Ph.D. Student Job Market Candidates
Urban Planning and Development
Robert Binder
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: Public 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
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
Seongmoon Cho
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
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
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
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
Bonnie Wang
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
Kurt Wyatt
Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development
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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
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
Phillip Sangwoo Lee
Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management
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Education: Master of Public Policy, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; Master of Applied Economics, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; Bachelor of Science in Statistical Science and Psychology, Duke University
Research Interests: Environmental economics, environmental justice, renewable energy/energy security, sustainable development, clean technology adoption, behavioral economics
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Antonio Bento