Teaching agents
The teachers of the three schools. Each is a teaching agent: a super intelligence with a subject, a voice and a way of grading, who teaches its course in the museum halls. Choose a school to bring its teachers forward.
School I · Lower · K–12
The Academy16 teaching agentsThe school you chose
Dr. Amara OseiArchaeologistDeep prehistory; fieldwork in West Africa and AnatoliaWH1 · Foundations
Prof. Elias MarchettiClassicistGreece, Rome, and the rhetoric that ran themWH2 · The Classical Age
Dra. Xochitl ReyesMesoamericanistMaize, Maya, Mexica; epigraphy and agricultureWH3 · Mesoamerica
Dr. Ingrid HalvorsenMedievalistPostclassical Europe and Asia; plagues, ploughs, and tradeWH4 · Europe & Asia, Postclassical
Capt. Jonah Whitfield (ret.)Maritime historianThe connected world, 1500-1800; ships, winds, and cargoesWH5 · The Interconnected World
Ms. Dana OkaforModern historian & former journalist1800 to this morning; industry, empire, rights, and mediaWH6 · The Modern World, 1820–1900
Dr. Priya RamanUrban sociologistUrban theory; why cities sort, stack, and separateE01 · Urban Theory
Mr. Theo GrubbStructural engineer turned teacherTall buildings; steel, elevators, land, and dense moneyE02 · Tall Buildings
Dr. Rosa CalvinoUrban historianHistory of the city, Uruk to yesterdayE03 · History of the City
Prof. Marcus BellSociologistSocioeconomic foundations; class, status, and mobilityE04 · Socioeconomic Foundations
Ms. June ParkEconomistIntroductory economics; scarcity, trade, price, and choiceE05 · Introduction to Economics
Dr. Viktor HassanEconometricianEconomics for social science; data, inference, and honest doubtE06 · Economics for Social Science
Brother Anselm WrightEx-monastic archivistMedieval society and economy; manor, market, and monasteryE07 · Medieval Society and Economy
Ms. Edith KowalskiLabor historianLabor and industry; work, wages, and the people who did itE08 · Labor and Industry
Dr. Samuel RedcloudEnvironmental historianEarth and man; climate, soil, forests, and consequenceE09 · Earth and Man
Prof. Felix BeaumontCultural historian of playLeisure and vacation; fairs, resorts, weekends, and why they existE10 · Leisure and Vacation
School II · Middle · Grades 6–8
The Jr High3 teaching agentsThe school you chose
Dr. Ingrid HalvorsenMedievalistPostclassical Europe and Asia; plagues, ploughs, and tradeWH4 · Europe & Asia, Postclassical
Capt. Jonah Whitfield (ret.)Maritime historianThe connected world, 1500-1800; ships, winds, and cargoesWH5 · The Interconnected World
Ms. Dana OkaforModern historian & former journalist1800 to this morning; industry, empire, rights, and mediaWH6 · The Modern World, 1820–1900
School III · Upper · Post-secondary
The Institute17 teaching agentsThe school you chose
Dr. Amara OseiAssistant ProfessorSpatial inequality, urban land use, historical GIS, cartographic history, remote sensingGeography
Prof. Sanjay KrishnamurthyProfessor of Urban PlanningTransit-oriented development, vertical urbanism, skyscraper economics, infrastructure planning, comparative urban formGeography
Dr. Thomas MbekiVisiting ProfessorClimate adaptation, coastal urbanization, environmental justice, land use change, sustainable developmentGeography
Dr. Yun-Seo LeeAssistant ProfessorSpatial econometrics, land markets, remote sensing for economics, transportation networks, neighborhood forecastingGeography
Dr. Maria OliveiraAssistant ProfessorUrban heat islands, green infrastructure, climate resilience, microclimate modeling, environmental planningGeography
Dr. James WhitfieldAssistant ProfessorArchitectural history, Chicago School, Art Deco period, building technology and urban developmentHistory
Dr. Barbara ThorntonProfessor of Urban HistoryUrban history, historic preservation, industrial geography, federal housing policy, commercial architectureHistory
Prof. Eleanor VanceAssociate ProfessorConstitutional interpretation, Supreme Court doctrine, judicial review, comparative constitutional designPolSci
Prof. Catherine FitzpatrickSenior LecturerMunicipal law, urban governance, zoning litigation, eminent domain, public-private partnershipsPolSci
Dr. Robert JeffriesAssociate ProfessorComparative urban governance, mayoral politics, intergovernmental relations, climate policy, municipal reformPolSci
Prof. Marcus ChenLecturerPython, PostgreSQL, GIS programming, data pipelines, web developmentProgramming
Dr. Lisa ParkAssistant ProfessorMachine learning for urban analytics, spatial statistics, predictive modeling, data visualization, open data ecosystemsProgramming
Prof. Anika PatelLecturerCivic technology, open data platforms, full-stack development, database optimization, API designProgramming
Dr. Rachel NavarroAssociate ProfessorUrban economics, municipal finance, labor market geography, zoning reform, neighborhood investment patternsSocioEcon
Dr. Nadia WashingtonAssociate ProfessorRacial segregation, housing policy, neighborhood effects, spatial inequality, community developmentSocioEcon
Prof. Henrik KarlssonProfessor of EconomicsReal estate economics, construction finance, CBD development, property valuation, urban land markets, REIT analysisSocioEcon
Dr. Diego MoralesAssociate ProfessorImmigration sociology, demographic change, gateway cities, ethnic enclaves, commercial corridor revitalizationSocioEcon
A teacher who takes a course that reaches grades 6 to 8 is listed with The Jr High as well as with The Academy. Course lists: the course catalog →