Zvia Naphtali
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Public Administration

Zvia Segal Naphtali, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Public Administration at Wagner where she has been teaching for over fifteen years. She teaches a number of courses on spatial analysis and statistical mapping, including (1) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Planning (a four credit course in two parts URPL-GP 4648 and URPL-GP 4649); (2) Advanced Applications of GIS, and until this year also (3) Mapping (GIS) for Health Care Professionals; Dr. Naphtali also teaches a workshop once a year (in the Fall) on Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Surveys and Interviews.

Dr. Naphtali is a research scientist at the Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS), a multidisciplinary research institute affiliated with New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

In her work as Research Scientist at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service/ Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS), Dr. Naphtali was responsible for the design and preparation of maps for the South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study. At the Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS) she is currently responsible for the GIS work involved in mapping the location and concentration of critical infrastructure in the USA for Project CREATE (Center for Risk and Terrorism Events). See http://www.icisnyu.org/ix/projects/detail/2

Dr. Naphtali is the author of the GIS web course on "Mapping for Health Care Professionals". This course has been offered on the ESRI Website from 2001 - 2011. It In recent years, Prof. Naphtali has been presenting her GIS work at ESRI conferences, several universities in Israel and in the International University in Hiroshima, Japan, and at local GIS meetings in New York City. She is a founding member and active participant of GISMO, the New York Metropolitan Area's largest geographic information systems (GIS) users' group, see http://www.geo.hunter.cuny.edu/gismo/

Dr. Naphtali is also the President of Resource Mobilization Inc., a consulting firm specializing in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications; survey design, administration and analysis, statistical and demographic analysis (Census).

Dr. Naphtali received a B.S. and M.A from the School of Education, New York University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from New York University.











Contact Details

zvia.naphtali@nyu.edu
(212) 877-1475
Office Hours: By appointment only
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Areas of Expertise

  • Environment
  • Evaluation
  • Health Management
  • Health Policy
  • Infrastructure
  • Management
  • Public & Nonprofit Orgs.
  • Urban Health
  • Urban Planning
  • Urban Policy