PGG Ph.D.: Urban & Environmental Design & Planning

Ernesto L. Acosta ela2ness@vt.edu
Transportation and Environment
Primary Advisors:  Dr. Ralph Buehler and Prof. Tom Sanchez

Jessica Agnew jlagnew@vt.edu
Market-based Approaches to Address Poverty and Malnutrition
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ralph Hall

Aaron Akers aakers@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisors: Dr. Maggie Cowell and Dr. Yang Zhang

Hypatia Alexandria h1patia@vt.edu
How innovations in technology, design, planning, and policy can improve living; The potential of disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and The Internet of Things (IoT) in the context of city planning
Primary Advisor: Professor Tom Sanchez

Ibrahim Altasan ialtasan@vt.edu
The Success and Failure of Mega-Projects’ Construction in Saudi Arabia
Primary Advisors: Dr. Ralph Hall and Dr. Todd Schenk

Julia Battocchi julialb@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Dr. Shalini Misra

Luis Camacho lcamacho@vt.edu
Economic Development, Sociology of Work, Innovation and Technology in Workplaces, Participatory Management Practices, Dignity at Work
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ralph P. Hall

SeungBee Choi sbchoi@vt.edu
Housing Tenure Choice,  Homebuying Behavior, Millennials, Housing Policy, Housing Economics
Primary Advisor: Dr. Thomas Skuzinski

Tiffany Cousins tiffanycousins@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisors: Dr. Maggie Cowell and Dr. Yang Zhang

Alan Cunningham alanfc71@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ralph Buehler

Lehi Dowell ldowell@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Professor Max Stephenson

Karen Drake kdrake@vt.edu
Not Stated
Primary Advisors: Dr. Maggie Cowell and Dr. John Provo

Will Drake wdrake@vt.edu
Climate Change and Natural Hazards Planning
Primary Advisor: Dr. Yang Zhang

Raj G. C. rajgc@vt.edu
Productive Use of Rural Water Systems, Related Policy Issues and Sustainability Concerns in Nepal
Primary Advisory: Dr. Ralph Hall

Mahtot Gebresselassie gmahtot@vt.edu
TNCs and Mobility of Persons with Disabilities
Primary Advisor: Professor Thomas Sanchez

Fleur Gooden fleur@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Professor Max Stephenson

Khushboo Gupta khushboo@vt.edu
Smart Cities and Livability in Developing Countries, Economic Impact Analysis
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ralph Hall

Xavier Harmony xavierharmony@vt.edu
Public Transportation; Transportation Politics and Governance; Transportation Policy and Funding; Transportation Equity
Primary Advisor: Dr. Thomas Skuzinski

Conaway B. Haskins III chaskins@vt.edu
Economic Development, Entrepreneurship Policy, Organizational Management and Sustainable Communities
Primary Advisor: Dr. Maggie Cowell

Ayda Kianmehr akianmehr@vt.edu
Climate change, Urban heat island, Air pollution, Modeling, Hazard Mitigation and Adaptation
Primary Advisors: Dr. Todd Schenk and Dr. Theo Lim

Hwa young Kim eagloo@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Dr. Yang Zhang

Stephen Kleiber kleiber@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Dr. Diane Zahm

Tianjun Lu tianjun@vt.edu
Research Interest: Environmental Planning and Transportation Planning
Primary Advisor: Dr. Steve Hankey

Neda Moayerian mneda14@vt.edu
Cultural Tourism, Civic Engagement and Community Development
Primary Advisor: Professor Max Stephenson

Cheryl L. Montgomery clmontgo@vt.edu
Community Engagement, Spatial Justice, Critical Race Theory
Primary Advisor: Professor Max Stephenson

Seth Peery sspeery@vt.edu
GIS, Impact of Telecommunications on Rural Economic Development
Primary Advisor: Professor Tom Sanchez

Meng Qi mengqi@vt.edu
Environmental Planning, Urban Air Quality
Primary Advisor: Dr. Steve Hankey

Hye jeong Seo seohj@vt.edu
Not Stated
Primary Advisor: Dr. Todd Schenk

Frances Stanley fstanley@vt.edu
Community Development Non Profits
Primary Advisor: Professor Emeritus Ted Koebel

Denis Can Teoman dteoman@vt.edu
Transportation planning and travel behaviour of migrants
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ralph Buehler

Kaidi Wang kaidi@vt.edu
Automated Vehicle, Transportation, Land Use, Environment
Primary Advisor: Dr. Wenwen Zhang

Qiong Wang wqiong7@vt.edu
Natural Hazard Mitigation Policy
Primary Advisor: Dr. Yang Zhang

Yang Wang yang6@vt.edu
Land Use Science Planning
Primary Advisors:  Dr. Todd Schenk and Dr. Wenwen Zhang

Daniel White dannyw@vt.edu
Sport and International Development, Social Capital, International Development
Primary Advisor: Professor Max Stephenson

Jane Anne Williams janeann@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Professor Tim Luke

Joshua Wimpey jorshw@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ralph Hall and Professor Kris Wernstedt

Davon Woodard davon@vt.edu
Urban Computing, Social Network Analysis, Digital Ethnography, Public Participation
Primary Advisors:  Professor Tom Sanchez and Dr. Wenwen Zhang

Ruixiang Xie xrx1993@vt.edu
Environmental Policy, Climate Change, Global and Local Governance
Primary Advisors:  Professor Kris Wernstedt and Dr. Yang Zhang

Arica Young arica2@vt.edu
Suburban Spaces, Cohousing and Ecovillages, Social and Environmental Sustainability
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ralph Buehler

Wafa Al-Daily waldaily@vt.edu
Dissertation: An Exploration of State and Non-State Actor Engagement in Informal Settlement Governance in the Mahwa Aser Neighborhood and Sana’a City, Yemen
Primary Advisors: Professors Max Stephenson and Kathleen Parrott

Yehyun (Hannah) An yehyun@vt.edu
Dissertation: The Operationalization of Capacity Development: The Case of Urban Infrastructure Projects in India
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ralph Hall

Veronica Arroyave varroya@vt.edu
Dissertation: Networks in the Disaster Response and Global Health Domain: A case study of The Partnership for Quality Medical Donation’s response to the 2010 Haitian Earthquake
Primary Advisor: Professor Max Stephenson

David Bieri bieri@vt.edu
Dissertation: Location Choice, Linkages and the Spatial Economy: Essays on Theory, Evidence and Heterodox Assessment
Primary Advisor: Professor Paul Knox

Brendan Brink-Halloran bbrink42@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Professor Max Stephenson

Timothy G. Brown tgbrown@vt.edu
Environmental Conflicts, The U.S. News Media, Public Agenda Setting
Primary Advisor: Professor John Randolph

Fanny Carlet fanny09@vt.edu
Sustainable Development and Green Infrastructure
Primary Advisor: Dr. Kris Wernstedt

Selma Elouardighi selmae@vt.edu
Transfer of Environmental Best Practices from Developed to Developing Countries through Multinational Corportations
Primary Advisor: Dr. Ralph Hall and Professor Edward Weisband

Marc Fialkoff marcf@vt.edu
Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Security, Freight Transportation Planning and Policy
Primary Advisors: Dr. Ralph Hall and Dr. Ralph Buehler

Kate Fisher fisherm@cna.org
Dissertation: Aging America: Essays on Population Aging and the Physical and Economic Landscapes in the United States
Primary Advisor: Dr. Casey Dawkins

Trevor Flanery tflanery@vt.edu
Economic and Community Development, Complex Adaptive Systems, Networks, Models & Simulation Science
Primary Advisor: Professor John Randolph

Curt Gervich cgervich@plattsburgh.edu
Decision Making for Sustainability – EDP (Planning)
Primary Advisor: Professor Max Stephenson

Anja Hälg Bieri ahb@vt.edu
Urban Geography, Architecture, Documentary Art, Critical Theory, Walkable Urbanism, Creative Cities
Primary Advisor: Dr. Paul Knox

Andrea Hamre ahamre@vt.edu
Commuter Benefits, Transport Justice, Travel Behavior
Primary Advisor: Dr. Kris Wernstedt

Allison Heck ajaheck@vt.edu
Cultural Development, Community and Economic Development, Participatory Planning, Gentrification, and Resilience
Primary Advisor: Dr. Derek Hyra

Priscila Izar izarpris@vt.edu
Dissertation: Housing Provision through Real Estate Development: adopting Public-Private Partnerships for affordable housing delivery in Brazil
Primary Advisors: Dr. David Bieri and Dr. Giselle Datz

Huyen Le huyenle@vt.edu
Travel Behavior, Activity-Travel, Choice Modeling
Primary Advisor: Dr. Steve Hankey and Dr. Ralph Buehler

Jennifer LeFurgy jlefurgy@vt.edu
“Staying Power: Aging in Community and the Village Model”
Primary Advisor: Professor Jim Bohland

Monica Licher mlicher@vt.edu
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Jesse Richardson

Cindy Lintz mila@vt.edu
Perceptions of Other Along the Bulgarian-Macedonian Border
Primary Advisors: Drs. Sonia Hirt and Derek Hyra

Omchand Mahdu omchand4@vt.edu
The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Rural Development
Primary Advisors: Dr. Todd Schenk and Dr. Yang Zhang

Morgan Mbeky
Not stated
Primary Advisor: Professor Tom Sanchez

Dale Medearis dmedearis@novaregion.org
European (specifically German) urban planning practices, and regional climate mitigation and adaptation policies
Primary Advisor: Professor Chris Nelson

Joao Mil-Homens joaomh@ualg.pt
Dissertation: Labeling Schemes or Labeling Scams? Auditors’ Perspectives on ISO 14001 Certification
Primary Advisors: Professor John Randolph and Dr. Joe Rees

Asli Ceylan Oner aoner@fau.edu
Globalization, Global Cities, Metropolitan Decentralization, and Comparative Urbanization
Primary Advisor: Professor Paul Knox

Damian Pitt dpitt@vcu.edu
Dissertation: The Diffusion of Climate Protection Planning among U.S. Municipalities
Primary Advisor: Professor John Randolph

Andrew Sanderford sanderford@email.arizona.edu
Dissertation: Bridging the Diffusion of Innovation Chasm for Green Housing
Primary Advisor: Professor Ted Koebel

Vera Smirnova veras@vt.edu
Research on Land Appropriation, Enclosure, and Territorialization in Times of Economic Crises
Primary Advisor: Professor Paul Knox

Caitlin Walter csugrue@vt.edu
Economic Development & Housing Policy 
Primary Advisor: Dr. Maggie Cowell

Emma Rongrong Wei rrw1988@vt.edu
Fiscal Behavior, Fiscal Rules & Institutions, Public Choice
Primary Advisor: Dr. Tom Skuzinski

2020

Agnew, Jessica Lauren
Buying to Thrive: Exploring the Potential for Market-Based Approaches to Contribute to Increases in Diet Diversity in Mozambique
Committee: Kevin Boyle, Co-Chair; Ralph Hall, Co-Chair; David Bieri, Kathryn Hosig

Camacho Carvajal, Luis
Technology, Participatory Management Practices (PMP), and Dignity at Work: Negotiating the Use of Technology in a Plastics Packaging Firm
Committee: Ralph Hall, Chair; David Bieri, Daniel Breslau, John Provo, Joyce Rothschild

Cranwell, Lindy Bales
University Comprehensive Internationalization (CI): Faculty Meaning-Making, Motivations, and Perceptions for Engaging Globally 
Committee: Max Stephenson, Chair; Denise Simmons, Co-Chair; Ralph Hall, David Knight

G.C., Raj Kumar
Exploring the Potential of Multiple Use Water Services for Smallholder Farmers in the Western Middle Hills of Nepal
Committee: Ralph Hall, Chair; Max Stephenson, A. Hammett, Shyam Ranganathan

Lu, Tianjun
New Opportunities in Crowd-Sourced Monitoring and Non-government Data Mining for Developing Urban Air Quality Models in the US
Committee:   Steve Hankey, chair; Wenwen Zhang, Linsey Marr, Peter Sforza

McFarland, Christiana K.
Intra-Regional Economic Connectivity: The Role of Industry Clusters in Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide
Committee:  Margaret Cowell, chair; John Provo, Thomas Sanchez, Anthony Tate               

Moayerian, Neda
Exploring the Connections between Community Cultural Development and Sustainable Tourism in Central Appalachia
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Nancy McGehee, Anthony Harrison, Laura Zanotti               

White, Daniel M.
Sport and Social Capital: Perceptions of Sport for Development Organization Leaders' in Kigali, Rwanda
Committee: Max Stephenson, Chair; David Kniola, Jocelyn Widmer, John Dooley

2019

Gupta, Khushboo
The Indian Perspective of Smart Cities
Committee:  Ralph Hall, chair; Thomas Sanchez, Adam Eckerd, Wenwen Zhang, Shalini Misra                            

Le, Huyen Thi Khanh
Emotional Agents: Modeling Travel Satisfaction, Affinity, and Travel Demand Using a Smartphone Travel Survey
Committee:  Ralph Buehler, Steven Hankey, co-chairs; Yingling Fan, Thomas Sanchez               

Lyon-Hill, Sarah E.
A New Institutionalist History of Appalshop: Exploring the Agential Dynamics of an Appalachian Community Cultural Development Organization
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Kimberly Niewolny, Roberth Leonard, Anthony Tate               

Mahdu, Omchand
The Impacts of Climate Change on Rice Production and Small Farmers' Adaptation: A Case of Guyana
Committee:  Yang Zhang, Todd Schenk, co-chairs; Bradford Mills, Andrew Ellis               

Wei, Rongrong 
Local Fiscal Sustainability within American Federalism
Committee:  Margaret Cowell, chair; Adam Eckerd, Brian Cook, Thorwald Tideman

2018

Elouardighi, Selma
Transfer of Environmental Best Practices from Developed to Developing Countries through Multinational Corporations
Committee:  Ralph Hall, chair; Karen Hult, Deborah Gallagher, Edward Weisband            

Izar, Priscila
Housing Provision through Real Estate Development: adopting Public-Private Partnerships for affordable housing delivery in Brazil
Committee:  Giselle Datz, David Bieri, co-chairs; Margaret Cowell, Mariana Fix, Derek Hyra          

Kirk, Kristin Cherish
Assessing Nonprofit Websites: Developing an Evaluation Model
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Alan Abrahams, Thomas Sanchez, Jason Kelly, Christopher Zobel            

Smirnova, Vera
On the Land, Territory, and Crisis Triad: Capitalist Appropriation, Border Materialities, and Enclosure of the Russian Land Commune
Committee:  Paul Knox, chair; Tim Luke, Samarth Swarup, David Bieri

Walter, Caitlin Siobhan
Metropolitan Areas in 1990 vs. Today – How Different Are They? An Examination of Changes in Built Form and Resident Characteristics
Committee:  Margaret Cowell, chair; Lisa Sturtevant, Thomas Sanchez, John Provo

2017

Erwin, Anna Elizabeth
Participation in a shifting global context? A case study of labor and faith in the American South
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Barbara Smith, Andrew Scerri, Kimberly Niewolny         

Fialkoff, Marc Richard
Assessment of the Jones Act on Freight Transportation Networks Experiencing Disruption and Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Committee:  Ralph Buehler, Ralph Hall, co-chairs; Jonathan Gutoff, Henning Mortveit, Kathleen Hancock               

Hamre, Andrea Katherine Marie
A Transport Justice Evaluation of Employer-Provided Transit Benefits
Committee:  Kris Wernstedt, chair; Adam Eckerd, Pamela Murray-Tuite, Thomas Sanchez, Margaret Cowell       

LeFurgy, Jennifer Beth
Staying Power: Aging in Community and the Village Model
Committee:  James Bohland, chair; Stephen Golant, Karen Roberto, Rosemary Blieszner, Charles Koebel      

Mbeky, Morgan
Assessing the Effectiveness of the Microcredit and Integrated Asset Building as a Social Approach to Poverty Reduction in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Committee:  Thomas Sanchez, chair; Frank Martin, Joyce Rothschild, Diane Zahm

2016   

Adames, Maria
Revitalization in the Neighborhood of San Felipe de Neri in the Historic District of Panama (City), Panama
Committee:  Joseph Scarpaci, chair; Diane Zahm, A. Hamett, Humberto Rodriguez-Camilloni, Sonia Hirt            

Aleyao, Binioube
An Investigation of NGO-Government Partnerships for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS and Malaria in the Maritime Region of Togo
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Devi Gnyawali, Ioannis Stivachtis, Laura Zanotti               

Back, Donald Ray             
Neoliberalism, Academic Capitalism and Higher Education in Developing Countries: The Case of Iraqi Kurdistan
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Laura Zanotti, Timothy Luke, Joan Hirt 

Flanery, Trevor H.
Planning Local & Regional Development: Exploring Network Signal, Sites, and Economic Opportunity Dynamics
Committee:  John Randolph, chair; Madhav Marathe, John Provo, Shalini Misra        

Licher, Monica Katherine
Estimating Post-Construction Costs of a Changing Urban Stormwater Program
Committee:  Jesse Richardson and Stephen Stephenson, co-chairs; David Sample, John Randolph, Yang Zhang              

2015

An, Yehyun
The Operationalization of Capacity Development: the Case of Urban Infrastructure Projects in India
Committee:  Ralph Hall, chair; Michael Garvin, Yang Zhang, Guruprasad Ghosh               

Barry-Murphy, Emily Cheryl
Democratizing Refugee Governance Through Critical Reflexivity
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Grant Anderson, Patricia Nickel, Katrina Powell, Laura Zanotti    

Brown, Timothy G.
The News Media, Environmental Collaborations and Accountability: A Survey of the EPA’s Roster of Environmental Conflict Resolution Professionals
Committee:  John Randolph, chair; Rachel Holloway, Richard Rich, James Bohland

Halg Bieri, Anja Kerstin
Walking in Late Capitalism – Dialectic of Aestheticization and Commodification
Committee:  Paul Knox, chair; Brian Britt, Sonia Hirt, Simone Paterson      

2014

Carlet, Fanny
Understanding perceptions and adoption of green stormwater infrastructure
Committee:  Kris Wernstedt, chair; Charles Koebel, John Randolph, Ralph Buehler, Michael Mortimer   

Hodges, Eric Brandon
Creating Better Citizens? Investigating U.S. Marine Corps Basic Training’s Didactic Aspirations, Pedagogical Strategies and their Implications for Citizenship
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Bruce Pencek, James Dubinsky, Karen Hult     

Lintz, Cynthia Ann
Understanding the Construction of National and Regional Identity: Perceptions of One Another along the Bulgarian-Macedonian Border
Committee:  Sonia Hirt, chair; Derek Hyra, Petko Hristov, John Browder    

Yavorosky, Bart Mykolas
Comparing Apples:  Predicting the effect of public comments on administrative rules
Committee: Max Stephenson, chair; Dennis Medina, Timothy Luke, Anne Khademian               

2013

Al-Daily, Wafa Mohsen Saleh
An Exploration of State and Non-State Actor Engagement in Informal Settlement Governance in the Mahwa Aser Neighborhood and Sana\'a City, Yemen
Committee: Max Stephenson, Kathleen Parrott, co-chairs; Sonia Hirt, Karen Till       

Arroyave, Veronica Margoth
Networks in the Global Health domain and Disaster Response:  A case study of The Partnership for Quality Medical Donation’s response to the 2010 Haitian Earthquake
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Laura Zanotti, Ioannis Stivachtis, Yang Zhang

Brink-Halloran, Brendan Jon
Agency and Citizenship in the Barrio:  Exploring the Intersection of Participation, Politics and Urban Development in Guatemala City
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Laura Zanotti, Karen Hult, James Dubinsky, John Browder        

Christensen, Rachel Atkin
Beyond Antagonistic Nonprofit Accountability: A Case Analysis of Practitioner Responses to the Contracting Regime
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Alnoor Ebrahim, Larkin Dudley, Charles Good           

Heck, Allison Jane Abbott
Producing Authenticity: The Process, Politics and Impacts of Cultural Preservation in Washington, DC
Committee:  Derek Hyra, chair; Elizabeth Morton, Margaret Cowell, Elizabeth Fine             

Sanderford, Andrew R
Bridging the Diffusion of Innovation Chasm for Green Housing
Committee:  Charles T. Koebel, chair; Jesse Richardson, Andrew McCoy, Annie Pearce, George Overstreet

Van Houweling, Emily Anne
Gender, water and development; the multiple impacts and perceptions of a rural water project in Nampula, Mozambique
Committee: Ralph Hall, chair; Keith Moore, Brett Schadle, Maria Elisa Christie            

2012

Bukvic, Anamaria
Climate change relocation as an adaptation strategy: from taboo to opportunity
Committee: John Randolph, chair; Yang Zhang, Ralph Hall, Kris Wernstedt 

Sanderlin, Nicole Paulette
Motivations for Faculty Engagement in Internationalization: Learning from Champions and Adocates
Committee:  Max O. Stephenson, Jr., chair; Carol A. Bailey, Anne H. Moore, Josiah S. Tlou     

Wei, Fang
Neighborhood change in metropolitan America
Committee:  Paul L. Knox, chair; Sonia Hirt, Pang Du, Thomas Sanchez            

2010

Boshoff, Brian
Conceptualizing Sustainability: the Case of Johannesburg and Water
Committee:  Max O. Stephenson, chair; Bruce Goldstein, Sonia Hirt, Kris Wernstedt   

Gervich, Curt Dawe
Exploring the Dynamics of Decision-Making in an Organic Farming Cooperative Amidst Competing Frames of Sustainability
Committee:  Max O. Stephenson, Marc Stern, co-chairs; Carol Bailey, Larkin Dudley               

Bieri, David Stephan
Location Choice, Linkages and the Spatial Economy:  Essays on Theory, Evidence and Heterodox Assessment
Committee:  Paul Knox, chair; Casey Dawkins, Heike Mayer, Bradford Mills               

Cooper, Tracy Lee
Exploring a Disaster Management Network in the Caribbean:  Structure, member Relations, Member Roles, and Leadership Styles
Committee:  Max O. Stephenson, chair; Russell Cargo, Angela Eikenberry; Joel Peters, Patrick Roberts 

Fisher, Mary Caperton
Aging America: Essays on Population Aging and the Physical and Economic Landscapes in the United States
Committee:  Casey Dawkins, chair; C. Theodore Koebel, Heike Mayer, Jesse J. Richardson, Karen Roberto     

Rosbach, Derren Thompson
Building a Transdisciplinary Trading Zone: Knowledge Sharing and Integration in Heterogeneous Milieu
Committee:  Max O. Stephenson, chair; Anne Khademian, Marie Paretti, Kris Wernstedt         

Schnitzer, Marcy Hammet
Actually Existing Democracy and Energy Justice: The Case of the Coalfields Delegation to the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development
Committee:  Max O. Stephenson, chair; Carol Bailey, Wolfgang Natter, Richard Rich           

2009

Butler, William
Planning for Water: Statewide Approaches to Watershed Planning and Management
Committee:  John Randolph, chair; Bruce Goldstein, Bruce Hull, Max O. Stephenson  

Pitt, Damian
The Diffusion of Climate Protection Planning among U.S. Municipalities
Committee:  John Randolph, chair; Casey Dawkins, Richard Hirsh, Richard Rich     

Tucker, Adrienne Janel LaBranch
Water Supply Planning for Landscape Irrigation in Virginia
Committee: Jesse Richardson, Eric Ervin, co-chairs; Tamim Younos, Anne Moore  

2008

Becerra-Cordoba, Nancy
Modeling land-cover change in the Amazon using historical pathways of land cover change and Markov chains: A case study of Rondõnia, Brazil
Committee:  John O. Browder, chair; Casey J. Dawkins, Darrell Bosch, Joel A. Nachlas, Randolph H. Wynne              

Mitchell, Kimberly J.
Whose Choice Is It Really?  The Impact of Property Profitability, Owner Strategies, & Perceived Majority Tenant Prejudices on Housing Choice Voucher Acceptance
Committee:  C. Theodore Koebel, chair; Casey J. Dawkins, Max O. Stephenson, Jr., Rosemary Carucci Goss              

Oner, Asli Ceylan
Locational Distribution of Global Advanced Producer Service Firms in the Polycentric US Metropolis
Committee: Paul L. Knox, chair; Casey J. Dawkins, Heike Mayer, Peter J. Taylor, Robert E. Lang, Edward Weisband               

Reany, Candace Hall
The Sound of Silent Partners: A Study of Charitable Choice and the Perceptions of Nonprofit Leaders Regarding the Effects of Government Funding on Religiously-based Nonprofit Organizational Mission
Committee:  Max Stephenson, chair; Casey Dawkins, Ted Koebel, Joyce Rothschild

Summers, Percy Manuel
The Post-frontier: Land use and social change in the Brazilian Amazon (1992 to 2002)
Committee: John O. Browder, chair; James R. Bohland, Alnoor Ebrahim, A.L."Tom" Hammett, Randolph H. Wynne  

Danielsen-Lang, Karen A.
Lifestyle Neighborhoods: The Semi-Exclusive World of Rental Gated Communities
Committee: Thomas W. Sanchez, chair; Arthur C. Nelson, Paul L. Knox, Edward J. Blakely      

2007

Bailey, Cara. L.
Understanding the Meaning of Community Engagement for Aging in Place within a Social Capital Framework
Committee: James R. Bohland, chair; C. Theodore Koebel, Rosemary Blieszner, Karen Roberto, Carol A. Bailey      

Chance, D. R.
A Behavioral Theory of Planning
Committee: Jesse Richardson, Diane Zahm, co-chairs, Rachel Holloway, Ted Koebel

Guthrie, Dwayne Pierce
Understanding Urban, Metropolitan and Megaregion Development to Improve Transportation Governance
Committee:  Arthur C. Nelson, chair; Elizabeth Morton, Robert E. Lang, Thomas Sanchez         

Poley, L. D.
Community and the Habits of Democratic Citizenship: An Investigation into Civic Engagement, Social Capital and Democratic Capacity-Building in U.S. Cohousing Neighborhoods
Committee: Max O. Stephenson Jr., chair; Heike Mayer, Cornelia Flora, Joyce Rothschild

Medearis, Dale Garner
Considerations Concerning the Transfer of Urban Environmental and Planning Policies From Germany to the United States
Committee:  Arthur C. Nelson, Chair; Timothy Beatley, Anne Khademian, Robert Lang