures, and intergovernmental relations shape policy outcomes in America
Field: Comparative urban governance, mayoral politics, intergovernmental relations, climate policy, municipal reform
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Programming · 3 faculty
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CS-101 · CS-301 · DB-301 · GIS-201
Prof. Marcus Chen
Lecturer · Decatur, Georgia
Software engineer and educator specializing in Python, PostgreSQL, and GIS programming. Teaches CS-101, CS-201, and DB-401. Builds the data pipelines that power Urbanicit
Field: Python, PostgreSQL, GIS programming, data pipelines, web development
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CS-102 · CS-401 · DB-401 · GIS-301
Dr. Lisa Park
Assistant Professor · Port Townsend, Washington
Dr. Park specializes in applied machine learning for urban analytics, including predictive models for housing prices, crime mapping, and transportation flow. She bridges
Field: Machine learning for urban analytics, spatial statistics, predictive modeling, data visualization, open data e
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Prof. Anika Patel
Lecturer · Asheville, North Carolina
Prof. Patel teaches full-stack development, database design, and web application architecture. Before joining the faculty she spent eight years as a senior engineer at a
Field: Civic technology, open data platforms, full-stack development, database optimization, API design
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SocioEcon · 5 faculty
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ECON101 · HIST302 · SOC-301 · SOC502
Dr. David Hildebrand
Professor & Director · President & Chief Technology Engineer, Urbanicity · Bradenton, Florida
Founder of Urbanicity Academy. Research focuses on the vertical city—what economic, political, and geographic conditions produce skyscrapers in central business districts
Field: Skyscrapers and CBD development, urban density, zoning policy, GIS and cartography, socioeconomic inequality i
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ECON201 · SOC100 · SOC401 · SOC-503
Dr. Rachel Navarro
Associate Professor · Santa Fe, New Mexico
Dr. Navarro studies urban economic development, labor markets, and the fiscal health of American cities. Her research focuses on how municipal tax policy and zoning refor
Field: Urban economics, municipal finance, labor market geography, zoning reform, neighborhood investment patterns
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ECON301 · SOC-200 · SOC402 · URB-100
Dr. Nadia Washington
Associate Professor · Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Washington studies race, place, and poverty in American cities. Her mixed-methods research examines how housing policy, neighborhood disinvestment, and institutional
Field: Racial segregation, housing policy, neighborhood effects, spatial inequality, community development
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HIST-100 · SOC201 · SOC403
Prof. Henrik Karlsson
Professor of Economics · Lindsborg, Kansas
Prof. Karlsson is a quantitative economist specializing in real estate markets, construction economics, and the financial mechanisms that drive vertical development in ce
Field: Real estate economics, construction finance, CBD development, property valuation, urban land markets, REIT ana
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HIST-200 · SOC202 · SOC501
Dr. Diego Morales
Associate Professor · El Paso, Texas
Dr. Morales studies immigration, demographic change, and neighborhood transformation in U.S. gateway cities. His longitudinal research tracks how immigrant settlement pat
Field: Immigration sociology, demographic change, gateway cities, ethnic enclaves, commercial corridor revitalization
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