April 10, 2008

Dear CED Faculty, Students, and Staff,

The CED Dean Search Committee has selected the following short list of six candidates to bring to campus for interviews and a public presentation before the end of classes. The schedule of visits is still being arranged, but once completed you will all be notified as soon as possible.

Sincerely yours,
Loren Partridge
Chair, CED Dean Search Committee

Nezar AlSayyad
Professor in the Departments of Architecture and City & Regional Planning
Associate Dean for International Programs, College of Environmental Design
Chair, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Director and Co-Founder, International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments
University of California, Berkeley

Raymond Gastil
Director, Manhattan Office, New York City Department of City Planning

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning, School of Public Affairs
University of California, Los Angeles

William Morrish
Elwood R. Quesada Professor of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban and Environmental Planning
University of Virginia

Charles Waldheim
Principal, Urban Agency
Director, Master of Landscape Architecture Program
Associate Dean, Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
University of Toronto

Jennifer Wolch
Professor of Geography & Urban Planning
Director, USC Center for Sustainable Cities
University of Southern California