Keynote Speaker:
9th International Congress of the Asian Planning Schools Association

Director, CapAsia: project-based immersive-semester in South Asia.
Director, EASP 2009: immersive learning experience in China.

Publications include,

"People's Spaces" in Planning Theory
"The Planners' City" in Environment and Planning A
"Contesting Visions ... in Chandigarh"
"Feminizing the City"
Decolonizing Ceylon: Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Politics of Space in Sri Lanka

Awards include,
Fulbright Scholar; National University of Singapore Fellowship; Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad; Graham Foundation Fellowship; Award for Excellence in Teaching

Professional experience
Adviser, Aceh People's Focurm; Consultancy in Deyang (China); Planning Consultant, the Transmigration Project (Indonesia); Chief Architect-Planner, Mahaweli Project (Sri Lanka)

The main area of research interest: how the less powerful create spaces for carrying out daily activities and cultural practices
Allied areas include: politics of space, urban political-economy; colonial urbanism; postcolonial and subaltern studies; landscape interpretation; world-systems; politics of development and planning; issues of identity, representation, gender; international development; multicultural planning, globalization, Asian urbanism and planning

Main areas of teaching:
social theory; planing theory; international development; planning in international and multicutural contexts; politics of space; urban form; urban design; physical planning; urban history; community development; environmental planning and design; land use planning; design communication

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October 23, 2009