Shawn Rickenbacker will discuss "Urban Futures and Spatial Justice."

Rickenbacker is Associate Professor and Director of the J. Max Bond Center for Urban Futures, City College of New York where he leads a multidisciplinary team of design researchers, professionals, industry leaders and community members who are dedicated to identifying, understanding, and solving some of the unique challenges of urbanization. Previously he was Favrot Chair of Architecture at Tulane University, Gensler Distinguished Professor at Cornell University and Lead Researcher at Futures Lab, a Motorola Solutions funded research lab at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.