Being financially illiterate can lead to financial disaster, as it increases the likelihood of accumulating unsustainable debt burdens due to poor spending decisions or a lack of long-term planning.

I’ve been teaching at Pratt since 2004 as an adjunct, served as chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment from 2016 through 2025, and am now an Associate Professor. I’ve taught a ...

The frequency of natural disasters has been increasing over the past two decades. Despite increased investment and advances in hazard-management technology, human and economic losses from disasters ...