Doctorates Granted
This is a list of all regional planning doctorates granted within the last few years.
| Name | Current Position | Adviser | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| Atyeh Ashtari | Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of Memphis | Prof. Faranak Miraftab | Crafting collective community-based economies by/for the marginalized: The case of Baluch women needleworks in peri-urban Iran |
| Faizaan Qayyum | Prof. Faranak Miraftab | Ethnicized Displacements: Urban lives of Afghan Pashtuns and Afghanistani Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan | |
| 2023 | |||
| Cong Cong | Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Prof. Brian Deal | Urban science and the future of sustainable cities: Planning support systems and open data perspectives |
| Natalie Prochaska | Director of Planning and Research, Nevada HAND, Inc. | Prof. Andrew Greenlee | At another crossroads: Mission vs. market lending and risk assessment in Chicago community development loan funds |
| Ozge Yenigun | Clinical Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning, UIUC | Prof. Marc Doussard | Labor Market Inclusion of Refugees in Germany: From National Policies to Local Responses |
| 2022 | |||
| Balakrishnan Balachandran | Executive Director, UMass Boston Sustainable Solutions Lab | Prof. Robert Olshansky | Risk v. Risk: Planning and Risk Management in Disaster-Induced Displacement and Relocation |
| Md Tanvir Hossain Shubho | Associate Transportation Planner, Department of Transportation, State of California (Caltrans) | Prof. Bumsoo Lee | Impacts of ride-hailing services on travel behavior |
| Ariam Torres Cordero | Assistant Professor at University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras | Prof. Rolf Pendall | The struggle for a just recovery: Insurgent planning, transnational networks, and colonial legacies in post-disaster Puerto Rico |
| 2021 | |||
| Sowmya Balachandran | Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts at Boston | Prof. Andrew Greenlee | Low Income Homeownership for Intergenerational Mobility: The Role of Intermediaries in Risk Mitigation |
| Efadul Huq | Assistant Professor, Environmental Science & Policy, Smith College | Prof. Faranak Miraftab | Amphibian Urbanism in Dhaka's Contested Wetlands |
| Sang Lee | Asian American Cultural Center | Prof. Stacy Harwood | Global Fantasies and Heartland Realities: Making a Global City in the Midwest |
| 2020 | |||
| Sergio Andres Contreras Pinto | Senior Control Proyectos SIB, Capstone Copper | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Three essays on microenterprises and self-employment |
| Stephen Averill Sherman | Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University, Houston, Texas | Prof. Marc Doussard | Governing bodies through space, governing space through bodies: Police power, planning, and race in central Atlanta |
| 2019 | |||
| Aaron Petri | Researcher, ERDC-CERL, Champaign, Illinois | Prof. Bev Wilson | Planning the urban forest to enhance urban resilience |
| Shruti Syal | Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University | Prof. Daniel Schneider | A socio-ecological systems perspective on planning for informality: the case of Delhi's stormwater drain-adjacent settlements |
| 2018 | |||
| Andrew McMillan | Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland | Prof. Arnab Chakraborty | Investing in the post-foreclosure housing market: How neighborhood characteristics and real estate actors affect recovery |
| Norihiko Yamano | Economist, OECD Directorate for Science, Technology & Innovation | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Development of global inter-country inter-industry system for various policy perspectives |
| 2017 | |||
| Haozhi Pan | Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China | Prof. Brian Deal | Advancing PSS with complex urban systems sciences and scalable spatio-temporal models |
| Chenxi Yu | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Three papers in urban and regional economic and development | |
| 2016 | |||
| Deniz Ay | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bern, Institute of Geography, Urban and Regional Planning Unit | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Is it possible to plan displacement-free urban renewal: A comparative analysis of the national urban renewal program in Turkey |
| Dwayne Baker | Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Studies, Queens College-CUNY, Flusing, New York | Prof. Faranak Miraftab | Building inclusive neighborhoods: Assessing the socio-spatial implications of transit-oriented development in St. Louis, Missouri |
| Ahmad Gamal | Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture, College of Engineering, University of Indonesia; Director of Innovation and Science & Techno Park at Universitas Indonesia | Prof. Faranak Miraftab | Urbanization as if people mattered: Three alternative explanations why the urbanization of rural areas do not bring it's promised welfare impact |
| Esteban Lopez Ochoa | Assistant Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Three essays about housing issues in new contexts: Demand for housing attributes, housing price indeces, and location choices under displacement |
| Stephanie Timm | Director, Applied Research, Delos, Washington, D.C. | Prof. Brian Deal | Comparative planning in practice: Identifying the cultural and behavioral barriers to learning from international sustainability solutions |
| 2015 | |||
| Carlos Figueroa Aguilar | Central Bank, Guatemala | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Wage equations and the regional economics in Guatemala |
| Md. Shakil Bin Kashem | Lecturer, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | Prof. Bev Wilson | Moving towards disaster: Examining the changing patterns of social vulnerability in a multi-hazard urban environment |
| Sung-won Lee | Assistant Professor, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea | Prof. Bumsoo Lee | The role of urban spatial structure in reducing VMT and GHG emissions |
| Claudia Vicentelo Lupa | Director of Innovation, Cities and Technology Laboratory- LAB-ICT | Prof. T. John Kim | Planning in cyberenvironments: An analysis of the impacts of open data in Chicago |
| 2014 | |||
| Timothy Green | Assistant Professor, Department of Planning, Development and Preservation, Clemson University | Prof. Ed Feser | Cluster planning and cluster strategy in regional economic development organizations |
| Andi Irawan | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Regional income disparities in Indonesia: Measurements, convergence process, and decentralization | |
| 2013 | |||
| Dustin Allred | Lecturer, Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | Prof. Arnab Chakraborty | Examining the effectiveness of voluntary coordination among local governments: Evidence from a regional land use planning process |
| Robert Boyer | Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte | Prof. Brian Deal | Transitioning to sustainable urban development: A niche-based approach |
| Mallory Rahe | Extension Community Economist, Department of Applied Economics, Oregon State University | Prof. Lew Hopkins | Building prosperous communities: The effects of social capital, financial capital, and place |
| 2012 | |||
| Jordi Honey Roses | Assistant Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Canada | Prof. Daniel Schneider | Ecosystem services in planning practice for urban and technologically advanced landscapes |
| Kate Nesse | Demographer, City of Bellevue, Washington | Prof. Mary Edwards | How do we know? Determining school district fiscal and administrative policy in rural Hispanic boomtowns in the Midwest |
| Saket Sarraf | Principal, ps Collective: (A planning, design and research-based practice), Ahmedabad, India; and Visiting faculty at CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India | Prof. Varkki G. Pallathucheril | Three essays on social dynamics and landuse change: Framework, model and estimator |
| 2011 | |||
| Genevieve Borich | Principal-Owner, GenX & Associates (urban planning consulting firm) Chicago, Illinois | Prof. Emily Talen | The broader social network of community planning: A diagnostic tool for communities to assess their planning capacity |
| Jun Wan | Assistant Director, Personal Insurance Market Liberty Mutual, Boston, MA | Prof. Geoff Hewings | Three papers in regional economics: Energy productivity convergence, water resource planning, and workforce occupation-industry dynamics |
| 2010 | |||
| Fidaa Ibrahim Mustafa Araj | Assistant Professor, An-Najah National University (Nablus/Palestine) | Prof. Faranak Miraftab | Planning Under Deep Political Conflict: The Relationship Between Afforestation Planning and the Struggle Over Space in the Palestinian Territories |
| Jason Brody | Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture and Regional Community Planning, Kansas State University | Prof. Emily Talen | Constructing Professional Knowledge: The Neighborhood Unit Concept and the Community Builders Handbook |
| Nama Raj Budhathoki | Nepal Lead, The World Bank Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI) | Prof. Zorica Nedovic-Budic | Participants' Motivations to Contribute Geographic Information in an Online Community |
| Divya Chandrasekhar | Assistant Professor, Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah | Prof. Robert Olshansky | Understanding Stakeholder Participation in Post-Disaster Recovery (Case Study: Nagapattinam, India) |
| Joanna Paulson Ganning | Assistant Professor, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University | Prof. Bumsoo Lee | Growth Effects of Urban-Rural and Intra-Regional Linkages on Non-Metropolitan Counties and Communities in the U.S. |
| Kanako Iuchi | Associate Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDS) | Prof. Robert Olshansky | Redefining a Place to Live: Decisions, Planning Processes, and Outcomes of Resettlement after Disasters |
| Jae Hong Kim | Assistant Professor of Policy and Design, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Land Use, Spatial Structure, and Regional Economic Performance: Assessing the Economic Effects of Land Use Planning and Regulation |
| 2009 | |||
| Donovan Finn | Assistant Professor, Sustainabilitiy Studies Program, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stoney Brook University | Prof. Lewis Hopkins | Our Uncertain Future: Can Good Planning Create Sustainable Communities? |
| Jinghuan Li | Profs. Lewis Hopkins and Varkki Pallatchucheril | Developing a Markup Language for Encoding Graphic Content in Plan Documents | |
| Glenn Sandiford | Assistant Professor in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University | Prof. Daniel Schneider | Transforming an Exotic Species: Nineteenth-Century Narratives about Introduction of Carp in America |
| Marisa Zapata | Assistant Professor, School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University | Prof. Stacy Harwood | Planning across Differences: Collaborative Planning in the California Central Valley |
| 2008 | |||
| Soo Jung Ha | Research Fellow, Business School, University of Strathclyde, Scotland | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Integrated Assessment of Structural Change and Sustainability in the Chicago Region |
| Sangjun Kang | Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning & Real Estate, Gangneung Wonju National University, South Korea | Prof. Douglas Johnston | Spatial Distribution of Best Management Practices for Stormwater Management |
| Nikhil Kaza | Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Prof. Lewis Hopkins | Reasoning With Plans: Inference of Semantic Relationships among Plans about Urban Development |
| Julia Koschinsky | Research Director, Center for Spatial Data Science, University of Chicago | Prof. Luc Anselin | Modeling Spatial Spillover Effects from Rental to Owner Housing: The Case of Seattle |
| Yu Xiao, AICP | Research Director, Center for Spatial Data Science, University of Chicago Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A & M University | Prof. Edward Feser | Local Labor Market Adjustment and Economic Impacts after a Major Disaster: Evidence from the 1993 Midwest Flood |
| 2007 | |||
| Todd BenDor | Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Prof. Varki Pallatchucheril | Prof. Varki Pallatchucheril Redistribution Effects of Wetland Mitigation Over Space and Time |
| Jaewon Lim | Assistant Professor, School of Environmental and Public Affairs, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Interregional Migration and Regional Economic Structure |
| Marcelo Lufin Varas | Vicerrector, Asuntos Econmicos y Administrativos, Ciencia Regionale y Politicas, Universidad Catlica del Norte, Chile | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Essays in Social Space: Applications to Chilean Communities on Inter-Sector Social Linkages, Social Capital, and Social Justice |
| Da-Mi Maeng | Associate Reseach Fellow, Seoul Development Institute, Korea | Prof. Zorica Nedovic-Budic | Information and Communications Technologies and Urban Environment: Empirical Analysis of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Region |
| Carlos Eduardo Silva | Faculty of Economics, Pontifcia Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Prof. Geoffrey Hewings | Three Essays on Regional Economics |
| Janni Sorensen | Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte | Prof. Stacy Harwood | Challenges of Unequal Power Distribution in University-Community Partnerships |