Core faculty

Brian Deal 

Professor
Executive Director, SEDAC

deal@illinois.edu

217-333-1911

Aneesha Dharwadker 

Assistant Professor

aneesha@illinois.edu

217-333-0176

Rebecca Ginsburg 

Associate Professor
Director of the Education Justice Project

rginsbur@illinois.edu

217-265-6737

David L. Hays 

Professor
Brenton H. and Jean B. Wadsworth Head

dlhays@illinois.edu

217-244-8235

Jie Hu 

Clinical Professor
MSUD Program Chair

jiehu@illinois.edu

Gary Kesler 

Emeritus Associate Professor

gkesler@illinois.edu

Kelley Lemon 

Assistant Professor

klemon@illinois.edu

217-333-0176

Mary Pat McGuire, PLA 

Associate Professor
MLA Program Chair

mpm1@illinois.edu

Conor O’Shea 

Assistant Professor

ceoshea@illinois.edu

Pollyanna Rhee 

Assistant Professor

cyrhee@illinois.edu

D. (Dede) Fairchild Ruggles 

Debra L. Mitchell Chair in Landscape Architecture

dfr1@illinois.edu

217-333-9279

Stephen Sears 

Associate Professor
Associate Head

ssears@illinois.edu

217-333-1720