All recipients of the Ph.D. in Regional Planning in 2007 and 2008 are listed below along with their current positions, dissertation titles, and dissertation advisors.
| Name |
Current Position |
Advisor |
Dissertation Title |
2007 |
| Todd BenDor |
Assistant Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Prof. Varki Pallatchucheril |
Redistribution Effects of Wetland Mitigation Over Space and Time |
| Jaewon Lim |
Senior Economist, Economic Development, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona |
Prof. Geoffrey Hewings |
Interregional Migration and Regional Economic Structure |
| Marcelo Lufin Varas |
Vicerrector, Asuntos Económicos y Administrativos, Ciencia Regionale y Politicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile |
Prof. Geoffrey Hewings |
Essays in Social Space: Applications to Chilean Communities on Inter-Sector Social Linkages, Social Capital, and Social Justice |
| Da-Mi Maeng |
Associate Reseach Fellow, Seoul Development Institute, Korea |
Prof. Zorica Nedovic-Budic |
Information and Communications Technologies and Urban Environment: Empirical Analysis of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Region |
| Carlos Eduardo Silva |
Faculty of Economics, Pontifícia Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Prof. Geoffrey Hewings |
Three Essays on Regional Economics |
| Janni Sorensen |
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
Prof. Stacy Harwood |
Challenges of Unequal Power Distribution in University-Community Partnerships |
2008 |
| Soo Jung Ha |
Research Fellow, Business School, University of Strathclyde, Scotland |
Prof. Geoffrey Hewings |
Integrated Assessment of Structural Change and Sustainability in the Chicago Region |
| Sangjun Kang |
Research Associate, Environmental Policy, Gyeonggi Research Institute, Korea |
Prof. Douglas Johnston |
Spatial Distribution of Best Management Practices for Stormwater Management |
| Nikhil Kaza |
Assistant Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Prof. Lewis Hopkins |
Reasoning With Plans: Inference of Semantic Relationships among Plans about Urban Development |
| Julia Koschinsky |
Research Director, GeoDa Center for Geospatial Analysis and Computation, Arizona State University |
Prof. Luc Anselin |
Modeling Spatial Spillover Effects from Rental to Owner Housing: The Case of Seattle |
| Yu Xiao |
Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A & M University |
Prof. Edward Feser |
Local Labor Market Adjustment and Economic Impacts after a Major Disaster: Evidence from the 1993 Midwest Flood |
