Charles Starks

Ph.D. student at University of Pennsylvania School of Design and Lecturer at CUNY Hunter College

I research and teach on urban studies, city planning, and historic preservation. I formerly worked as a planner in the United States and Canada.

Academic Interests

urban planning, historic preservation

Education

MA, East Asian Regional Studies, Columbia University

Master of City Planning, Georgia Tech

BA, Economics and philosophy, Wake Forest University

Publications

C. Starks. 2019. “Remembering George McAneny: The Reformer, Planner, and Preservationist Who Shaped Modern New York.” Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History. CUNY Gotham Center for New York City History.

C. Starks. 2016. New York’s Pioneer of Planning and Preservation: How George McAneny Reshaped Manhattan and Inspired a Movement. New York: New York Preservation Archive Project.


D. Bacalzo, M. Bender, J. Lee, C. Starks, L. Thomas, and Y. Zhu. 2016. “An Interdisciplinary Review of Kinesthetic City: Dance and Movement in Chinese Urban Spaces by SanSan Kwan (Oxford University Press, 2013).” Verge: Studies in Global Asias 2 (1): 28-41.

N. Kaufman and C. Starks. 2008. Land Regulation at Fire Island National Seashore: A History and Analysis, 1964-2004. Washington, DC: US Department of the Interior.

A. Brady, D. Brake, and C. Starks. 2001. The Green infrastructure guide: Planning for a healthy urban and community forest. Princeton, NJ: The Regional Planning Partnership.

Positions

Adjunct Lecturer, Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College