The Governing Board of the Urban Affairs Association consists of fifteen (15) members. The members of the governing board are nominated and elected by the members of the Association. They serve three-year terms and formally meet as a group twice a year.
UAA 2018-2019 Governing Board
Yasminah Beebeejaun, Vice-Chair
2017-2020 (2nd term)
Associate Professor
Bartlett School of Planning
University College London
Jonathan S. Davies
2017-2020 (2nd term)
Professor
Department of Politics and Public Policy Faculty of Business and Law
De Montfort University
Arturo Flores
2017-2020 (1st term)
Citizen Participation Director of the Mexico City Electoral Institute
National Autonomous University of Mexico & Anahuac University
Clarissa Sampaio Freitas
2016-2019 (1st term)
Assistant Professor
Departamento de Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Universidade Federal do Ceara
Andrew J. Greenlee
2017-2020 (1st term)
Assistant Professor and the Tschangho John Kim Scholar in Urban and Regional Systems
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bernadette Hanlon, Secretary
2016-2019 (1st term)
Assistant Professor
City and Regional Planning
Ohio State University
Elsie Harper-Anderson
2018-2021 (1st term)
Associate Professor and Director of Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration Program
Virginia Commonwealth University
Paul Jargowsky
2018-2021 (1st term)
Professor – Rutgers University – Camden
Director – Center for Urban Research & Urban Education
Kimberley Johnson
2016-2019 (1st term)
Professor
Department of Social and Cultural Analysis
New York University
Kitty Kelly Epstein
2017-2020 (1st term)
Associate Professor of Education
Department of Education
Holy Names University
Ali Modarres
2018-2021 (1st term)
Director
Urban Studies
University of Washington Tacoma
Mai Thi Nguyen, Chair
2016-2019 (1st term)
Associate Professor
Department of City & Regional Planning
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alex Schwartz
2017-2020 (1st term)
Professor
Urban Policy
New School
Rosie Tighe
2018-2021 (1st term)
Associate Professor
Urban Studies
Cleveland State University
Thomas J. Vicino, Treasurer
2017-2020 (1st term)
Professor
Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Northeastern University