UofO’s programs are driven by our teams, which consist of staff, consultants, and volunteers. You can view team membership by clicking on a team button below, or scroll down to see all UofO team members. To get in touch please email universityoforange@gmail.com
MOLLY ROSE KAUFMAN (Co-Exec Director), is a Co-Founder of the University of Orange. She began her work in restoration urbanism at the Cities Research Group…
AUBREY MURDOCK (Co-exec Director) is an artist, urbanist and educator based in Orange, New Jersey. Her interdisciplinary practice utilizes drawing, painting, video, sound, installation, curricula,…
MINDY THOMPSON FULLILOVE, MD, University of Orange Board President, is a social psychiatrist and professor of urban policy and health at The New School. Prior…
Dr. Margaux Simmons (Co-director of Music City program) is a composer, flutist, improvisor, and music educator. She studied with Cecil Taylor at Antioch College and Pauline…
DOUGLAS FARRAND (Co-Director of Music City program) is a composer, musician, and educator concerned with developing practices that invite us to explore our myriad processes…
KHEMANI GIBSON, UofO Academic Dean, is a graduate of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey with a B.A. in history, Pan-African Studies, and Spanish. A…
HOLLY BARSZCZ is a geographer, organizer and the UofO administrative manager. She began her work in Orange in our inaugural class of 2016 HUUB Fellows…
CÉSAR PRESA is a musician, organizer, farmer, and chef-extraordinaire. He makes music with Yaya and as a solo instrumental act. He is a lead organizer…
DOMINIC MOULDEN The UofO is proud to announce Dominic Moulden as our inaugural Ernest Thompson Fellow for Program and Coalition. Dominic T. Moulden is a…
Robert teaches Interdisciplinary Arts at Eugene Lang College and is on the faculty of the Lang College Prison Education Initiative. He is also an associate…
Aditi Nair, a designer at University of Orange and senior specialist, community practice and strategy at Habitat International, is an urban planner and architect with…
Ayako Maruyama is a Filipina-Japanese designer, educator and illustrator. She spends energy thinking about people, art, public-engagement, biking, urbanism, and community connectivity across thresholds. As…
Jacqueline Castañeda is a researcher and urban strategist specializing in urban design, infrastructures and public policy. She has an academic background in architecture and a…
Lesley Green-Rennis earned her B.S. in Microbiology from Michigan State University, MPH from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Ed.D. in health education from…
Nupur is a public health urbanist who looks at cities, communities and connections through a grassroots lens. A bridge builder and translator in the fields of…
SHARON FORDE is a lifelong resident of the City of Orange Township’s East Ward. She is a graduate of the Orange school system and received…
Angel Acosta works to bridge the fields of leadership, social justice & mindfulness. He completed his Ed.D. in the Curriculum and Teaching Department at Teachers College, Columbia…
David Chapin, Architect, M.Arch., University of California Berkeley,Professor of Architecture in Psychology, Ph.D. Program in Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Emeritus. Collective Recovery, University…
Eirvkha Prophete is currently a student at County College of Morris as a Child and Family Studies Major and is working on her BA in…
Janis is a resident of Orange and an organizer with the Music City Festival. She has worked on planning events with Music City, and performed…
PHIL PASSANTINO is an Interfaith minister, songwriter, musician and preschool music teacher. From 2005-2014, he enjoyed presenting guest sermons for First UU of Essex County.…
Stephanie Leone is an artist, designer, and writer. She’s been a member of the 400 Years of Inequality organizing committee since 2017, for which she…
Tim Nottage (he/him) is an artist, designer, researcher, and urban strategist with a focus on cultural work, environmental justice and ecology, public space, and the…