Faculty

The Master's in Community Development is taught by faculty from a variety of academic fields and by selected practitioners. The following list is not all-inclusive but reflects the program's interdisciplinary approach.

Gloria Albrecht
Associate Professor of Religion and Ethics

Albrecht teaches business and economic ethics, feminist ethics and theology, and women's studies. Albrecht's publications and presentations deal with issues of community, economic justice, women's issues, and epistemology in ethics. She is doing research on economic paradigms as challenged by women's work. She has served as the director of the Women's Studies program. Albrecht holds a B.A. degree from the University of Maryland, a M.L.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University, a S.T.M. degree from St. Mary's Seminary (Baltimore), and a Ph.D. degree from Temple University. She joined the University in 1992.

Libby Balter Blume
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Education

Blume teaches child development, environmental psychology, women's studies, and family relationships. Blume is active in the leadership of the National Council on Family Relations and serves as editor of the Michigan Family Review. A recipient of the HEW Award of Excellence, Blume's research focuses on early intervention, social role perception, and parenting. In the past, Blume received a UDM research leave to study adolescent ballet dancers in the Midwest. Blume holds a B.A. degree from the University of California at Davis, a M.A. degree from San Francisco State University, and Ph.D. degree from Texas Tech University. She joined the University in 1987.

Constance Bodurow
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture

Bodurow teaches urban design, historic preservation, and community design /development. Bodurow's research interests include: the post-industrial landscape, world-wide efforts that place resources into a continuous and sustainable cycle of use; and issues of equity in urban design and development. Her research has resulted in the article " A Vehicle for Conserving and Interpreting Our Recent Industrial Heritage" published in The George Wright Forum in June 2003. Bodurow has received national, state and local awards from the APA, AIA and National Waterfront Center. She holds a BFA cum laude from Michigan State University College of Arts & Letters, and a dual Masters degree (MCP, SMArch) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning. She joined the University in 2004.

Nancy Calley
Program co-chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling and Addiction Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Education

Calley teaches counseling skills, group counseling modalities, case assessment and planning, multicultural counseling and the role of counseling in community organizations. She has extensive experience in clinical supervision, child welfare and juvenile justice and has developed intensive treatment programs for a wide range of populations, most recently including adolescent substance abusers, sex offenders and violent offenders. She received a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Wayne State University. Calley joined the University in 2002.

Mary Ann Hazen
Associate Professor of Business Administration, College of Business Administration

Associate Professor, Management, teaches management development in the MBA program. She has published journal articles about organizational change and dialogue and has presented at international and national conferences. She is on the Editorial Board of The Journal of Organizational Change Management. In 1996, she received the President's Award for Faculty Excellence in the College of Business Administration. Hazen holds an A.B. from Ursuline College for Women, the M.S.W. from the University of Michigan, and the Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. She joined the University in 1989.

Alan Hoback
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Science

Hoback teaches structural analysis and design of steel, reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete. Hoback's publications have dealt with structural optimization. He is currently doing research in the areas of prestressed concrete, pile foundations, optimization and computer aided design. Hoback holds a B.A. degree from Hastings College and B.S., M.S. and Sc.D. degrees from Washington University. He joined the University in 1994.

James B. Mosby
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts and Education

Mosby teaches economic theory and applied economics. He has worked as an industrial engineer and a quality control engineer in the private sector. Mosby's publications and presentations are in the areas of urban economics and economic education. He has received grants from the Joint Council on Economic Education to train urban educators. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Wayne State University. Mosby holds B.S. and M.A. degrees from the University of Detroit. He joined the University in 1972.

Stephen Vogel
Dean of the School of Architecture and Professor of Architecture

Vogel is a licensed architect with extensive experience in urban design, adaptive reuse, historic rehabilitation and multi-family, mixed income housing communities. He is past president of the American Institute of Architects, Detroit Chapter and Michigan Chapter. He was inducted into the College of Fellows of the AIA in 1994 and received the AIA Detroit Gold Medal in 1996 and the AIA Michigan Gold Medal in 2004. Vogel holds the B.Arch and M.Arch degrees from the University of Detroit. He returned to the University as dean in 1993. He is co-founder of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center and the International Center for Urban Ecology.

Will Wittig
Program co-chair and Assistant Professor, School of Architecture

Wittig teaches design, design-build and sustainable building practices. He holds a M.Arch. from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a B.Arch. from the University of Kansas. He is also a founding partner of Crossings Architecture, Inc. located in Ferndale, Michigan. In both practice and academic pursuits, his work attempts to bridge the distinction between technical and theoretical points of view, focusing on the full-scale medium of building. Wittig joined the University in 2001.

Kathleen Zimmerman-Oster
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts and Education

As an Associate Professor of Psychology and a faculty member of the Leadership Development Institute, Zimmerman-Oster teaches general psychology, social psychology, and industrial/organizational psychology. Many of her courses include a service learning component. Her areas of special interest, research and consulting include leadership development and organizational change. Zimmerman-Oster also provides consultation and technical assistance in the areas of training, evaluation and survey research to local non-profit and human service organizations. Zimmerman-Oster holds a B.A. from the University of Detroit and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Wayne State University. She joined the University in 1990.