Susan Moffat is an urban planner and writer who connects the dots between the local and the global and between humans and the rest of the natural world. She directs a program at UC Berkeley supported by the Mellon Foundation that investigates Pacific Rim megacities using the methods of both environmental design and the humanities. Susan is a change-maker as well as a thought leader in urban and environmental planning. She has built hundreds of units of affordable and special-needs housing, has implemented innovative policies on sea level rise, and helped pass local legislation supporting land conservation and livable cities. With a special interest in water and coastal issues, she has taught graduate students about climate change and Japanese high school students how to help rebuild their tsunami-stricken towns. Before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area, Susan was a journalist based in Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles with publications including Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times.

College of Environmental Design – Global Urban Humanities