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Honors and Awards

 University Service

  • President’s Financial Strategy Group (2014)
  • Chair, University On-line Education Committee (for credit) (2012-2013)
  • Member, Adaptive Re-Use of 5757 S. University Steering Committee (2010)
  • Chair, Council of Professional School Deans (2007-2009)
  • Chair, College Governance Committee (2008)
  • Member, Chancellor’s Executive Committee (2007-2009)
  • Member, Campus Budget Committee on Revenue Generation (2008-2009)
  • Member, Chancellor’s Advisory Group on Diversity (2008-2009)
  • Member, Downtown Committee (2007-2008)
  • Member, Search Committee for the Associate Vice Chancellor (2008)
  • Member, Information Technology Planning Board (2006-2008)
  • Chair, Review Committee for Dean of School of Public Affairs (2006-2007)
  • Member, UCLA Institute for Strategic Innovation Founding Committee (2008)
  • Member, Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for Dean of the Anderson School of Management (2005)
  • Member, Search Committee for Dean of the International Institute (2005-2006) Chair, Task Force on Faculty Housing Programs (2005-2006)

Professional and Civic Organizations

  • Member, NCAA Presidents Forum (2019-2020)
  • Member, Oregon Council of Presidents (2015-2022)
  • Chicago Innovation Exchange Board of Governors (2014-2015)
  • Argonne National Laboratory Board of Governors (2012-2015)
  • Member, Skadden Foundation Board of Trustees (2011-2015)
  • Member, Housing Preservation Compact Leadership Committee (2011-2015) Member, NALP Foundation Board of Directors (2011-2012)
  • Board of Directors, American Law Deans Association (2009- current)
  • Member, Board of Governors of the Beverly Hills Bar Association (2008-2009)
  • Member, China-U.S. Joint Commission on Legal Education (2008)
  • Member, American Bar Association New Deans Instructional Program Committee (2006-2009)
  • Vice Chair, New York City Loft Board (1995-2004)
  • Member, New York City Neighborhood Investment Advisory Panel (chair of subcommittee for research and program tracking) (2002-2004)
  • Member, Borough President's Task Force on Affordable Housing (2002)
  • Member, Board of Directors, Neighborhood Restore Corporation (2000-2002)
  • Member, Advisory Board, Fannie Mae New York Partnership Office (1998-2004)
  • Member, Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools Property Section (1998)
  • Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Real Property Law (Chair, Pro Bono Subcommittee) (1996)
  • Member, Mayor's Housing Partnership Council (Philadelphia) (1992-1995)

Honors and Research Grants

  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011-current) Chair, Pac 12 Conference (2015-)
  • Citizens Housing and Planning Council Impact Award for Excellence in Housing (2010)
  • Fannie Mae Foundation (2004-2005) (to update study on reducing the cost of new housing development in New York City)
  • MacArthur Foundation (2003-2005) (to study impact of subsidized rental housing on neighborhood property values)
  • United States Department of Commerce, Technology Opportunities Program (2002-2004) (to create the New York City Housing and Neighborhoods Information System)
  • Ford Foundation (2002-2003) (to study relationship between bankruptcy, predatory lending and homeownership)
  • Bank of New York, Citigroup Foundation, Deutsche Bank, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae Foundation, Fleet Bank, JPMorgan Chase, LISC, M&T Bank, MetLife Foundation, New York City Housing Partnership, NYSAFAH, Real Estate Board, Surdna Foundation, Taconic Foundation, Washington Mutual Foundation (2001-2003) (to prepare and publish the State of New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods reports)
  • Fannie Mae Foundation (2000-2001) (to study the impact of housing, crime and education investments on property values)
  • Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1999-2000) (to study the impact of welfare reform on community development corporations) (with Rockefeller Institute)
  • New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce (1998-1999) (representing a consortium of foundations and banks) (to study why housing costs in New York City are above the national average and propose changes in regulations and industry practices)
  • New York City Housing Development Corporation (1998-1999) (to study the impact of water metering on housing in New York City)
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1997-1999) (to study enforcement of the Fair Housing Act)
  • Fannie Mae Foundation (1998-1999) (to study enforcement of the Fair Housing Act)
  • Fleet Bank (1998) (to study the performance of state and local human rights commissions)
  • Fannie Mae Foundation (1997-2000) (to study the housing and neighborhood conditions of immigrants in New York City)
  • Chase Manhattan Bank (1996) (to fund conference and book on housing conditions and policy in New York City)
  • Surdna Foundation (1996) (to fund conference and book on housing conditions and policy in New York City)
  • Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (1995-1997) (to study the feasibility of developing an early warning system for tax delinquent (in rem) housing)
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1994-1995) (to study the impact of public housing on neighborhood poverty rates)
  • Mortgage Bankers Association (1992) (to study racial disparities in home mortgage lending)
  • Taconic Foundation (1991) (to study nonprofit housing in the United States and the United Kingdom)
  • U.P.S. Public Policy Initiatives Fund (1991) (to study dispersal and enrichment strategies for central cities)
  • Research and Educational Trust Fund, Mortgage Bankers Association (1990) (to study effect of integration of mortgage markets with general capital markets)
  • Homer Hoyt Institute (1990) (to study computation of inverse condemnation damages) (with Professor Susan Wachter)
  • Phi Beta Kappa (1980)