Researchers

	Mark Brenner Mark Brenner is the director of Labor Notes, a 29 year old project dedicated to putting the movement back in the labor movement. In addition to wri… More... Mark Brenner is the director of Labor Notes, a 29 year old project dedicated to putting the movement back in the labor movement. In addition to writing for Labor Notes magazine his work has also appeared in the Washington Spectator, Counterpunch, Metro Times, Black Commentator, Z Magazine, and Monthly Review. Before joining the staff at Labor Notes, Mark spent a decade working with living wage campaigns around the country, and is co-author of the forthcoming book A Measure of Fairness about the economic impact of living wage ordinances. He is also a staff economist with the Real Cost of Prisons Project, specializing in the social and economic costs of the War on Drugs. Mark Brenner has worked on The Cargo Chain website Less...
	Zoe Coombes Principal, Commonwealth Zoë Coombes is from Toronto. Her and her partner Francisco David Boira, are now 100% commited to the creation of software-driven design at the… More... Zoë Coombes is from Toronto. Her and her partner Francisco David Boira, are now 100% commited to the creation of software-driven design at their Brooklyn-based business, Commonwealth. Zoe Coombes has worked on The City without a Ghetto, The Subsidized Landscape, Garbage Problems website email Less...
	Meghann Curtis Meghann Curtis is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs where she studies, among o… More... Meghann Curtis is a graduate student at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs where she studies, among other things, urban development in developing nations. After graduating from Vassar College, Meghann worked as an urban planner for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development in their divisions of housing finance and large scale development. She later went on to serve as Policy Director for New York City Council Member David Yassky, where she was intimately involved in the redevelopment plan for the Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront. Just before returning to school Meghann worked as a journalist for the South African Broadcast Corporation in Johannesburg, South Africa. She plans to return overseas this summer to work for the United States Agency for International Development in Indonesia with their Aceh Reconstruction and Recovery Unit. Meghann Curtis has worked on The Subsidized Landscape Less...
	Naoki Fujita Organizer, UNITE HERE More... Naoki Fujita has worked on Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, The Water Underground Less...
	Beth Lieberman Beth has been engaged in the fields of architecture, politics, and development for several years in a several different iterations. She is curren… More... Beth has been engaged in the fields of architecture, politics, and development for several years in a several different iterations. She is currently doing development for Urban Green Builders, a firm that develops environmentallly sustainable, urban in-fill projects in underserved areas. She not-so-secretly aspires to surround herself full-time with fresh-baked goods and culinary delights. Beth Lieberman has worked on Urban Renewal Activity Tables, The City without a Ghetto email Less...
	Valeria Mogilevich Program Manager Valeria, a native New Yorker, coordinates the execution of design and education projects about the city’s inner workings as CUP's Program Manag… More... Valeria, a native New Yorker, coordinates the execution of design and education projects about the city’s inner workings as CUP's Program Manager. She comes from a background in visual studies and film and architectural theory with a degree from Brown University in Modern Culture and Media (magna cum laude, 2004). In addition to working many years in the non-profit sector, she is an independent film curator specializing in scientific films. Valeria is also on pest-control patrol in the CUP office. Valeria Mogilevich has worked on Knoxville: Building Communities, The Water Underground, Green Information Center, Tagging the Social Contract, Prison City Comix, Temporary Showroom, People and Buildings, Freedom and Incarceration, Making Policy Public Less...
	Dave Powell Organizer, Met Council More... Dave Powell has worked on Important Housing Rights Less...
	Damon Rich Founder Damon Rich is an urban designer working at the grisly intersection of design, policy, and the public. His exhibitions use video, sculpture, graphic… More... Damon Rich is an urban designer working at the grisly intersection of design, policy, and the public. His exhibitions use video, sculpture, graphics, and photography to investigate the political economy of the built environment. His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Storefront for Art and Architecture and SculptureCenter (New York City), the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst (Liepzig), and Netherlands Architecture Institute (Rotterdam). In 1997, he founded the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people understand and change the places they live, where he served as Creative Director for 10 years. Damon has taught design at institutions including the Parsons School of Design, Heritage High School, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, and the Queens Library Adult Learning Center. He writes about architecture and politics for publications including the Village Voice, the Nation, Metropolis, and Architecture magazine. Damon has been awarded a New York State Council on the Arts award for his work with adult literacy and architecture, as well as a fellowship from the MacDowell Colony for his work on the history of urban renewal. In 2007, Damon was selected as a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Studies at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and an Artist-in-Residence at the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, where he developed a pedagogical exhibition on architecture, real estate, and finance. Damon Rich has worked on Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Gautreaux v. Urban Renewal, The City without a Ghetto, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, The Center for Critical Skills, The Subsidized Landscape, The Connection between Abandoned Buildings and Homeless People, Governors Island Points of Interest, Cybercity Walking Tour, Hell's Kitchen South: Developing Strategies, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Spacebombing / Don't mess with this city!, What's Poppin at Fulton Mall?, Code City, Temporary Showroom, Social Security Risk Machine, The Programmable City, Chew On This Less...
	Alice Shay Alice is an art-organizer, artist, designer, and investigator of city landscapes who has worked with various community art organizations, independe… More... Alice is an art-organizer, artist, designer, and investigator of city landscapes who has worked with various community art organizations, independent publications and urbanism non-profits. She is currently completing degrees in Art-Semiotics and Urban Studies at Brown University with an Honors thesis project focusing on radical cartography. Alice Shay has worked on PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Detroit Do Your Thing! Less...
	Sam Stark Sam Stark is the author of the children’s book Diderot: French Philosopher and Father of the Encyclopedia. He works as an assistant editor at Harpe… More... Sam Stark is the author of the children’s book Diderot: French Philosopher and Father of the Encyclopedia. He works as an assistant editor at Harper’s Magazine. Sam Stark has worked on Building Codes, The Subsidized Landscape, Social Security Risk Machine Less...
	Celina Su Assistant Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College, CUNY Celina Su’s interests lie in the role of civil society in social policy, especially in the interaction of culture, grassroots groups, and educatio… More... Celina Su’s interests lie in the role of civil society in social policy, especially in the interaction of culture, grassroots groups, and education or health care policy-making. Celina Su has worked on Gautreaux v. Urban Renewal, The City without a Ghetto website email Less...
	Meredith TenHoor Meredith TenHoor researches contemporary urbanism and politics. She is a Ph.D.candidate in Architecture at Princeton University. More... Meredith TenHoor researches contemporary urbanism and politics. She is a Ph.D.candidate in Architecture at Princeton University. Meredith TenHoor has worked on Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street website Less...
	Carrie Walker More... Carrie Walker has worked on Knoxville: Building Communities Less...
	Rosten Woo Executive Director Rosten Woo has been producing public education projects with CUP since 1999. He teaches design history and theory at Parsons, the New School for De… More... Rosten Woo has been producing public education projects with CUP since 1999. He teaches design history and theory at Parsons, the New School for Design and produces historical research and writing on history, design and public policy for Place Matters, the Municipal Arts Society, Metropolis Magazine and the Village Voice. He has also worked as a researcher and policy analyst for a variety of non-profit organizations including Common Ground Community and the Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center. He serves on the board of like-minded non-profits, Place in History and Groundswell Community Mural Project. He received his BA in Government from Cornell University. Rosten Woo has worked on Entry Sequence, Public Housing 101, PHTV: What's up with public housing?, Building Codes, Coding Communities, Garbage Problems, Urban Renewal Activity Tables, The Programmable City, The City without a Ghetto, The Center for Critical Skills, Values & Variety: Shopping on Fulton Street, Important Housing Rights, The Subsidized Landscape, Schoolyard Visions, Detroit Do Your Thing!, However Unspectacular: A New Suburbanism, The Water Underground, Abuse of Power: The SPURA Story, Mind the Gap, Big up, Jamaica!, Code City, Knoxville: Building Communities, Mapping the Concourse, Temporary Showroom, People and Buildings, Just In/Justice, The Cargo Chain, Building Codes Less...
	Kaz Yoneda Student, Cornell University What will become the new language of architecture? The world is ready for the new epoch of architecture whereby it longer indulges itself in inter… More... What will become the new language of architecture? The world is ready for the new epoch of architecture whereby it longer indulges itself in internal games. Architecture now more than ever must become a part of consequential, political imagination. Kaz Yoneda has worked on Detroit Do Your Thing! email Less...