WSU Urban Studies Blog

Jeffrey Mark Chusid, chair of Cornell's regional planning department, is zooming into Urban Economics and Land Use class on Friday Dec. 03 to teach on plan interpretation from a technical standpoint, specifically how do we interpret historic and current plans both for buildings and urban / public spaces, and how are they used to communicate among architects, planners and other industry partners.  Jeff Chusid is a preservation architect and planner, and Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. He has consulted on preservation policy, natural and cultural resource conservation, and urban design for communities including Shanghai; Sevastopol, Ukraine; Levuka, Fiji; and Bastrop, Texas, as well as museums in California, Texas, and New York. Chusid’s research, teaching, and writing have focused on the fate of historic resources in areas of cultural exchange and conflict, the conservation of modernist architecture and planning, e

Please join the Department of Urban Studies Faculty for the   Fall 2021 Career Conversations with Grads  Featuring  Deborah Hall, Executive Director, YWCA of Central Mass -- MS Nonprofit Management Peter Peloquin, Assistant Project Manager, Stone and Lime Historical Restoration Services -- BS Urban Studies, 2017.  Naomi Miller, Social Worker, Massachusetts Department of Children and Families  -- BS Urban Studies, 2016.    This zoom event will be held on Monday, November 15 from 6:30-8:00 pm.  E mail urbanstudies@worcester.edu for zoom link. 

Todd Miller (BS, Urban Studies, 2018),  is a town planner for Spencer, Massachusetts focused on community planning, economic development, housing policy, mixed-use development, inclusive zoning and applied New Urbanism concepts. Along with best planning practices, Todd has an innovative approaches to classic municipal issues.  He looks forward to returning to WSU in order to speak to Land Use & Urban Economics students on Friday, November 12 on key land use projects for smaller municipalities, data sources and funding mechanisms. While sharing insight on "humanizing" data in order to make it more compelling, Todd will discuss strategies for effective communication of planning principles, and building consensus on split issues.  Working in collaboration with other departments and regional agencies to resolve challenges on a regular basis, Todd will highlight Spencer's Housing Production and Master Plans to give students an inside look at what it takes to g