Since 1987, Sanda Kaufman has taught public policy and public management at Cleveland State University’s Levin College of Urban Affairs, where she directs the Master of Environmental Studies program. She holds degrees in architecture, urban and regional planning, and public policy analysis (from Carnegie Mellon University).
She teaches negotiation, environmental dispute resolution, environmental policy, strategic planning, and quantitative reasoning. She also teaches decision-making and conflict management to public administrators, higher education administrators, elected officials, other managers of public agencies, and environmental and transportation professionals. Her research interests include: negotiations and intervention in public conflicts, decision analysis and risk communication; program evaluation; the spatial effects of public decisions; and pedagogy in negotiation and numeracy.
She has designed and facilitated public meetings and trained students and professionals in the United States, France, and Portugal. Her articles have been published in the Negotiation Journal, the Conflict Resolution Quarterly, the journal Négociations, the International Journal for Conflict Management, Environmental Practice, the Journal of Planning Education & Research, the Journal of Architecture Planning & Research, Fractals, the International Journal of Economic Development, and Public Works Management and Policy.