Directs the MS in Urban Design and hosts the REDESIGNING CITIES podcast at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Recognized in 2017 by Planetizen as one of the 100 most influential urbanists. Co-author with June Williamson of two award winning books: Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges (Wiley, 2021) and Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs, (Wiley, 2009, 2011). Their documentation of successful retrofits of aging, shopping malls, office parks, and other auto-dominated properties into more sustainable places has been featured in The New York Times, TED, and NPR.Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones directs the MS in Urban Design and hosts the REDESIGNING CITIES podcast at Georgia Tech. She is co-author with June Williamson of two award winning books: Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges (2021) and Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs (2009). Their documentation of successful retrofits and regreenings of aging auto-dominated properties into more sustainable places has been featured in The New York Times, TED, NPR and other prominent venues. Ellen also conducts research and teaches studio classes on planning for AVs and microtransit-oriented re-development.