College of Business Administration Faculty

• Georgios Karras, Professor of Economics
  PhD, The Ohio State University, 1990
  Areas of Interest: Macroeconomics, International Economics, Econometrics


• John F. McDonald, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Finance and Director of Graduate Studies
  PhD, Yale University, 1971
  Professor McDonald is one of the nation's leading scholars in the field of urban economics. He ranks number one in lifetime publications in the Journal of Urban Economics, and is North American Editor of Urban Studies, one of the world's leading journals in the fields of urban economics and urban affairs. He is well known for his extensive studies of the economy and real estate markets of metropolitan Chicago.


• Daniel P. McMillen, Professor of Economics
  PhD, Northwestern University, 1987
  Professor McMillen is the leading author in the Journal of Urban Economics over the past decade. He is well known for his research that combines real estate and urban economics with advanced statistical and econometric methods. He is arguably the nation's leading scholar of this type. He has conducted advanced econometric studies of real estate markets, zoning, and real estate development in metropolitan Chicago.


• Joseph Persky, Professor of Economics
  PhD, Harvard University, 1971
  Professor Persky recent research includes detailed studies of the costs and benefits of alternative urban development patterns.


• Tom Bothen, Associate Director and Lecturer, Center for Urban Real Estate

College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs Faculty

• Phil Ashton, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Policy
  PhD, Rutgers University, 2005
  Areas of Interest: Housing Finance, Community Economic Development, Inner City Markets, Financial Geography, Comparative Urban Policy, Normative Ethical Theory in Planning


• Charles Hoch, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy PhD, University of California Los Angeles, 1981
  Professor Hoch is well known in the field for his books on homelessness and the nature of the urban planning profession.


• Martin Jaffe, Associate Professor and Director of Urban Planning and Policy JD, Wayne State University, 1973; LLM in Taxation, DePaul University, 1985
  Professor Jaffe is an expert on the legal aspects of zoning, environmental law, and other facets of land use regulation. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Architectural and Planning and Research and is a reporter for the American Planning Association's legal publication, Land Use Law and Zoning Digest.


• Janet Smith, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Policy PhD, Cleveland State University, 1998
  Dr. Smith's research focuses on housing policy implementation in the U.S. She served as the lead researcher on the Regional Rental Market Analysis that was conducted on behalf of CHA and HUD as part of the planning and analysis for the major transformation of public housing in Chicago that is taking place.


• Nik Theodore, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2000
  Areas of Interest: Economic Development, Labor markets, Urban policy


• Rachel Weber, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy
  PhD, Cornell University, 1998
  Professor Weber's research interests involve the design and effectiveness of financial incentives and subsidies. She is currently working on projects analyzing the fiscal impacts of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and the relationship between employer-assisted housing and job retention.


• Curtis R. Winkle, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy
  PhD, Rutgers University, 1986
  Areas of Interest: Coalition Development, Prevention, AIDS Services, Role of the Nonprofit Sector