Ph.D. Student Job Market Candidates
Urban Planning and Development
Alycia Cheng
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Los Angeles; Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Housing, community development, immigrant communities, social networks
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dowell Myers
Sue Dexter
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Genevieve Giuliano
Job Paper Titles:
- Lifecycle Analysis of Heavy-duty Trucks: An environmental impact study comparing alternative fuels/drivetrains
- Understanding Choice Behavior in Drayage Trucking (with Dr. Gen Giuliano)
Elizabeth Joun
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Master of Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles; Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Remote work, organizational behavior, impact of technology on society, identity and perception, public safety, neighborhood effect, urban design, data science
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bill Resh
Job Paper Title: Effect of Remote Work Offering on State-Level Federal Employee Recruitment
David Flores Moctezuma
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, Hispanic Homeownership, GIS, Urban Sociology, Transportation, Real Estate
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Dowell Myers
Marley Randazzo
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: urban development; socio-spatial transformation; migration; urban demography; housing; land use; technology
Committee Chair: Dr. Dowell Myers
Job Paper Title: “Transitory Shock or Urban Restructuring? Investigating Remote Work’s Post-Pandemic Effect on Migration in US Metros”
Qifan Shao
Ph.D. 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: Sustainable transportation, emerging transportation technologies, land use and transportation, spatial analysis
Committee Chair: Dr. Marlon Boarnet
Ben Toney
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College
Research Interests: Long term public planning, equity implications of the shifting role of the public sector, critiques of new public management, social justice, distributive justice, planning theory
Committee Chair: Dr. Gary Painter
Public Policy and Management
Esther Gonzalez
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Master of Business Administration, Cornell University; Master of Public Administration, Cal Poly Pomona; Bachelor of Arts in International Development Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Organizational Behavior, Representative Bureaucracy, Diversity Management
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bill Resh
Sophia Helland
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics with a dual degree in Economics, Claremont McKenna College
Research Interests: Reproductive and maternal health, healthcare access, federalism and state policymaking
Advisors: Dr. Nicolas Duquette/ Dr. Pamela McCann
Job Paper Title: State Borders and Prenatal Care Access: Medicaid After Local Obstetric Care Loss