Many GSD faculty serve as thesis advisors for students in the Doctor of Design program. The listing below includes faculty available to serve as primary advisors for DDes students, loosely structured according to typical faculty research interests. Primary advisors are typically senior faculty that guide students during the entire program length. They chair the thesis committees that form in the second year of the program. Thesis committees normally include three individuals, of which two need to have an appointment at the GSD. For a listing of all full-time and part-time faculty eligible to serve on a DDes thesis committee, please consult the GSD faculty directory.

Urbanism and Landscape Architecture

Anita Berrizbeitia, Professor of Landscape Architecture
Gareth Doherty, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Niall Kirkwood, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Alex Krieger, Research Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Emeritus
David Moreno Mateos, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Mohsen Mostafavi, Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Peter G. Rowe, Raymond Garbe Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Charles Waldheim, John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture

Planning and Real Estate

Joan Busquets, Martin Bucksbaum Professor in Practice of Urban Planning and Design
Diane Davis, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism
Ann Forsyth, Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Planning
José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, Derek Bok Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, Emeritus
Jerold S. Kayden, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design
Alex Krieger, Research Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Professor in Practice of Urban Design, Emeritus
Rachel Meltzer, Plimpton Associate Professor of Planning and Urban Economics
Richard Peiser, Michael D. Spear Professor of Real Estate Development
Hannah Teicher, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning
Carole Voulgaris, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning
Bing Wang, Associate Professor in Practice of Real Estate and the Built Environment

Technology and Innovation

Martin Bechthold, Kumagai Professor of Architectural Technology
Jonathan Grinham, Assistant Professor of Architecture
Niall Kirkwood, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Ali Malkawi, Professor of Architectural Technology
Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor of Architecture

Architecture, Criticism, and Contemporary Practice

K. Michael Hays, Eliot Noyes Professor of Architectural Theory
John May, Associate Professor of Architecture
Rahul Mehrotra, John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization & Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design
Mohsen Mostafavi, Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor
Erika Naginski, Robert P. Hubbard Professor of Architectural History
Antoine Picon, G. Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology