Alan Plattus is Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the  Yale University School of Architecture. He founded and directs the Yale Urban  Design Workshop. Professor Plattus was Associate Dean of  the School for ten years. He also directs the School’s China Studio, a three-way  collaboration between Yale, Tongji University in Shanghai and the University of  Hong Kong. His current projects include downtown plans for the towns of Milford and Madison,  ongoing work for the Dwight-Edgewood neighborhood in New Haven. Along with his work as an urban designer, Professor Plattus  has served on the Committee for the Third Regional Plan of New York and is a  Fellow of the Institute for Urban Design. He was the Chair of the Education Task  Force for the Congress for the New Urbanism. In New Haven, he was a member of  the Research Committee of the Regional Economic Growth Partnership and serves on  the Boards of the New Haven Trust for Historic Preservation.