PhD in Regional Planning

Doctorates Granted

All recipients of the Ph.D. in Regional Planning since 2007 are listed below along with their positions upon graduation, dissertation titles, and dissertation advisors.


Name Current Position Advisor Dissertation Title
2013
Robert Boyer Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Prof. Brian Deal Transitioning to Sustainable Urban Development: A Niche-Based Approach
Mallory Rahe Post-doctoral fellow, 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 Prof. Daniel Schneider Ecosystem Services in Planning Practice for Urban and Technologically Advanced Landscapes
Kate Nesse Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture and Regional and Community Planning, Kansas State University 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 Assistant 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 Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University Prof. Robert Olshansky Understanding Stakeholder Participation in Post-Disaster Recovery (Case Study: Nagapattinam, India)
Joanna Paulson Ganning Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy Studies, St. Louis 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, Landscape Architecture and Regional Community Planning, Kansas State University Prof. Geoffrey Hewings Land Use, Spatial Structure, and Regional Economic Performance: Assessing the Economic Effects of Land Use Planning and Regulation
2009
Donovan Finn Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College Prof. Lewis Hopkins Our Uncertain Future: Can Good Planning Create Sustainable Communities?
Jinghuan Li   Profs. Lewis Hopkins and Varki Pallatchucheril Developing a Markup Language for Encoding Graphic Content in Plan Documents
Glenn Sandiford Research Associate, Department of History, University of Illinois 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 Research Associate, Environmental Policy, Gyeonggi Research Institute, Korea Prof. Douglas Johnston Spatial Distribution of Best Management Practices for Stormwater Management
Nikhil Kaza Assistant 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 Assistant Research Professor, School of Geographic Sciences and Urban Planning, Research Director, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, Arizona State University Prof. Luc Anselin Modeling Spatial Spillover Effects from Rental to Owner Housing: The Case of Seattle
Yu Xiao Assistant 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 Assistant Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Prof. Varki Pallatchucheril Redistribution Effects of Wetland Mitigation Over Space and Time
Jaewon Lim Senior Economist, Economic Development, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona Prof. Geoffrey Hewings Interregional Migration and Regional Economic Structure
Marcelo Lufin Varas Vicerrector, Asuntos Económicos y Administrativos, Ciencia Regionale y Politicas, Universidad Católica 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, Pontifícia 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