ADVISORY BOARD
Gabrielle Esperdy, PhD
Gabrielle Esperdy is an architectural historian and critic whose work examines the intersection of architecture, consumerism, and modernism in urban and suburban landscapes, especially in the U.S. in the 20th and 21st centuries. Her first book, Modernizing Main Street (Chicago, 2008), examined efforts to use the architecture of modernism to transform shopping districts and commercial strips as an antidote to the Great Depression. Her current book project studies attitudes towards the commercial landscape and their influence on architectural discourse since WWII. Her blog, American Road Trip, considers historical, monumental and offbeat sites, as well as the ordinary, non-heroic places and communities that are the cultural bedrock of the built and natural landscapes of America. She is Associate Professor of Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Editor of SAH Archipedia, an online resource for the history of the built environment. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Architectural Education, the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Architectural Design, Perspecta, History of Photography, and Design Observer.
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DR. MINDY FULLILOVE, MD
Dr. Mindy Fullilove is a research psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute and a professor of clinical psychiatry and public health at Columbia University. She was educated at Bryn Mawr College (AB, 1971) and Columbia University (MS, 1971; MD 1978). She is a board certified psychiatrist, having received her training at New York Hospital-Westchester Division (1978-1981) and Montefiore Hospital (1981-1982). She has conducted research on AIDS and other epidemics of poor communities, with a special interest in the relationship between the collapse of communities and decline in health. From her research, she has published Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It, and The House of Joshua: Meditations on Family and Place. She has also published numerous articles, book chapters, and monographs. She has received many awards, including inclusion on “Best Doctors” lists and two honorary doctorates (Chatham College, 1999, and Bank Street College of Education, 2002). She is finishing a new book, Elements of Urban Restoration: Rebuilding America’s Cities after Blight, Flight and Disinvestment.
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PROFESSOR ANTHONY SCHUMAN
Professor Anthony Schuman is a registered architect and associate professor of architecture in the College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), where he has served as both undergraduate and graduate program director. He is a past president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). His articles on housing design and community development appear in twelve books and numerous scholarly journals and conference proceedings. His writing has received awards from ACSA and the Society for American City and Regional Planning History. His most recent published article is “Community Engagement: The Evolution of Architecture’s Social Vocation in Schools of Architecture” in Architecture School: Three Centuries of Educating Architects in North America, the book marking ACSA’s 100th anniversary. Tony was a founding member of a series of advocacy and activist organizations in the architecture and planning professions, including Urban Deadline, The Architects’ Resistance (TAR), Homefront, and the Planners Network. He is a past chair of the New York Chapter of Architects/Designers/ Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR). He serves on Montclair (NJ) Housing Commission, in his hometown, and is a trustee of the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee (NPLC), and Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District, Inc. He is the recipient of the 2011 Charles Cummings award from NPLC for his efforts to preserve and celebrate Newark’s social and cultural history and the 2006 NJIT Board of Overseers Foundation Award for Institute and Public Service. In 2010 he was named a Distinguished Professor by ACSA.
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EMILIO PANASCI
Emilio Panasci is an Integrationist who provides technical assistance and general support to communities trying to become ‘more cohesive.’ His work is local in nature with a focus on communities that are very diverse by race, class, age, gender, and more. He holds and Masters in City and Regional Planning with a special focus on community development and equity from Rutgers. He is co-director of Fund for Open Communities, a long-standing non-profit organization promoting stable and strong integrated communities.
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DR. ROBERT (BOB) ZDENEK, DPA
Dr. Robert Zdenek brings a unique combination of leadership, strategic analysis, program design, and teaching experience at the national, state, and local levels for over 30 years. He is Principal of Robert Zdenek Associates, serving over 30 national and local clients, including managing a federal government program, Assets for Independence Act (AFIA), and is part-time faculty at New School University. Bob’s diverse and significant leadership experience includes serving as executive director of the Alliance for Healthy Homes and president of the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED), the former national trade association of community development corporations. He was also interim executive director of the National Housing Institute in 2007 and 2008. Additionally, he was a senior program officer at the Annie E. Casey Foundation and vice president for Community Building at United Way of America where he helped launch the community partnership model for asset building for United Ways. Bob has also worked at the local level at New Community Corporation where he developed and secured financing for several economic development initiatives. He has a doctorate in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He has written over 20 articles and co-authored a book with Carol Steinbach on CDC Leadership and Management Issues. He has served on over 20 boards of directors.
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