Urban Fellows
Interdisciplinary Excellence
One of the unique strategic advantages of the Urban Institute is that it draws on the broad participation of SMU faculty and research staff from across all of our Colleges and Schools.
From the realms of economics, sociology, geography, to law and informatics, our Urban Fellows collectively represent a cross-section of knowledge that is critical in understanding, addressing, and solving the most pressing urban challenges of our time.
Urban Experiences
Orlando WOODS
Director and Pillar Lead (Urban Life)
Professor of Geography
Aidan WONG
Assistant Professor of Urban Studies (Education)
Urban Growth
Terry VAN GEVELT
Associate Professor of Urban Sustainability
Eric FESSELMEYER
Associate Professor of Economics (Education)
Theodor COJOIANU
Associate Professor of Sustainable Finance
Urban Systems
Winston CHOW
Pillar Lead (Urban Infrastructure)
Professor of Urban Climate
CHENG Shih-Fen
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Rajesh Krishna BALAN
Professor of Computer Science
Qiuzhuang SUN
Assistant Professor of Urban Informatics & Data Science
