OUR TEAM

national planning team

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lead co-chair

Ana Antunes

Assistant Professor of Gender Studies, University of Utah

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Chris Benner

Professor and Director, Institute for Social Transformation, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Paige M. Bray

Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, Department of Education, University of Hartford

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Adrienne Cachelin

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Utah

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José Calderón

Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies, Pitzer College

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Julio Cammarota

Professor, Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona

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John Diamond

Kellner Family Distinguished Chair in Urban Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Tim Eatman

Professor & Dean Honors Living-Learning Community, Rutgers University-Newark

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Barbara Ferma

Professor, Department of Political Science, Founder and Director, University Community Collaborative

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Michelle Fine

Distinguished Professor, Psychology, CUNY Graduate Center & University; Visiting Prof., University of South Africa

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Angela K. Frusciante

Founder and Director of Knowledge Designs for Change LLC

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Ronald David Glass

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Education, University of California Santa Cruz

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Alvaro Huerta

Religion and Public Life Organizing Fellow, Harvard Divinity School

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Sarah Hobson

Founder and President of Community Allies, LCC

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Joy Howard

Associate Professor of Education Leadership, Appalachian State University 

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Antwan Jefferson

Associate Dean, EDI; Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Denver

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Michael Johnson

Professor, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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Erin Kenney

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Hartwick College

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Ben Kirshner

Professor and Program Chair, Learning Sciences and Human Development, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Rebecca London

Professor of Sociology and Faculty Director of Campus & Community, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Steve McKay

Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center for Labor and Community, University of California, Santa Cruz

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José A. Muñoz

Assistant Dean of Student Success, California State University, San Bernardino

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Celina Su

Marilyn J. Gittell Chair in Urban Studies & Professor of Political Science, City University of New York

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Blanca Elena Trejo

Doctoral Researcher, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Mark Warren

Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston

URBAN NATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATORS

Juliet Reynolds, URBAN National Fellow

Cesar Martin, URBAN National Data Manager
Desi Aleman, URBAN National Web Designer 

FELLOWS

2025 Research fellows

Ce`Vin V. Barnes, Southern University and A&M Colleges
Claire Bear, UC Santa Cruz
Eleanor Estrada, University of Utah
Alexis Hunter, University of Colorado, Boulder
Josh Lown, Northeastern University
Melanie Plasencia, Rutgers University, Newark
Cait Quirk, University of Utah
Ian Slattery, UC Santa Cruz
LaTresa Williams, Texas A&M University

2026 Research fellows
2027 Research fellows

Contact

General Information

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Leadership

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nationalplanningteam@urbanresearchnetwork.org

Website

webdesigner@urbanresearchnetwork.org

Fellowships

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