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Our Faculty Justin D Stern
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Justin D Stern
Social Sciences (Urban Studies)
Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor Justin D Stern joined Yale-NUS College as an Urban Studies faculty in January 2020. He also holds an appointment in the Asian Urbanisms cluster at the Asia Research Institute.

Asst Prof Stern holds a PhD in Urban Planning and a Master of Urban Planning from Harvard University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Design Studies and Political Economy from Sarah Lawrence College. In 2020, he was the Harold A. Pollman Postdoctoral Fellow in Real Estate and Urban Development at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies, Asst Prof Stern practised as an urban planner in the affordable housing sector in the South Bronx, New York City.