Meet Our Faculty

Jennifer Novak-Leonard 

Research Associate Professor and Director of the Arts Impact Initiative, College of Fine and Applied Arts

jln7@illinois.edu

217-300-6716

Affiliated faculty

Magdalena Novoa 

Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

mnovoa@illinois.edu

Core faculty

Robert B. Olshansky, FAICP 

Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

robo@illinois.edu

Emeritus faculty

Rolf Pendall, AICP 

Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

rpendall@illinois.edu

217-300-8178

Core faculty

Omar Pérez Figueroa 

Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

operez10@illinois.edu

Core faculty

Ken E. Salo 

Clinical Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning

kensalo@illinois.edu

217-244-5377

Core faculty

Daniel Schneider 

Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

ddws@illinois.edu

217-244-7681

Emeritus faculty

Anne Heinze Silvis 

Assistant Dean and Program Leader, Community and Economic Development, University of Illinois Extension

asilvis@illinois.edu

217-333-5126

Specialized faculty

Aiman Soliman 

Research Scientist, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Research Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning

asoliman@illinois.edu

Affiliated faculty

Lou Turner 

Clinical Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning

loturner@illinois.edu

217-333-3890

Core faculty

M. Sharif Ullah 

Adjunct Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning

ullah3@illinois.edu

Specialized faculty

Eric Van Buskirk, AICP 

Adjunct Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning

evanbus2@illinois.edu

217-403-8800

Specialized faculty