Weiping Wu
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Weiping Wu | |
|---|---|
吴维平 | |
.jpg) Wu at GSAPP in 2016 | |
| Occupation | Urbanist |
| Title | Professor |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Tsinghua University |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Urban planner |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | Columbia GSAPP Tufts University Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Main interests | Urban development and urbanization in China |
| Notable works | The Chinese City (2012) |
Weiping Wu (Chinese: 吴维平) is a China urban specialist and Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she directs the Urban Planning program.[1] In January 2022, she was appointed interim dean and served until August.[2] She became the Vice Provost for Academic Programs at Columbia in September 2023.[3]
Wu was appointed as the President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) from Fall 2017 through Fall 2019,[4] and was editor of ACSP's Journal of Planning Education and Research from 2008 to 2012.[5]
Wu holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Policy Development from Rutgers University, and a master's degree in Urban Planning and a bachelor's degree in Architecture from Tsinghua University (China).[6]
