Department of Urban and Regional Planning Faculty

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
ks285@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

Before joining the Department of Environmental Planning and Design at UB in 1983, Professor Sam Cole worked in a wide variety of national and international positions in national, urban, and regional planning. 

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
ledarcy@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
mamcafee@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
adewart@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 226

Jonathan Bleuer began his career with an Environmental Education firm in Downtown Buffalo and gained experience in natural resource management and built environment mitigation strategy. Jonathan continued his career in the field of environmental management and land use planning as a Municipal Planner with the Town of Clarence since 2013. Education in the field of Environmental Design and Urban Planning at the University at Buffalo provided Bleuer a unique approach to preservation of key physical assets within the built environment as well as strategic planning for sustainable community development. As a Western New York native, Jonathan is committed to advancing the field of planning within the region and has held the Director position within the WNY section of the American Planning Association.

Currently teaching Strategies of Property Management, Stephen Fitzmaurice has been a property management professional over 30 years. 

An assistant professor of urban planning, Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah studies issues related to urban health, public policy, environmental governance, land tenure, and sustainable urbanism in both Global North and South countries.

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
jamesgot@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

Zoé Hamstead is an assistant professor of environmental planning. Her work is concerned with dynamics of urban systems with a focus on climate impacts and climate management.

Associate Professor Hiroaki Hata holds a post-professional degree in urban design from Harvard University and a Master of Architecture degree from Washington University.

Professor, Chair - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
dbhess@buffalo.edu - (office location) - (phone with embedded link)

Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
ashimakr@buffalo.edu - (335 Hayes Hall) - (716-829-5325)

Adjunct Instructor
Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Dr. Page’s research focuses on a variety of issues related to environmental planning, which involves the study of how to use the planning process to minimize the negative effects of the natural environment on humans and of human settlements on the natural environment.

Dr. Park’s research interests are urban economics and transportation modeling as applied to natural and man-made environmental and security problems.

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
ebparker@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
mfh@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

Professor Price’s research overlaps his professional practice and public service interests, and is concerned primarily with housing for low-income households.

Samina Raja’s is an international expert on the role of planning and policy in building sustainable food systems and healthy communities. She directs the School of Architecture and Planning's Food Lab, including its current work on a grant to build food systems in communities across the U.S.

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
ranahan@buffalo.edu - (716) 829-5913 - Hayes Hall 124

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
ericreco@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
jrehler@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 231 - 716-829-5913

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
anniesch@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

Professor and Dean
School of Architecture and Planning
UB Campus Architect / Senior Fellow, UB Regional Institute

Robert Silverman applies urban planning to the study of the non-profit sector, the role of community-based organizations in urban neighborhoods, education reform, shrinking cities, and inequality in inner city housing markets.

Dr. Sternberg’s current work is on the ethics of complex decision making to avert disasters, whether from terrorism or natural or technological hazards.

Dr.  Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. research focuses on a historical and contemporary analysis of distressed urban neighborhoods, social isolation and race and class issues among people of color, especially African Americans and Latinos. 

Kerry Traynor has been working in the field of historic preservation for over 20 years. Professor Traynor has a diverse background including work in the private and public sectors, as well as in academia.

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
adamwalt@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

Adjunct Instructor - Department of Urban and Regional Planning
winship@buffalo.edu - Hayes Hall 235 - 716-829-5913

My research focuses on practical applications of spatial models, joining amenity and location theory with applied GIS and simulation methods to explore the complexity and dynamic processes of urban systems for environmental planning, urban design, and sustainable development.