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 of …
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 …