Research
Books and research published by SPIA faculty
VT SPIA is home to a vibrant community of scholars.
SPIA faculty currently serve on the editorial boards of 31 academic journals including:
Administration & Society (Brian Cook, Karen Hult, and Laura Jensen)
American Review of Public Administration (Patrick Roberts)
Athens Journal of Social Sciences (Max Stephenson)
Congress & the Presidency (Karen Hult)
Environmental Health Perspectives (Steve Hankey, member of editorial review board)
Europe and the World Book Series, Lexington Books (Joel Peters, Co-Editor)
Fast Capitalism (Tim Luke, Co-Editor)
Housing Policy Debate (David Bieri; Tom Sanchez as Editor-in-chief (2010-2021)
International Journal of Sustainable Transport (Ralph Buehler)
Journal of Collaborative Healthcare and Translational Medicine (Shalini Misra)
Journal of Transport and Land Use (Ralph Buehler)
Land (Tom Sanchez)
New Political Science (Tim Luke, Associate Editor)
Opolis (Tom Sanchez)
Policy Studies Journal (Laura Jensen)
Presidential Studies Quarterly (Karen Hult)
Review of Evolutionary Political Economy (Giselle Datz, Associate Editor)
Rhetoric & Public Affairs (Karen Hult)
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (Patrick Roberts)
Urban Affairs Review (Maggie Cowell)
Urban and Regional Resilience eJournal (David Bieri, Editor/Curator)
Sustainability (Max Stephenson)
Telos Press Publishing (Tim Luke, Book Line Editor)
Transport Reviews (Ralph Buehler, Book Review Editor)
Transportation Research Part-D (Ralph Buehler)
Transportation Research Record (Ralph Buehler, Associate Editor)
Urban Findings (Tom Sanchez, Editorial Advisory Board)
Urban Planning (Tom Sanchez)
Urban Science (Tom Sanchez)
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Maggie Cowell , bioAssociate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Stephanie Davis , bioCollegiate Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Adrienne Edisis , bioAssistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Hyojung Lee , bioAssistant Professor of Housing and Property Management, Apparel, Housing, and Resource Affiliated Faculty, Urban Affairs and Planning
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John Provo , bioAdjunct Professor, Urban Affairs & Policy (UAP)
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Max Stephenson , bioProfessor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Institute for Policy and Governance (IPG)
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Diane Zahm , bioAssociate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Ariel Ahram , bioProfessor, Chair of Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Laura Jensen , bioAssociate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Tim Luke , bioInterim Director and University Distinguished Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Joel Peters , bioProfessor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Cecily Rodriguez , bioManager of Applied Research, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Adjunct Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Max Stephenson , bioProfessor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Institute for Policy and Governance (IPG)
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Patrick Roberts , bioProfessor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Kris Wernstedt , bioProfessor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Yang Zhang , bioAssociate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Ralph Hall , bioUndergraduate Programs Director and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Director, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Affiliated Faculty, Honors College
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Steve Hankey , bioAssociate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Theodore Lim , bioAssistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Tim Luke , bio
Interim Director and University Distinguished Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Shelley Mastran , bioProfessor of Practice, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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John Randolph , bioProfessor Emeritus, Urban Policy and Planning (UAP)
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Todd Schenk , bioAssociate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Science, Technology & Engineering in Policy (STEP) Program Affiliated Faculty, Global Change Center (GCC), Fralin Life Sciences Institute, and Center for Coastal Studies
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Yang Zhang , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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David Bieri , bioAssociate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Professor (affiliate), Economics Research Associate Professor, Global Forum on Urban & Regional Resilience
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Yannis Stivachtis , bioAffiliated Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Gerard Toal , bioProfessor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Joyce Barr , bioProfessor of Practice, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Chad Levinson , bioAssistant Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Gerard Toal , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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David Bredenkamp , bioAssistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Matthew Dull , bioAssociate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Karen Hult , bioChair and Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) PhD Program Director, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) Editor, Administration & Society
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Joe Rees , bioExecutive Committee Chair, Associate Professor, and Program Coordinator, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Patrick Roberts , bio
Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Todd Schenk , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Science, Technology & Engineering in Policy (STEP) Program Affiliated Faculty, Global Change Center (GCC), Fralin Life Sciences Institute, and Center for Coastal Studies
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Ralph Buehler , bioProgram Chair and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Steve Hankey , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Laura Jensen , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Stephanie Smith , bioAssociate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Raymond Zuinga , bioAssistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Jeffery Glick , bioProfessor of Practice, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA)
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Patrick Roberts , bio
Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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David Bieri , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Professor (affiliate), Economics Research Associate Professor, Global Forum on Urban & Regional Resilience
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Hyojung Lee , bioAssistant Professor of Housing and Property Management, Apparel, Housing, and Resource Affiliated Faculty, Urban Affairs and Planning
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Thomas Sanchez , bioProfessor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Raymond Zuinga , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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David Bieri , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Professor (affiliate), Economics Research Associate Professor, Global Forum on Urban & Regional Resilience
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Giselle Datz , bioAssociate Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Stephanie Smith , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Kris Wernstedt , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Giselle Datz , bio
Associate Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Sheryl Bailey , bioVisiting Professor of Practice and Adjunct Faculty
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Stephanie Davis , bioCollegiate Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Karen Hult , bio
Chair and Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) PhD Program Director, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) Editor, Administration & Society
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Laura Jensen , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Ariel Ahram , bio
Professor, Chair of Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Joel Peters , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Ariel Ahram , bio
Professor, Chair of Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Chad Levinson , bio
Assistant Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Joel Peters , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Yannis Stivachtis , bio
Affiliated Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Gerard Toal , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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David Bredenkamp , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Karen Hult , bio
Chair and Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) PhD Program Director, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) Editor, Administration & Society
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Chad Levinson , bio
Assistant Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Matthew Dull , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Adrienne Edisis , bioAssistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Joe Rees , bio
Executive Committee Chair, Associate Professor, and Program Coordinator, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Cecily Rodriguez , bio
Manager of Applied Research, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Adjunct Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Kris Wernstedt , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Raymond Zuinga , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Shalini Misra , bioAssociate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Tim Luke , bio
Interim Director and University Distinguished Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Eric Malczewski , bioAssistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Max Stephenson , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Institute for Policy and Governance (IPG)
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Shalini Misra , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Ralph Buehler , bio
Program Chair and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Ralph Hall , bio
Undergraduate Programs Director and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Director, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Affiliated Faculty, Honors College
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Steve Hankey , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Thomas Sanchez , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Ralph Buehler , bio
Program Chair and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Maggie Cowell , bioAssociate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Stephanie Davis , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Adrienne Edisis , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Theodore Lim , bio
Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Shelley Mastran , bio
Professor of Practice, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Thomas Sanchez , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Todd Schenk , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Science, Technology & Engineering in Policy (STEP) Program Affiliated Faculty, Global Change Center (GCC), Fralin Life Sciences Institute, and Center for Coastal Studies
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Diane Zahm , bioAssociate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Yang Zhang , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Ralph Hall , bio
Undergraduate Programs Director and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Director, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Affiliated Faculty, Honors College
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Theodore Lim , bio
Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Institute for Policy and Governance (IPG) , redirectIPG is an entrepreneurial, interdisciplinary community of collaborating faculty, staff and students that conducts research, learning and engagement efforts concerning significant democratic governance challenges.
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NSF CAREER Award Project on Air PollutionProfessor Steve Hankey received a $500,000 NSF award to fund a five-year project to measure air pollution using various sensors and engage the public by tracking their pollution intake using a smartphone app.
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SPIA Faculty & Student Research AwardsExplore the many research initiatives currently ongoing at SPIA.
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International Refugee Research Project , homeLaunched in 2016, the International Refugee Research Project, comprising several international partners, is dedicated to expanding the study of the realities of the refugee condition in order to improve them.
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National Science Foundation Funds Research on the Social Implications of COVID-19 , redirectSPIA Professors Shalini Misra and Kris Wernstedt highlighted in VT News for their NSF-backed research on social distancing and digital information during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Dr. Jessica Agnew and Dr. Ralph Hall help land project to develop app that improves food security in Kenya , redirectDr. Jessica Agnew and Dr. Ralph Hall help land a $250,000 one-year project to develop a smartphone app using blockchain technology to address inefficiencies in African Indigenous Vegetables (AIV) value chains in Eastern Kenya
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Margaret Cowell: Giving Voices to "Those in the Shadow" , redirectMargaret Cowell helps communities remain or become economically successful and works to increase equity surrounding economic development in local communities
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Managing salt pollution to protect drinking water resources and freshwater ecosystems , redirectDoctors often tell us, “cut back on your salt.” And just like too much dietary salt is bad for blood pressure, too much salt in our nation’s streams, lakes, and reservoirs threatens ecosystem health and the security of our nation’s drinking water and food supplies.
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How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated? , redirectPatrick Roberts discusses important factors to consider in developing a set of norms for the regulation of artificial intelligence.
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