Anne Gharaibeh is visiting Rutgers during the academic year 2025/26 from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), where she served as Dean of the College of Architecture and Design. She holds graduate degrees in planning and landscape architecture from Texas Tech University and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with honors from JUST.
Her teaching and research focus on urban resilience, blue–green infrastructure, and sustainable land-use planning, and she has mentored students across the Middle East and the United States. In practice, she has advised municipalities in Jordan and contributes to national initiatives through her role on the Economic Development and Modernization climate change and planning development teams of Jordan’s Royal Court. Her work has been recognized with the Shoman Prize for Researchers in Urban Planning and the Second Prize for the design of King Abdullah II Urban Park in Irbid, Jordan.