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 2017-2018 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
2016-2019 (1st term)
Assistant Professor
City and Regional Planning
Ohio State University
Kimberley Johnson
2016-2019 (1st term)
Professor and Director
Barnard-Columbia Urban Studies Program
Barnard College
Kitty Kelly Epstein
2017-2020 (1st term)
Associate Professor of Education
Department of Education
Holy Names University
Julia Nevarez
2015-2018 (1st term)
Program Coordinator
Sociology and Social Justice Graduate Program
Kean University
Mai Thi Nguyen, Treasurer
2016-2019 (1st term)
Associate Professor
Department of City & Regional Planning
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Gordana Rabrenovic
2015-2018 (1st term)
Associate Professor of Sociology
Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Northeastern University
Heywood Sanders, Secretary
2015-2018 (1st term)
Professor
Department of Public Administration
College of Public Policy
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Robert Silverman, Chair
2015-2018 (2nd term)
Professor and PhD Program Director
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
University at Buffalo
Alex Schwartz
2017-2020 (1st term)
Professor
Urban Policy
New School
Thomas J. Vicino
2017-2020 (1st term)
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Northeastern University