University of California at Berkeley, California. PhD. Architecture
Dissertation: Negotiating Housing Recovery in Post-Earthquake Urban Kutch, India
Committee Chair: Mary Comerio
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. M.S. Architecture (Historic Preservation)
Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (C.E.P.T.), Ahmedabad, India. Dip. Architecture
Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Adjunct Faculty, City Planning and Urban Affairs, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Principal Investigator (P.I.), Proposal submitted to National Science Foundation, (Pending)
"Disaster Resilience in Coastal United States: Enhancing Local Capacities Through Hazard Mitigation Plan Implementation" with Jerry Weitz (co-PI, East Carolina University)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship
Nominated by the Social Science Research Council Japan Program (Pending approval from Japan Foundation)
"Negotiating Adaptation and Recovery Through Land Use Change in Tohoku, Japan"
American Fellowship – Summer Research Publication Grant, $6000 (Funded)
The American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Project Expert, National Science Foundation RAPID Grant, $45,000 (Funded)
"Re-housing Urban Haiti After the Earthquake: The Role of Social Capital" with Emel Ganapati (PI, Florida International University) & Guitele Rahill (co-PI, Arkansas State University)
Graduate Division Summer Grant, University of California at Berkeley, $3,200
Periship Fellowship, Natural Hazards Center at University of Colorado at Boulder, $9,700 (Funded)
Supported by Public Entity Risk Institute, National Science Foundation, and Swiss Re
Dean's Normative Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley
Academic Progress Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley
Spiro Kostof Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley
Taraknath Das Foundation Grant, Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University, $3,500 (Funded)
Mukherji, A. (2010). Post-earthquake housing recovery in Bachhau, India: The homeowner, the renter, and the squatter. Earthquake Spectra, 26: 4, 1085-1100
Geva, A. and Mukherji, A. (2007). A study of light/darkness in sacred settings: Digital simulations. International Journal of Architectural Computing, 5: 3, 507
Mukherji, A. Policy for urban housing recovery: Addressing the needs of renters and squatters, in Blakely, E.J. et al (Eds), Managing Urban Disaster Recovery: Policy, Planning, Concepts and Cases
Mukherji, A. Housing renters after disasters. Journal of the American Planning Association
Rahill, G.J., Ganapati, N.E., Clérismé, J.C., Mukherji, A. Re-housing urban Haiti after the earthquake: Dual role of social capital. Ethnic and Racial Studies
Mukherji, A. Rebuilding homes: The promise and peril of social capital. Manuscript under preparation for submission in Housing Studies
Mukherji, A. and Ganapati, N.E. Ten missing links in current paradigm for housing recovery. Manuscript under preparation for submission in Journal of Planning Literature (JPL)
Mukherji, A. Impact of land-readjustment on small, medium, and large residential properties during post-disaster urban reconstruction. Manuscript under preparation for submission in Journal of Plannin Education and Research (JPER)
Mukherji, A. Filling the Gap: Privatization of Housing Recovery and the Growing Role of NGOs. Manuscript under preparation for submission in Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management
Mukherji, A., Rahill, G.J., Ganapati, N.E., Clérismé, J.C. Problematizing parallel governance structures for housing recovery in India and Haiti. Manuscript under preparation for submission in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Mukherji, A. "Re-housing urban Haiti after the earthquake: Dual role of social capital", Paper presented at Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Salt Lake City, October 15, 2011
Mukherji, A. “Urban Housing Recovery in Haiti”, Paper presented at Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Minneapolis, October 6-10, 2010
Roundtable Panelist. “Post-disaster recovery planning in Haiti: A Roundtable”, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Minneapolis, October 6-10, 2010
Roundtable Panelist. “Post-disaster recovery planning”, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Crystal City, October 1-4, 2009
Mukherji, A. “Following the money: Impact of World Bank funds on housing recovery in post-earthquake urban Kutch, India”, Paper presented at Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Chicago, July 6-11, 2008
Mukherji, A. “Post-earthquake housing recovery in Bachhau, India: The homeowner, the squatter, and the renter”, Paper presented at Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Milwaukee, October 18-21, 2007
Mukherji, A. “Rebuilding Soniwad: Community participation in post-disaster urban reconstruction”, Paper presented at Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, April 20, 2007
Mukherji, A. “Wurster Hall Emergency Egress”, Poster presented at Twenty-third Annual ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) User Conference, San Diego, July 7-11, 2003
"Rebuilding Haiti", Great Decisions Program, East Carolina University, February 12, 2011
“Future Challenges: Dealing with Disasters”, Pardee House Seminar, Pardee Center for the Study of the Long-Range Future, Boston University, March 30, 2010
“After the cameras have gone: Rebuilding sustainable communities in Haiti”, Workshop on Haiti, Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters, University of Massachusetts, Boston, April 9, 2010
“Planning for Climate Change, Planning For Disasters: Local and International Perspectives”, The Edge: Urban and Regional Conversations, Lecture Series, Boston University, October 20, 2009
Emergency Management Planning, Spring 2011, 2012 (Undergraduate & Graduate)
Theory, Policy and Practice in Disaster Recovery Planning, Fall 2009 (Graduate Seminar)
Comparative Housing, Summer 2010 (Graduate Seminar)
Planning for the Human Environment, Fall 2011 (Undergraduate)
Urban Form and Design, Fall 2010, 2011 (Undergraduate & Graduate)
Social and Cultural Basis of Design in Architecture and Urban Design, Spring 2002, 2003 (Undergraduate)
Introduction to Computing in Architecture, Fall 2001, 2002, 2003 (Undergraduate)
Journal Article Reviewer. Earthquake Spectra, Journal of Civil Society
Travel Award Committee. Global Planning Educators Interest Group (GPEIG) Conference Travel Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
Member. Graduate Committee. Department of Geography, East Carolina University
Coordinator. Urban and Regional Planning Computer Lab. East Carolina University
Co-Chair, Colloquium Committee. Department of Geography, East Carolina University
Member. Planning Program Committee. Department of Geography, East Carolina University
Roundtable Organizer. "Post-disaster recovery planning in Haiti: A roundtable", Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Minneapolis, October 6-10, 2010
Paper Panel Organizer. "Planning Haiti: The multiple scales of disaster", Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Minneapolis, October 6-10, 2010
Roundtable Co-Organizer. “Post-disaster recovery planning” Co-sponsored by GPEIG and HUD, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Crystal City, October 1-4, 2009
Paper Panel Organizer. “Issues in post-disaster recovery planning: A global perspective”, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Chicago, July 6-11, 2008
Symposium Coordinator. Department of Architecture Graduate Research Symposium, University of California at Berkeley, May 2, 2003
Special Recognition, Gill-Chin Lim Award For Best
Dissertation in International Planning
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP)
Honorable Mention, Samuel H. Prince Dissertation Award
International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Disasters
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award in Architecture, University of California at Berkeley
In Advisory Capacity to Haitian Government, Boston University Interdisciplinary Team
Assisted the Haitian government in drafting a platform document outlining a strategic vision for the reconstruction of Haiti (http://www.bu.edu/today/node/10210).
Fellow. Summer Institute for Future Faculty, University of California at Berkeley Intensive training program to prepare advanced doctoral candidates for career in academia
Teaching Assistant. Department of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley Taught courses on Social and cultural basis of design in Architecture & Urban Design, and Introduction to Computing in Architecture
Research Assistant. Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University
Conducted natural light and solar analysis using Lightscape, a lighting simulation software, on Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture through 3D computer modeling
Research Assistant. Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Environmental Psychophysiology Laboratory, Texas A&M University
Conducted experiments in laboratory setting for data collection on the Anger Study Project, looking at the impact of visual medium on anger and hostility in office environments
Research Assistant. Historic Resource and Imaging Laboratory, Texas A&M University
Part of team documenting Fort Pulaski in Savannah, Georgia, using electronic field instruments and computer aided design techniques
Assistant Architect. Shah and Moghe Architects, India
Design resolution and construction supervision of housing projects
Research Assistant. Center for Environmental Planning and Technology, India
Conducted 200 interviews with river bank squatters for a study on Resident Participation in Slum Up-gradation Projects in Ahmedabad, India with Guro Aandahl, researcher from Oslo University