Ph.D. Students
Current students
- Priscila Izar (Virginia Tech -- Co-Chair): "Real Estate Financialization, Public Private Partnerships and Affordable Housing in São Paulo." (expected date of graduation: Winter 2017)
- Carla Maria Kayanan (University of Michigan -- Co-Chair): "Planning the Innovation District." (expected date of graduation: Spring 2018)
- Rongrong Wei (Virginia Tech -- Chair): "Essays on the Political Economy of Fiscal Federalism in the United States." (expected date of graduation: Winter 2018)
- Vera Smirnova (Virginia Tech): "On the Land-Crisis Nexus: Privatization, Dispossession, and Repossession of Urban Land in Crisis." (expected date of graduation: Spring 2019)
Former students
- Joshua Shake (University of Michigan, 2016): "Privatizing Urban Planning and the Struggle for Inclusive Urban Development: New Redevelopment Forms and Participatory Planning in São Paulo."
- Current position: Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
- Wonhyung Lee (University of Michigan, 2014): "Critical Perspectives on Local Governance: The Formation of Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Low-Income Immigrant Neighborhoods of Los Angeles."
- Current position: Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, SUNY Albany, NY.
- Michael Cantor (University of Michigan, 2014): "Sports and Real Estate Development As Tools for Changing Patterns of Regional Economic Activity: Managing the Effects of Teams and Venues on Local Communities."
- Current position: Project Manager, Sterling Equities, New York City.
Student Research Projects
- Publications by Graduate Students:
- The Fiscal Bluff: Debt and Sustainability in Jefferson County, AL (2013) by Parrish Bergquist, Winner of APA Economic Development Division Graduate Scholarship
- Masters in Urban and Regional Planning: Professional Projects
- Achieving the Triple Bottom Line in Local Economic Development: The Feasibility of a Detroit Great Lakes Water Research Center by Eric W Tuomey (Spring 2013)
- Seattle's Vision for Sustainability: Implementing an Urban Village Strategy by Max Blume (Spring 2012)
- Undergraduate Research: UROP
- Local Real Estate Markets: Leverage and House Price Elasticities by Yichuan Wang (Winter 2013)
- The Changing Spatial Distribution of Mortgage Denials: Evidence from the Great Housing Bust in Michigan by Nick Ostezan (Summer 2012)
Open Positions
There are currently no open positions for research assistants -- please check back again later.