NAN ELLIN

Chair, Dept of City & Metropolitan Planning, City & Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah
Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah

Biography

B.A. 1981, Anthropology and Hispanic Studies, Bryn Mawr College
M.A. 1983, Anthropology, Columbia University
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) 1994, Urban Planning, Columbia University
Ph.D. 1994, Urban Planning, Columbia University. Project: In Search of a Usable Past: Urban Design in a French New Town

2011-12 Honors Professorship, University of Utah. Honors College, University of Utah, 05/2011
2011 President’s Award for Sustainability, “The Future of Phoenix – Crafting Sustainable Development Strategies,” ASU, http://asunews.asu.edu/20110426_Future_of_Phoenix. ASU, 03/2011
Honorable Mention for Canalscape Workshop. Arizona APA, 11/2010
Official Arizona Centennial Legacy Projet. Governor's Centennial Commission, 11/2009
Grant for Canalscape Exhibition. Arizona Humanities Council, 07/2009
Green Phoenix Designation for Canalscape. Mayor's Office, City of Phoenix, 05/2009
Contemporary Catalyst Nominee. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, 04/2009
Environmental Excellence Award of Merit for Making Sustainable Communities Happen. Valley Forward, 04/2008
Distinguished Research Award. School of Public Affairs at ASU, 05/2007
President's Medal for Social Embeddedness for New American City Exhibition. ASU, 05/2007
Power Player Award. Phoenix Business Journal, 03/2007
Contribution to Town Planning award for Postmodern Urbanism (translated into Serbo-Croatian). Republics of former Yugoslavia, 05/2002

Interviewed for KRCL with student Mike Lynch about Salt Lake City Workshop project. 12/15/2012. http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/krcl/news.newsma...
Interviewed on KSL 5 News Today about Place Deficit Disorder article written for Imperfect Health ("Your City Your Self"). 02/15/2012.
“Now Open: 9 Line Trail Linking Salt Lake City West to East,” Red Thread, University of Utah, . 11/07/2011. http://redthread.utah.edu/now-open-9-line-trail-li...
“City Planning Expert Visits Vancouver,” Consulate of the US. 09/19/2011. http://vancouver.usconsulate.gov/news-events/2011-...
“U Students ‘Drive’ Rail to Trail Project, Linking West and East SLC,” Red Thread, http://redthread.utah.edu/u-students-drive-rail-to-trail-project-linking-west-and-east-slc/5806. 06/27/2011.
“Canalscape: A Sustainable Urban Desert for Metro Phoenix” by Diane Brossart, Guest post for Vanishing Phoenix. 06/18/2011. http://vanishingphoenix.com/2011/06/18/canalscape-...
“Ellin Leaves ASU for Utah,” in Business Journal (Phoenix, Dallas, Milwaukee, and Boston), June 11, 2010. 06/11/2010.
“Canalscape Exhibit on Campus,” Gateway on the Move, Spring 2010. 05/15/2010.
Book Review of Integral Urbanism, Stephen Goldsmith, Journal of American Planning Association (JAPA), March 2010. 03/15/2010.
“Nan Ellin: Place Healer” by Deborah Sussman Susser, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, January 29, 2010. 01/29/2010.