Joseph Weil Huennekens is a PhD candidate in urban planning with research interests in changing suburbs, densification, land use conflict, exclusionary zoning, and planning practice. His doctoral research looks at how groups compete within the land use regulatory system to shape the suburban built environment.

Prior to coming to Columbia GSAPP, Joe worked as a borough planner for the NYC Department of City Planning and a program manager at the Design Trust for Public Space.

He holds a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Masters in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. A native of the Washington D.C. area, Joe now lives in Brooklyn.


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