Teaching Team

Maryam Hosseini (Instructor)

Office Hours: Tue. 2:40 PM - 3:40 PM (Wurster, 406b) · Book a slot

I’m Maryam Hosseini (she/her), and I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of City & Regional Planning. My research primarily explores how the design of the built environment influences how people use and experience cities, with a focus on pedestrian mobility, urban accessibility, and walkability. I've developed various open-source tools, such as Tile2Net, the first open-source tool for creating geo-referenced pedestrian networks from aerial imagery.

Outside of work, I enjoy painting with watercolors, reading, running, playing board games and video games, and watching tech YouTube channels. I’m excited to see where your ideas will take you as you work through turning them into actual code and visualizations! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you’d like to chat, whether it’s about the course, your projects, or even ideas beyond the class.

Evan Kartheiser (GSI)

Office Hours: Thu. 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM · Book a slot

I'm Evan Kartheiser (he/him), and I'm a second-year Master of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) student at the School of Information. My background is in Earth science and my work is largely focused on using remote sensing data to better understand human-environment interaction, including recent projects focusing on monitoring air pollution in Louisiana and tracking wildfire impacts via satellite imagery. This summer I was working with CalEPA to help manage their geospatial environmental data, and I'm also a D-Lab consulting fellow where I advise students on data analysis and research methods. Outside of the classroom I enjoy spending time outdoors biking, backpacking and rock climbing or learning to cook something new. I'm looking forward to a great semester and meeting you all soon!

Sean Flannelly (GSI)

Office Hours: Tue. 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Book a slot

I'm Sean Flannelly, and I'm a 2nd-year Master of City Planning student, concentrating in transportation and housing. I'm interested in the nexus of land use and transportation, as well as economic and community development. Prior to CED, I worked as a local reporter in Greater Boston and southern Massachusetts, covering a number of housing, transit and development stories for nonprofit newsrooms. Most recently, I interned on research projects for the city of Oakland and the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, conducting both qualitative and quantitative research.