Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, PhD, is teaching assistant professor of public policy at the Scrivner Institute of Public Policy at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs, where he teaches urban planning and public policy. His research includes planning history and theory, planning law, and mixed-methods research focused on planning practice and urban governance in South Africa and the United States. He is passionate about participatory democracy and procedural justice, and how cities’ public-private arrangements affect equitable and sustainable urban development. His forthcoming research explores possibilities for democratic urban development in Denver, Colorado. He received his doctorate in urban planning from Columbia University in 2024.