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Temple University Ambler is home to a wide selection of well-known scholars, academicians, and experts in a number of fields, from Community and Regional Planning to Psychology to History.

Garden history, women's history, garden development, trees and herbs

Jenny Rose Carey
Director, Landscape Arboretum of Temple University Ambler

Planning and Government Affairs

William J. Cohen, PhD, FAICP
Associate Professor (Practice), Community and Regional Planning

State and local economic development policy, quantitative and qualitative research methods

Jeffrey Doshna, MCRP
Adjunct Instructor
Community and Regional Planning

Botany, horticulture, endangered plant species and medicinal plants

Sasha Eisenman, PhD

Assistant Professor of Horticulture (Teaching/Instructional)

Water resource management, Dispute resolution

Jeffrey Featherstone, PhD
Director, Center for Sustainable Communities

Professor (Research), Community and Regional Planning

Transportation planning and policy, land use, and energy systems

Bradley Flamm, PhD

Assistant Professor, Community and Regional Planning

Research Fellow, Center for Sustainable Communities

Planning consulting for public and private sector clients

Charles Guttenplan, MURP, AICP
Adjunct Instructor
Community and Regional Planning

History of American politics and the presidency

James W. Hilty, PhD

Professor of History and Community and Regional Planning

Language growth and study of applied cognition in preschool and early elementary aged children
Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Co-director, Temple University Ambler Infant Lab

Growth management emphasizing land use systems, affordable housing alternatives, community planning for an aging society

Deborah Howe, PhD, FAICP

Chair, Department of Community and Regional Planning
Research Fellow, Center for Sustainable Communities

Sustainable community planning and applications of technology
within planning and design

Pauline Hurley- Kurtz, MLA, RLA, ASLA
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture

Landscape design, computer-aided design

Rober Kuper, RLA, ASLA
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Balancing natural environments with landscaped environments

Baldev Lamba, MLA, RLA, ASLA
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Environmental planning, stormwater best management practices

Lynn Mandarano, PhD, PE
Associate Professor, Community and Regional Planning

Research Fellow, Center for Sustainable Communities

Geographic Information Systems specialist, spatial information systems design

Md Mahbubur Meenar, MUP
Assistant Director, GIS Operations and Research

Horticultural business management, public horticulture and American traditions in landscape design

Eva Monheim, MA, BS
Instructor in Landscape Architecture and Horticulture (Teaching/Instructional)

Ecological restoration, eco-structural design methods, large scale vegetation salvage

John Munro, BS

Instructor in Landscape Architecture and Horticulture (Teaching/Instructional)

Design of public parks, parkways and greenways

Mary Myers, PhD, RLA, ASLA
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture

Environmental science and environmental planning

M. Richard Nalbandian, MRP and MS, AICP
Associate Professor (Research), Community and Regional Planning
Research Fellow, Center for Sustainable Communities

Cognitive and developmental psychology
Nora Newcombe, PhD
Coordinator of Psychology, Temple University Ambler
Co-director, Temple University Ambler Infant Lab

Horticultural substrates and seed germination

Michael Olszewski,PhD
Assistant Professor of Horticulture

Emergency management planning and preparedness
Susan Spinella Sacks, MCRP
Assistant Director, Center for Sustainable Communities

Environmental and energy economics
John Sorrentino, PhD
Associate Professor of Economics, Fox School of Business

Landscape design for energy efficiency, computer aided design

Lolly Tai, PhD, RLA, FASLA
Professor of Landscape Architecture

Environmental and construction law, superfund site mitigation

Joanne Walker, JD, MPA
Adjunct Instructor
Community and Regional Planning

Environmental, health, safety and product regulatory
Ernest Weiler, PhD
Adjunct Instuctor, Community and Regional Planning 

Community land use planning and design

Bess Wellborn Yates, MLA, BA
Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture and Horticulture (Teaching/Instructional)