DSUP-
Doctoral Students of Urban Planning 

Spring 2009

• February 18: Prof. Ed Feser - Academic department budgets Q&A
• February 25: DSUP meeting to discuss DSUP budget
• March 4: No Seminar
• March 11: Marisa Zapata - Getting a job in academia
• March 18: Joanna Ganning - Urban-rural linkages and rural growth
• March 25: No seminar - spring break
• April 1: No Seminar
• April 8: Kate Nesse - Where are Hispanic populations growing in the US?
• April 15: Ihsan Cetin - Factors of settlement (space) in the integration of the gecekondus in cities: the case of Izmir, Turkey

Fall 2008

• Sep 10: Joanna Ganning, "Constructing a community level amenity index"
• Sep 17: Kate Nesse, "Tax and service packages: Can people vote with their feet in Illinois?"
• Sep 24: Jordi Honey-Rosés, "Watershed planning and ecosystem services for restoration in the Llobregat River, Spain"
• Oct 1: Nori Yamano, "The measurement of CO2 embodiments in international trade: Evidence from a harmonised input-output and bilateral trade database"
• Oct 8: Asst. Prof. Betsy Sweet and Sara Ortiz, "Gender Violence and Planning: issues in Russia, Spain, Mexico, and Chicago"
• Oct 15: Divya Chandrasekhar, "Stakeholder participation in planning for post-disaster recovery: Preliminary findings from field research"
• Oct 29: Marisa Zapata, "The rise of regional governance"
• Nov 5: Jordi Honey-Rosés, Film Screening "Between Mezcal and the Charanda: Sharing community conservation experiencies in Mexico"
• Nov 12: Kanako Iuchi, "Toward better resettlement planning for post-disaster communities: Case study of Nijyumurago area, Niigata, Japan"
• Nov 19: Mallory Rahe, "Rural eutopia: Lessons from persistently prosperous places"

Spring 2008

• Feb 13:  Joanna Ganning, "Capturing Context within a Region and its Communities: Applications of Typologies and Cluster Analyses"
• Feb 20: Marisa Zapata, "Planning across Differences: Developing cross-cultural planning processes to prepare for the future" 
• Feb 27: Prof. T. John Kim, "Role of Transportation in Cities in the Information Age"
• Mar 5:  Prof. Edward Feser, "Faculty promotion and tenure (P&T) process"
  Note:  please visit http://www.provost.uiuc.edu/communication/09/index.html for information.
• Mar 12: Jason Brody, "Constructing Professional Knowledge:  The Neighborhood Unit in the Community Builders Handbook"
• Apr 9: Yu Xiao "Local Economic Adjustment after a Major Natural Disaster"
• Apr 16: Alice Novak " Lawyers and Towers and Barns, Oh My! Historic Preservation Outside the Land of Oz"
• Apr 23: Mallory Rahe "Urban Planning and Rural Development"

Fall 2007

• Aug 28 (Joint seminar with REAL, 5:30pm at 219 Davenport Hall): Shanzi Ke "A Two-Market Equilibrium Model and Cross Sectional Analysis of Chinese Urban Housing and Land Markets"
• Aug 29: Nikhil Kaza and Prof. Lew Hopkins "Planning Strategically: In what circumstances should we plan in public?"
• Sep 5: Prof. Geoff Hewings "What is 'REAL'?"
• Sep 12: Jordi Honey-Roses "Forest conservation and regional planning in Mexico"
• Sep 19: Prof. Edward Feser, Prof. Lew Hopkins, and Prof. Daniel Schneider "Panel discussion on the DURP PhD program"
• Oct 10: Asst. Prof. Mary Edwards "Why planners need to know public finance"
• Oct 24: Prof. Rob Olshansky "Theory Building and Improvisation: The Adventure of Studying Planning After Disasters"
• Oct 31: Asst. Prof. Betsy Sweet "Multiple uses of qualitative methods in urban planning"
• Nov 7: Book discussion: “Engaging the Future: Forecasts, Scenarios, Plans, and Projects ” Editors: Hopkins, Lewis and Marisa Zapata, 2007
  Discussion moderators: Prof. Lew Hopkins and Marisa Zapata
• Nov 14: Asst. Prof. Brian Deal "Successful grant proposal writing and LEAM"
• Nov 28: Nama Raj Budhathoki "Spatial Data Infrastructure, Web 2.0, and Planning: Research Opportunities and Challenges"
• Dec 5: Tim Green "Assessing business vulnerability in disasters"

Spring 2007

• Apr 3, Jason Brody,  "Emergent Neighborhood"
• Apr 11, Todd Bendor, "Redistribution Effects of Wetland Mitigation over Space and Time"
• Apr 23, Kate Nesse, "Including non-wage income in base multiplier calculations"
• May 3, Julia Koschinsky, "Improving the Spatial Intelligence of Subsidized Rental Spillover Models"