CHUD Leadership & Fellows

The Center for Housing & Urban Development is led by a small leadership team. CHUD also connects faculty across Texas A&M University through our faculty fellow program. Students who conduct research through the center can apply to be doctoral fellows.

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Join the Center for Housing & Urban Development

If you are interested in becoming a fellow or affiliate with the center, please contact us at xinyue.ye@tamu.edu.

Leadership

Shannon Van Zandt
Interim Director, Program Lead for the Fair and Affordable Housing Program
Research Interests: Coastal resilience; social vulnerability to disasters; low-income housing; environmental equity

Wei Li
Executive Associate Director, Program Lead for the Smart Cities Program
Research Interests: Planning for smart and connected communities; societal impacts of autonomous vehicles; sustainable and active transportation; environmental economics

Jaimie Masterson
Associate Director of Outreach
Research Interests: Community engagement; plan evaluation; government & public policy; research communication; environmental justice

Xinyue Ye
Senior Fellow, Program Lead for the Urban Informatics Unit
Research Interests: Geospatial artificial intelligence; big data; smart cities; urban computing

Galen Newman
Senior Fellow, Program Lead for the GRIDD Unit
Research Interests: Urban regeneration; land use science; spatial analytics; urban flood resilience

CHUD Fellows

Center for Housing and Urban Development Senior Fellows

• Randy Birdwell
• Galen Newman
• Walter Gillis Peacock
• Xinyue Ye
• Shannon Van Zandt

College of Architecture Fellows

Interdisciplinary Fellows

• Ann O’M. Bowman
• Mark Fossett
• David Matarrita-Cascante
• Marlynn May

Doctoral Fellows

• Wayne Day
• Jiaxin Du
• Chunwu Zhu