Urbanist and ethnographer, Nan Ellin contributes to improve human habitat at all scales, from the home to biome.
At the forefront of placemaking and community-building for three decades, Ellin’s books and articles have been translated into thirteen languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Serbo-Croatian, Lithuanian, Korean, and Chinese.
Dr. Ellin has been recognized with numerous awards and invited speaking engagements locally and globally. She has been cited over 80 times in print journalism including Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Chicago Sun Times, and the UK’s Mail/Globe. In addition, she has appeared on radio and television news programs including NPR, BBC, CNN, and ABC World News Tonight.
Nan Ellin holds a PhD in Urban Design from Columbia University, as well as degrees in Cultural Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College and Columbia University. Dean Emeritus Ellin served as dean at two universities and professor at seven, and she provides advisory services on issues related to urban design, strategic planning, community engagement, university-community partnerships, green/blue infrastructure, and regenerative futures.
This “spiral enso” blends the golden spiral – a recurrent pattern in nature that facilitates growth and development – with the enso, a Zen Buddhist act of calligraphy intended to set the mind free, so the body and spirit can co-create. The spiral enso recognizes that we work with our heads, hands, and hearts, to be evolutionary, changing the world one place at a time.
Urbanist and ethnographer, Nan Ellin contributes to improve human habitat at all scales, from the home to biome.
At the forefront of placemaking and community-building for three decades, Ellin’s books and articles have been translated into thirteen languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Serbo-Croatian, Lithuanian, Korean, and Chinese.
Dr. Ellin has been recognized with numerous awards and invited speaking engagements locally and globally. She has been cited over 80 times in print journalism including Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Chicago Sun Times, and the UK’s Mail/Globe. In addition, she has appeared on radio and television news programs including NPR, BBC, CNN, and ABC World News Tonight.
Nan Ellin holds a PhD in Urban Design from Columbia University, as well as degrees in Cultural Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College and Columbia University. Dean Emeritus Ellin served as dean at two universities and professor at seven, and she provides advisory services on issues related to urban design, strategic planning, community engagement, university-community partnerships, green/blue infrastructure, and regenerative futures.