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4/12/23
Elizabeth Bowen
Associate Professor of Social Work

Expertise: homelessness, health issues affecting homeless populations, recovery from alcohol and other drug problems
Phone: 716-645-1258
Email: eabowen@buffalo.edu
4/12/23
Kelly Patterson

Associate Professor of Social Work

Expertise: social welfare policy; cannabis policy; residential segregation; fair housing; gentrification; homelessness; poverty and economic inequality; race and class
Phone: 716-645-1248
Email: klp27@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Robert Silverman

Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

Expertise: shrinking cities, fair housing, affordable housing, gentrification, community development, nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations in urban neighborhoods
Phone: 716-829-5882
Email: rms35@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Korydon Smith
Professor and Chair of Architecture
Expertise: diversity and social justice in planning and design; inclusive design; refugee housing and settlement planning
Phone: 716-829-5908
Email: khsmith@buffalo.edu
5/14/22
Henry-Louis Taylor Jr.
Director of the Center for Urban Studies
Expertise: urban development, housing, gentrification, underdeveloped neighborhoods, shrinking cities, race and class, U.S.-Cuba relations

Phone: 716-829-5458
Email: htaylor@buffalo.edu