Research Center for Sustainable Communities

The Research Center for Sustainable Communities (RCSC) at Kennesaw State University formalizes a transdisciplinary hub for the advancement of scholarship and partnership on sustainable, equitable, resilient, and healthy community environments. The RCSC catalyzes transformative initiatives through community-engaged collaboration, solutions-based scientific research, and context-specific creative activity.

The RCSC is also committed to cultivating collaborative transdisciplinary research opportunities for empowering students as engaged citizens on real-world pressing issues facing communities – within local, regional, national, and global scales. Addressing such complex challenges requires systems thinking and cutting-edge research by several disciplines working collaboratively and synergistically across a diverse array of stakeholders from the academia, community, industry, government, and nonprofit sectors.

For further information, please contact Dr. Pegah Zamani pzamani@kennesaw.edu.

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The Annual EQUINOX Symposium

Established in 2017, the annual EQUINOX Week seeks to catalyze and advance pathways of scholarship and partnership on UN SDGs among institutions of higher education, professionals, policymakers, stakeholders, community members, and advocates. The international EQUINOX Symposium has been part of the week multi-sponsored and multidisciplinary initiatives as a platform for prompting Sustainable Development Global Goals + Local Leaderships & Impacts.

For further details, please visit the EQUINOX site below.

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Partners and Sponsors

Without the generous support of our sponsors and partners, the RCSC goals and operations could not be achieved. Join us in reimagining and expanding our ever-evolving programs in an innovative and collaborative capacity. We look forward to welcoming you into our community.

To discuss our partnership and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Dr. Pegah Zamani.

Staff

Name

Position

Pegah Zamani Director of Research Center for Sustainable Communities and Professor of Architecture

Director of Research Center for Sustainable Communities and Professor of Architecture
pzamani@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-7324
N 157
Ermal Shpuza Professor of Architecture

Professor of Architecture
eshpuza@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-5134
N 156
Ali Keyvanfar Associate Professor of Construction Management

Associate Professor of Construction Management
akeyvanf@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-7289
H 331
Billy Kihei Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering
bkihei@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6657
Q 252
Mahyar Amirgholy Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
mamirgho@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-5090
M 162C

Advisory Board

Name

Position

Tyler Reinagel Associate Vice President, Economic Development & Part-Time Assistant Professor of Public Administration

Associate Vice President, Economic Development & Part-Time Assistant Professor of Public Administration
treinag1@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-3365
KH 3436
Hazem Rashed-Ali Dean of the College of Architecture and Construction Management and Professor of Architecture

Dean of the College of Architecture and Construction Management and Professor of Architecture
hrasheda@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-5203
N 124

Interested in joining the RCSC Center as an affiliate faculty/staff/student member? Please email pzamani@kennesaw.edu.