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Mayisha Tahsin Mou is a doctoral student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design Program at the University of Maryland College Park. Her research centers on community planning, particularly focusing on the adaptability of migrants in different spaces. With a diverse academic and professional background, she brings a multidisciplinary approach to solving complex research challenges.

Paula Jarrett Nasta currently works as the Historic Preservation and Downtown Development Planner for the City of McKinney, Texas. The position blends the practices of historic preservation with urban design and planning practices in an established and growing City.

Hernan Rosas is a doctoral student in Urban and Regional Planning and Design at the University of Maryland-College Park in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

Alibi Shokputov is a Ph.D. candidate in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research is centered on understanding the transformative effects of telework, particularly in a post-pandemic context, on travel behavior, housing mobility, and social equity.

Bahereh Vojdani is a PhD student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research focuses on performance-based approaches to architectural and urban design, with an emphasis on quantitative evaluation of building energy use, daylighting performance, and environmental quality.

I am interested in the arrangement of urban structures and typologies as well as the development of and the relationship between urban housing and public spaces with regard to the cultural and sociological aspects of urban planning that affect the various scales of society, from density and demographics to personal and global dimensions.

Xuedi Yan is a doctoral student in Urban and Regional Planning and Design at the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Her research interests focus on urban economics, urbanization, economic development, and housing policy.

Janet T. Adesina is a doctoral student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design (URPD) program at the University of Maryland. She is also a trained Architect and has worked on various unique projects.

My research involves looking into the decommodification of housing. I would like to look into how we can transition the use of housing away from being utilized as a market tool for wealth extraction, a commodity that is bought and sold as an investment vehicle, into a collective good that is only used for one purpose, providing shelter.