| Name |
Year Graduated |
Current Position |
Dissertation Title |
| Tom Kemeny |
2008 |
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
UCLA
|
Technology Gaps in the Age of Globalization
|
| John Douglas Houston |
2008 |
Assistant Professor
Department of Planning, Policy and Design
University of California, Irvine
|
Diesel Truck Impact Zones in Southern California : Localized Implications of Goods Movement Container Traffic
|
| Mike Manville |
2008 |
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies
UCLA
|
Heterogeneity and Collective Action: Evidence from Massachusetts
|
| Ashok Das |
2008 |
Assistant Professor
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
San Francisco State University
|
Lofty Ideal, Hefty Deal: Empowerment Through
Participatory Slum Upgrading In India And
Indonesia
|
Juan Miguel Kanai
|
2008 |
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Regional Studies
University of Miami
|
The In-Between City: Neoliberal Globalization,
Inequality And Middle-Class Politics In Buenos
Aires, Argentina (2002-2007)
|
Kimiko Shiki
|
2008 |
Lecturer
Department of Policy Studies
Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
|
Why Do The Poor Move To Cities?: The Central
City/Suburban Locational Choice Of Low-Income
Households
|
Babak Hedjazi
|
2007 |
Senior Lecturer
Universite de Geneve
Switzerland
|
The Caspian Sea Regionalism In A
Globalized World: Energy Security And Regional
Trajectories Of Azerbaijan And Iran
|
| Felipe Lopez |
2007 |
|
Transnationalizing Development: The Role of Social Capital in Oaxacan
Indigenous Immigrant Organizations in Southern California |
| Kelly Main |
2007 |
City and Regional Planning
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo |
Place Attachment and MacArthur Park: A Case Study of the Importance of
Public Sapce in an Immigrant Neighborhood and the Implications for Local
Planning Practice |
| Varisa Patraporn |
2007 |
|
Complex Transactions: Race and Relationships in Small Business Finance |
| Yves Bourgeois |
2006 |
|
Not Out of the Woods Yet: How Does Actor Proximity Shape Innovation in
the Canadian Maritime Provinces Wood Furniture Industry? |
| Mark Garrett |
2006 |
|
The Struggle for Transit Justice: Race, Space and Social Equity in Los
Angeles |
| Carl Grodach |
2006 |
Assistant Professor, School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of
Texas |
Cultural Development Strategies and Urban Revitalization in U.S. Cities
|
| Maria Pineda |
2006 |
|
The Rise of Risk in Regional Development: A Framework for Risk-Informed
Planning in an Era of Globalization and Energy Competitiveness |
| Orit Stieglitz |
2006 |
|
Special Spatial Needs? Development Planning and the Domestic Space: The
Case of the Bedouin Women |
| Martha Matsuoka |
2005 |
Lecturer, Occidental College |
From Neighborhood to Global: Community Based Regionalism and
Shifting Concepts of Place, Community and Regional Development |
| Dan Chatman |
2005 |
Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Policy, Rutgers University |
How the Built Environment Influences Non-Work Travel: Theoretical and
Empirical Essays
|
| Renia Ehrenfeucht |
2005 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Urban Studies, University
of New Orleans |
Streets, Sidewalks and Municipal Regulation
|
| Hyun-Gun Sung |
2005 |
|
Transit-Friendly Areas: The Role of Residential Relocation and Housing
Development in Rail Ridership Over Time |
| Hiroyuki Iseki |
2004 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Urban Studies, University
of New Orleans |
Assessing the Determinants and Economic Effects of Service Contracting
on Fixed-Route Bus Transit |
| Lezlee Hinesmon-Matthews |
2004 |
Assistant Professor of Afro Ethnic Studies
California State University, Fullerton
|
Faith-Based Versus Secular Approaches to Community Development in African
American Communities: The Case of Los Angeles |
| Jun Kamata |
2004 |
|
Coalition Building for Indigenous Justice: American Indian Sovereignty
and Struggles in Ward Valley, CA |
| Nabil Kamel |
2004 |
Assistant Professor of Planning
College of Design
Arizona State University |
The Reproduction of Uneven Urban Development: The Case of Residential
Recovery in Los Angeles Following the Northridge Earthquake |
| Dulce Maria Leon |
2004 |
|
Comparative Analysis of the Manufacturing Industry in the Los Angeles
Region by Selected Variables from 1972 to 1997 |
| Alejandro Mercado |
2004 |
Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico |
Industrial and Regional Restructuring in Guadalajara, Mexico
|
| Roberto Monte Mor |
2004 |
Professor, School of Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais
|
Modernities in the Jungle: Extended Urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon |
Yun-Chung (Y.C.) Chen
|
2004 |
Assistant Professor
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Division of Social Science |
A New State in the Development of Global
Innovation Networks? The Localization of R&D Centers of
Multinational Corporations in Beijing and Shanghai.
|
| Marla Petal |
2004 |
Co-Director, Risk RED, Risk Education for Disasters, Geneva, Switzerland |
Urban Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness: The 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake |
| William Pitkin |
2004 |
Executive Director, L.A. United Methodist Foundation |
Urban Disinvestment Revisited: Subprime Mortgage Lending and Slum Housing
in the City of Los Angeles |
| Walter Nicholls |
2004 |
Assistant Professor, Sociology, CSU, Long Beach |
Local Autonomy in the Face of Globalization: Policy Making in Toulouse,
France |
| Lisa Schweitzer |
2004 |
Assistant Professor
School of Policy, Planning and Development
University of Southern California
|
Environmental Sacrifice Zones: Risk and Transport in Southern California
|
| Jung Won Son |
2004 |
|
Temporal Change and Sectoral Differences in Localized Knowledge Spillovers |
| Marcos Vargas |
2004 |
|
Advancing the Theory and Practice of Community Transformation |
| Michela Zonta |
2004 |
Assistant Professor
School of Government & Public Affairs
Virginia Commonwealth University
|
The Role of Ethnic Banks in the Residential Patterns of Asian Americans:
The Case of Los Angeles (California) |
| Lian Yi Yen |
2003 |
Assistant Professor, Fu Jan Catholic University, Taipei |
Heterotopias of Memory: The Cultural Politics of Historic Preservation
in Taipei |
| Jordi Beneria-Surkin |
2003 |
|
Power, Conservation, and Indigenous Livelihood: Guarani Strategies for
Conquering Political Space in Decentralization in Izozg, Bolivia |
| Julie-Anne Boudreau |
2003 |
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
York University, Toronto, Canada
|
Local Autonomy Movements in North American City-Regions: Territorial Strategies
and the “Local Democracy” Argument |
| Jeffrey Brown |
2003 |
Associate Professor
Urban and Regional Planning
Florida State University
|
The Numbers Game: The Politics of the Federal Transportation Program |
| Mustafa Dikec |
2003 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
|
Remainders of Urbanity: Space, Politics, and French Urban Policy. |
| D. Gregg Doyle |
2003 |
Assistant Professor
City and Regional Planning
California Polytechnic state University, San Luis Obispo
|
“Only a Nobody Walks”: The Decline of Pedestrian Trips in
the United States |
| Robert Rodino |
2003 |
President, Rodino Associates, consulting & brokerage company |
Public Private Partnerships and Low Income area Revitalization in Los
Angeles County: Effective Public Policy, Dysfunctional Conflict, or Private
Sector Rip-off? |
| Victoria Santiago |
2003 |
Cultural Competency
Coordinator, State of Oregon, Office of Minority Services |
The Origins of Puerto Rican Environmental Justice in the South Bronx
|
| Amy Shimshon-Santo |
2003 |
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of World Arts and Cultures
UCLA
|
Representing Community: A Qualitative study on Multicultural Arts and
the struggle for cultural Citizenship |
| Antonio Bellisario |
2002 |
Lecturer
Catholic University, Chile
|
The Land Question: Statist Planning and Capitalist Development in the
Chilean Countryside |
| Daniel Baldwin Hess |
2002 |
Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning,
State University of New York at Buffalo |
Reconciling Incompatible Zone Systems in Metropolitan Planning
|
| Ute Lehrer |
2002 |
Associate Professor
Environmental Studies
York University
Canada
|
Image Production and Globalization: City-Building Processes at Potsdamer
Platz, Berlin |
| Richard Martinez |
2002 |
Lecturer, Chicano Studies
University of Texas, San Antonio
|
Padres: A Study of Revolutionary Chicano Priests |
| James Spencer |
2002 |
Associate Professor
Public Policy and Urban and Regional Planning
University of Hawaii at Manoa
|
Place-Based and People-Based Approaches to Neighborhood Poverty: A Comparative
evaluation of the Enterprise Zone Program and Earned Income Tax Credit in
Los Angeles |
| Mary Jane Breinholt |
Spring 2001 |
Lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning, University
of California, Berkeley |
Private Responses to Public Failures: Firm and Worker Responses to Transportation
Deficiencies in the Indonesian Garment Industry |
| Liette Gilbert |
Winter 2001 |
Associate Dean
Faculty of Environmental Studies
York University
Canada |
Identity, Pluralism and Urbanity: Negotiating (Ethno)National
Identity and Diversity: Quebecois/es in Montreal and Chicano/as in Los Angeles |
| Ayanna Yonemura |
2001 |
Assistant
Professor, Urban Studies/Sociology, Loyola Marymount University
|
Dillon S. Myer and the War Relocation Authority’s Resettlement of
Japanese Americans: A Racialized Planning Project” |
| Gail Sansbury |
Fall 2000 |
Lecturer, American Studies Program San Jose State
University |
Journeys to Work: Gender, Work Landscapes, and
Urban Form |
| Eugene Kim |
Fall 2000 |
|
Hot Lanes: A Comparative Evaluation of Costs,
Benefits, and Performance |
| Mary Richardson |
Fall 2000 |
|
Who Gets On-The-Job Training? The Role of Required
Basic Skills Among Several Populations of Less-Educated Persons |
| Fernando de Paolis |
Fall 2000 |
Associatet Professor, Graduate School of International
Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, |
Transnational Production Sharing: Impacts on U.S. Wages
|
| Mirle Rabinowitz Bussell |
Fall 1999 |
Visiting Lecturer, University of California,
San Diego |
Professional Volunteers and Volunteer Planners: a History
of Jewish Women's Contributions to Urban Planning |
| Olivier Kramsch |
Spring 1999 |
Senior Lecturer, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
|
Tracing Catlan Modernities: The Space of Book
Publishing and the Graphic Arts |
| Judy Hutchinson |
Spring 1999 |
Director, Center for Service Learning and Research,
Azusa Pacific University |
Propinquity Without Community: A Study of Social
Capital, Survival Networks and Community Building in the Pico Union Area
of Los Angeles |
| Steven Jay Bass |
Fall 1998 |
Director of Acquisitions, CB Richard Ellis Inc.,
Japan |
Creating High Technology Growth Poles: Research
Park Development in Japan |
| Stephanie Babb |
Spring 1998 |
Analyst, UCLA, School of Engineering and Applied
Science |
The Internet as a Tool for Creating Economic
Opportunity for Individuals and Families |
| Ward Thomas |
Fall 1997 |
Assistant Professor, CSUN |
Employer Recruitment Practices and Barriers to
Employment for African-Americans: A Case Study of the Electronics Industry
in Los Angeles |
| Rebecca Abers |
Fall 1997 |
Associate Researcher, University of Brasilia,
Nucleo de Pesquisa em Politicas Publicas |
Inventing Local Democracy: Neighborhood Organizing
and Participatory Policy-Making in Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Jianling Li |
Spring 1997 |
Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning
Program, University of Texas, Arlington, |
Inter-Modal Transit Performance Indicators |
| Tarry Hum |
Winter 1997 |
Assistant Professor, Queens College, CUNY |
The Economics of Ethnic Solidarity: Immigrant
Ethnic Economies and Labor Market Segmentation in Los Angeles |
| Lewison Lem |
Fall 1996 |
Transportation Policy Manager American Automobile
Association of California, Nevada & Utah |
Fairness or Favoritism? Geographic Redistribution
and Fiscal Equalization Resulting from Transportation Funding Formulas |
| Maria Rosario Jackson |
Fall 1996 |
Associate, The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
|
Comprehensive Community Planning and Action in
the Multi-Ethnic Inner City: Lessons from South Los Angeles |
| Shivsharan Someshwar |
Spring 1995 |
Director, Institutions & Policy Systems Research;
Director, Asia Program; Research Scientist, Livelihoods, Adaptation &
Sustainability, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction,
Columbia University |
Macro Policies, Local Politics: The Official
and the Clandestine Processes of Deforestation in the Western Ghats of South
Kanara, India |
| Beverley Pitman |
Spring 1995 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography,
Simon Fraser University, Canada |
Fashion Figures: Configurations of Women and
Modernity in Geography, Planning and Design |
| Evelyn Blumenberg |
Spring 1995 |
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning,
UCLA |
Gender Politics, Local Labor Markets, and Women's
Economic Status: The Case of Comparable Worth |
| Jane Pollard |
Winter 1995 |
University Lecturer, School of Geography /Environmental
Study, University of Birmingham |
Industry Change and Labor Segmentation: The Banking
Industry in Los Angeles, 1970-1990 |
| Marcelo Cruz |
Spring 1994 |
Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Studies,
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay |
Naupaj Manpuni: Rethinking Development, Community
and Ethnicity in the Ecuadorean Andes |
| Shirley Buss |
Spring 1994 |
Senior Associate, Leslie Stone Assoc. Environmental
Design |
Children and the Urban Spatial Environment: Meaning
and Action From Young People's Angle of Vision |
| Carlos Quandt |
Fall 1993 |
Professor, Pontificia University Catolica de
Parana, Curitiba, Brazil |
Technological Learning, Competition and Regional
Development: Emerging High-Technology Industrial Districts in Sao Paulo
State, Brazil |
| Francisco Sabatini |
Fall 1993 |
Adjunct Professor, Institute of Urban Studies,
Catholic University of Chile |
Community Participation Among Housewives of a Low-Income Settlement
in Santiago, Chile |
| Claudia Isaac |
Spring 1993 |
Director and Associate Professor, Department
of Community and Regional Planning, University of New Mexico |
My Wife Works as Hard as My Burro: Domestic Subsidy
and the Women's Cooperative Movement in Mexico |
| Junko Goto |
Spring 1993 |
Polity Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture,
Department of Food Policy and Evaluation, Tokyo |
Rural Revitalization (Chiki-Okoshi) in Japan:
A Case Study of Asuke Township |
| Marco Cenzatti |
Fall 1993 |
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University |
Motorcycles of Postmodernity: the Restructuring of Industry
and Theory |
