Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master in City and Regional Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Michigan State University
Research Interests: Transportation, equity and justice, urban sociology, social interactions in public space, ethnography, community engagement, storytelling in planning, urban design, and public finance
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Urban Planning, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Community development, urban spatial inequality, access to the outdoors and social space, civic engagement and youth organizing
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Annette Kim
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
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Education: Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning, Peking University; Bachelor of Engineering in Urban and Rural Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Research Interests: Sustainable Transportation, Urban Informatics, Infrastructure Planning, Land Use
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet/Dr. Gen Giuliano
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
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Education: Master of Planning, USC; Master of Science in City and Regional Planning, Seoul National University; Bachelor of Architecture, Yonsei University
Research Interests: Housing demography, urban economics, urban analytics, data science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dowell Myers
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Bachelor or Arts in International Studies, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea; Master of Public Administration, University of Southern California
Research Interests: Community economic development, arts and the city, cultural planning, equity and just planning, qualitative methods, collaborative governance
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Science in Public Administration and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom; Master of Science in Urban Design and City Planning, University College London, United Kingdom; Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Hull University
Research Interests: Urban policy and planning, community resilience, autonomous vehicles, ‘smart city’ technology, STS, transport planning, economic development, city and local politics, public affairs – and how all these interact
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Science in Operations Research, London School of Economics and Political Science; Bachelor of Arts in Management Science, University of California, San Diego
Research Interests: Sustainable urban freight, transportation planning and infrastructure, land use policy, environmental policy, climate change mitigation, international development
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Los Angeles; Bachelor of Engineering in Urban Planning, Peking University, China
Research Interests: Urban freight, transit, active transportation, alternative fuels, spatial analysis, land use, climate change, smart city
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Sociology, Purdue University Northwest
Research Interests: City form and vitality, urban data science and econometrics, transportation, international development planning
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Planning, Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning, Hanyang University
Research Interests: transportation planning, travel behavior, urban freight, urban spatial structure, urban informatics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Urban Planning, USC; Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Bachelor of Architecture, Seoul National University
Research Interests: Green space in urban environments and its impact on quality of life, health, and social interactions
Faculty Advisor: Annette Kim
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of City and Regional Planning, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance, Hanyang University
Research Interests: travel behavior, transportation planning, transportation policy, urban mobility, urban space, urban economics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Science in Urban Regeneration, University College London; Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, University of Michigan
Research Interests: Policing, carcerality, and abolition; queer space; racial capitalism; spatial justice; planning theory
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Schweitzer
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Public Policy, University of Chicago; Bachelor of Economics, Peking University
Research Interests: Housing and land use policy, spatial analysis, urban economics, international development
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Green
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi; Bachelor of Architecture, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
Research Interests: Intersection between design and planning, urban health
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Sloane
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development .
Education: Master of City and Regional Planning, Clemson University; Bachelor of Arts in Economics; Growth and Structures of Cities, Bryn Mawr College
Research Interests: Urban form, housing, urban economics, spatial informatics, international planning, transportation
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Annette Kim
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Research Interests: Transportation access for marginalized populations, travel behavior, spatial sciences, perceptions of space, racial equity in planning
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Geography, Macalester College
Research Interests: Urban Data Science, Real Estate, Land Use and Transportation, Environmental Justice
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Urban Planning, USC; Bachelor of Arts in Growth and Structure of Cities, Haverford College
Research Interests: Inter-urban inequality, urban economic development, socio-spatial dynamics of consumer cities
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Science, Geographic Information Science and Technology, Bachelor of Arts in Music, University of Southern California
Research Interests: Urban demography, housing, GIS, urban sociology, transportation, urban development, real estate
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dowell Myers
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Minnesota
Research Interests: Privatization of public space, privately owned public space, First Amendment rights, homelessness, housing, suburbanization, gentrification
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Sloane
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Peking University; Bachelor of Human Geography and Urban Planning, Northwest A&F University
Research Interests: Land use and transportation, sustainable transportation, social equity, public transit
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of City and Regional Planning and Master of Public Informatics, Rutgers University; Bachelor of Arts in Politics, Whitman College
Research Interests: Housing and urban inequality; data and institutional planning practice; spatial data science; critical GIS Studies
Faculty Advisor: Dowell Myers
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College
Research Interests: Activist planning, equitable development, transit-oriented development, planning theory, sociospatial analysis
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Gary Painter
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Urban Planning, University of Michigan; Bachelor of Arts in Land Economics, National ChengChi University, Taiwan
Research Interests: Land use and transportation, spatial analysis, social equality, urban economics, international development, public health
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marlon Boarnet
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Geography, University of Miami
Research Interests: Digital geographies, planning + metaverse, LGBTQ+ studies, public space, virtual worlds, media effects
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Schweitzer
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
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Education: Master of Planning, University of California, Berkeley; Bachelor of Engineering in Urban and Rural Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University
Research Interests: Urban form, urban environment, health cities, big data, spatial analysis
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Geoff Boeing