Alumni

2013

Bumjoon Kang
Dissertation Title: Objectively Measured Walking and the Built Environment.
Chair: Vernez-Moudon, A.
Position: Research Associate
Firm/Institution:University of Washington

2012

Sahera Bleibleh
Dissertation Title: Everyday Life: Spatial Oppression and Resilience under the Israeli Occupation. The Case of the Old Town of Nablus, Palestine.
Chair: Mugerauer, R.
Position: Visiting Scholar
Firm/Institution:University of Washington

2011

Gail Sandlin
Dissertation Title: Seattle’s Interstate 5 Proximity Land Use Patterns: An Interdisciplinary Narrative.
Chair: Bae, C.
Position: Environmental Specialist & Adjunct Faculty
Firm/Institution:Air Quality Program, Department of Ecology; WWU Huxley Environmental Studies Program

Emad Dawwas
Dissertation Title: Spatio-temporal Analysis of Urban Development Patterns in Palestinian Communities: Bethlehem-Hebron Region (BHR) as a Case.
Chair: Miller, D.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: An-Najah National University-West Bank, Palestine

2010

Ahmed Al-Noubani
Dissertation Title: Dynamics of land-use and land-cover change: the case of Palestinian West Bank.
Chair: Alberti, M.
Position: Faculty Mentor
Firm/Institution:Dept. of Geography, Birzeit University

David Hsu
Dissertation Title: An evaluation of the effects of a pricing policy on the water consumption of heterogeneous households in Seattle.
Chair: Waddell, P.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Dept. of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania

Phil Hurvitz
Dissertation Title: BEST MoveS: the built environment space-time MOVEment study, a framework for objective measurement of behavior, movement and exposure in urban environments.
Chair: Vernez Moudon, A.
Position: Research Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Dept. of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington

Junfeng Jiao
Dissertation Title: The relationship between built environments and the grocery shopping travel behavior.
Chair: Vernez Moudon, A.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Lin Lin
Dissertation Title: An ecological study of children commuting to school.
Chair: Vernez Moudon, A.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: East China Normal University, Shanghai

Seunghoon Park
Dissertation Title: Urban form correlates of crime.
Chair: Vernez Moudon, A.

2009

Alon Bassok
Dissertation Title: The effectiveness of regional growth centers policy in increasing transit use.
Chair: Bae, C.
Position:Senior Planner; Affiliate Assistant Professor; Affiliate Instructor
Firm/Institution:Puget Sound Regional Council; Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dept. of Urban Design & Planning, University of Washington

Andrew Bjorn
Dissertation Title: Essays on examining the impacts of forest cover on housing prices using Bayesian model averaging and geographically weighted regression.
Chair: Waddell, P.
Position: Planner
Firm/Institution: O2 Planning + Design Inc., Calgary, Alberta

Brian H. Y. Lee
Dissertation Title: Accessibility and location choice: innovations in measurement and modeling.
Chair: Waddell, P.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: School of Engineering, and Transportation Research Center, University of Vermont

Liming Wang
Dissertation Title: Advances in integrated urban modeling: microsimulation models of the housing market, real estate development, and workplace choice.
Chair: Waddell, P.
Position: Postdoc Fellow
Firm/Institution: University of California, Berkeley

2008

Sarah Dooling
Dissertation Title: Closing the Policy Gap: Notions of Home Among Homeless
Chair: Mugerauer, R.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: School of Arch., Environmental Sci. Institute, University of Texas, Austin

Michelle Kondo
Dissertation Title: Building Political Community via Annexation in White Center, WA: the Role of Culture and Translation
Chair: Alberti, M.
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Firm/Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Ming-Chun Lee
Dissertation Title: Towards a Re-conceptualization of Community-based Computer Learning Programs: Five Case Studies of Community Technology Projects in Seattle.
Chair: Blanco, H.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution:School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin

Luc de Montigny
Dissertation Title: Discarded needles and the urban environment: a spatial analysis of attractors, deterrents and disposal options.
Chair: Vernez-Moudon, A.
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Firm/Institution: McGill University

2007

Adrienne Greve
Dissertation Title: Toward a More Complex Understanding of Urban Function: Assessing Post-Development Recovery Period and Channel Morphology and the Relationship between Urban Form, Land Cover Pattern, and Hydorlogic Flow Regime
Chair: Alberti, M.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

2006

Joel Franklin
Dissertation Title: The Distributional Effects of Transportation Policies: Applying Non-Parametric Measures to Urban Models
Chair: Waddell, P.
Position: Assistant Senior Lecturer
Firm/Institution: Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Adnan Husnein
Dissertation Title: Tracing Libyan modernities: a century of urban renovation in Tripoli, 1850-1950.
Chair: Handcock, J.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Alhosn University, Abu Dhabi

Kim Hyungtai
Dissertation Title: Modeling employment location using micro-scale data in the Puget Sound Region
Chair: Waddell, P.
Position: Director of Public Investment Evaluation Division, Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (PIMAC)
Firm/Institution: Korea Development Institute 207-41 Cheongnyangri-Dong, Dongdaemun-Gu�Seoul 130-012, Korea

Vivek Shandas
Dissertation Title: Towards an integrated approach to watershed planning: the role of land cover, human preference, and biotic condition in managing Puget Sound lowland streams
Chair: Alberti, M.
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Portland State University

Dongwook Sohn
Dissertation Title: Assessment of market preference for smart growth: the effects of neighborhood land use and urban design principles on property values
Chair: Moudon, A.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Hongik University, Seoul, Korea

2004

Tarik Khiati
Dissertation Title: Urban forms under colonial dominance: making Algiers French (1830-1880)
Chair: Ryan, D.
Chair: Waddell, P.

Sungyop Kim
Dissertation Title: Neighborhood residential location choice of the elderly: a study of the elderly in the Puget Sound Region of Washington
Chair: Waddell, P.
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: University of Missouri, Kansas City

Chanam Lee
Dissertation Title: Built environment and active living
Chair: Moudon, A.
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Texas A & M University

2003

Bradshaw Hovey
Dissertation Title: Making the Portland way of planning: the structural power of language: stories from community planning, 1969--2001
Chair: Hancock, J.
Position: Associate Director of the Urban Design Project
Firm/Institution: School of Architecture & Planning, University of Buffalo, SUNY

Jeasun Lee
Dissertation Title: Enhancing sustainability in downtown by tri-values adding to urban redevelopment efforts: a case study of Seoul, Korea
Chair: Blanco, H.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Yonsei University, Korea

Shishir Mathur
Dissertation Title: Effect of impact fees on housing prices: analysis of quality differentiated single family housing market of King and Snohomish County, Washington
Chair: Blanco, H.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: San Jose State University

2002

Charlotte Garrido
Dissertation Title: We, the human element: affirming women's community development in Kitsap County, Washington
Chair: Hancock, J.
Position:District 3 Commissioner
Firm/Institution: S. Kitsap County Parks and Recreation District Board of Commissioners

Nam-Son Ngo-Viet
Dissertation Title: Integration of the shopping center with its surroundings: Redmond Town Center (Redmond, WA)
Chair: Moudon, A.
Position: Director of Urban Design and Planning
Firm/Institution: Rubin & Rotman, Montreal, Quebec

2001

John Carruthers
Dissertation Title: Evaluating the effectiveness of regulatory growth management programs: an interregional analysis
Chair: Harrington, J.W.
Position:Director, Sustainable Urban Planning Program
Firm/Institution:College of Professional Studies, the George Washington University

Cristina Gosling
Dissertation Title: The urbanization of colonial Brazil: an incremental approach
Chair: Findlay, J.

Paul Hess
Dissertation Title: Pedestrians, networks, and neighborhoods: A study of walking within medium density, mixed-use environments in the Puget Sound Region
Chair: Moudon, A
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: University of Toronto

Kevin Krizek
Dissertation Title: Relationships between neighborhood-scale urban form, travel behavior, and residential location: implications for land use and transportation planning and policy
Chair: Waddell, P.
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: University of Colorado

Ali Pirzadeh
Dissertation Title: The impact of the Structural Adjustment Program in Romania
Chair: Pivo, G.

Marion Ryan Sinclair
Dissertation Title: The experience of exclusion: strategies of adaptation among immigrants in post-apartheid urban South Africa
Chair: Spain, D.

Yaourai Suthiranart
Dissertation Title: The transportation crisis in Bangkok: an exploratory evaluation
Chair: Blanco, H.
Position: Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs
Firm/Institution: Kasetsart University, Bankok, Thailand

2000

Shi Chul Lee
Dissertation Title: Variation in acceptance of regulatory growth management policy: Korea's Green Belt Case
Chair: Miller, D.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution:Kyungpook National University, Korea

Sohyun Park Lee
Dissertation Title: Planning and design for fringe districts in Downtown Seattle, 1958-1973
Chair: Findlay, J.
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution:Seoul National University, Korea

1999

Timothy C. Chapin
Dissertation Title: Urban revitalization tools: assessing the impacts of sports stadia at the microarea level
Chair: Morrill, R.

Michael LaFond
Dissertation Title:From Century 21 to Local Agenda 21: Sustainable Development and Local Urban Communities in East and West Berlin (Germany), and Seattle (United States)
Chair: Miller, D.

Sekyung Oh
Dissertation Title:The Relationship between Resident Satisfaction and Apartment Forms: A Case Study in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, Korea
Chair: Moudon, A.

1998

Kiril Stanilov
Dissertation Title:Urban Growth, Land Use Change, and Metropolitan Restructuring: The Case of Greater Seattle, 1960-90
Chair: Moudon, A.

I-Shian Suen
Dissertation Title:Measuring Sprawl: A Study of Residential Development Pattern and its Impacts on Infrastructure Costs in King County, Washington
Chair: Bell, E.

1997

Laura M. Grosso
Dissertation Title:Computing Collaboration: A Study on the Potential of Model Building to Facilitate Urban Water Supply Planning in Selected Cities of Zimbabwe, Estonia and Sweden
Chair: Mar, B.

Miles G. Logsdon
Dissertation Title: Modeling land cover change under conditions of multi-scaled spatial data: an application of landscape ecology in environmental planning
Chair: Westerlund, F.
Position: Director of Spatial Analysis Lab
Firm/Institution:University of Washington School of Oceanography

John J. Pittari
Dissertation Title:Practical Idealism: Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and the Modern American City Planning Movement
Chair: Hancock, J.

Rodney Sakrison
Dissertation Title:Summer Water Use in Compact Communities: The Effect of Small Lots and Growth Management Plans on Single-Family Water Use in King County, Washington
Chair: Mar, B.

Loren Siebert
Dissertation Title: Creating a GIS Spatial History of Tokyo
Chair: Hancock, J.

Catherine Tuttle
Dissertation Title: Being Outside: How High and Low Income Residents of Seattle Perceive, Use and Value Urban Open Space
Chair: Moudon, A.

1996

Dena Assaf
Dissertation Title: From Stones to Structures: A Sustainable Future for Development in the West Bank--Palestine.
Chair: Ryan, D.

Dale Grenier
Dissertation Title: Perspectives on African-American attitudes toward the importance and value of the natural environment
Chair: Hancock, J.

Min Jay Kang
Dissertation Title: Urban Transformation and Adaptation in Bangka, Taipei: Marginalization of a Historical Core
Chair: Hancock, J.

Nicholas C. Zaferatos
Dissertation Title: Political Sovereignty in Native American Community Development: Implications for Tribal Planning Strategies
Chair: Miller, D.

1995

Lik Meng Lee
Dissertation Title: A Method for Generating Alternative Land Use Plans Using GIS Modeling Techniques
Chair: Bell, E.

1994

Lawrence D. Frank
Dissertation Title: An Analysis of Relationships between Urban Form and Travel Behavior
Chair: Pivo, G.

Yoon-Ha Kim
Dissertation Title:Land Evaluation for a Strategic Site Selection of Regional Parks: The Case of Recreational Land Use Planning in Korea
Chair: Westerlund, F.

Seiko Kitajima
Dissertation Title:The State, Capital, and Social Forces: Mutsu-Ogawara Kaihatsu--The Political Economy of Japanese Regional Development Planning
Chair: Ludwig, R.

Zeynep Merey
Dissertation Title: From Traditional House to Apartment House: Continuity and Change in Istanbul's Residential Neighborhoods
Chair: Hancock, J.

Rose Wong
Dissertation Title: Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: A Social and Urban History of Portland, Oregon's First Chinatown
Chair: Ryan, D.

1993

Norman A. Abbott
Dissertation Title: Variables Associated with the Effectiveness of Growth Management and Planning Tools
Chair: Pivo, G.

Rocky E. Piro, Jr
Dissertation Title: Growth Management in an Urban Regional Context: The Contemporary Transformation of Regional Development Planning from a Governance Perspective
Chair: Miller, D.

1992

Karen Glatzel
Dissertation Title: Planning Response to the Physical Impacts of Sea-Level Change on Coastal Land Use
Chair: Grey, A.

Kwang Joong Kim
Dissertation Title:Regulatory Impacts on Suburban Residential Forms: a case
Chair: Moudon, A

Berhane Mehary
Dissertation Title: An Integrated Model for Appropriate Planning and Design for Transitional Urban Settlements in Developing Countries with Emphasis on Eritrean and Ethiopean Communities
Chair: Westerlund, F.

Faisal A. Mubarak
Dissertation Title: Urbanization, Urban Policy and City Form: Urban Development in Saudi Arabia
Chair: Handcock, J.

1991

Kerry Brooks
Dissertation Title: Lots of Space: An Analysis of Mandated Open Spaces in the Unincorporated Subdivisions of King County, Washington
Chair: Miller, D.

1990

Farouk Seif
Dissertation Title: Semiotics and Urban Morphogenesis: Metaphysical Aspects of Ancient Egyptian Monumentality as a Theoretical Approach to urban Form
Chair: Nyberg, F.

Abdulrad Zamzami
Dissertation Title: A Comparative Study of the Retail Structure as an Approach to Contemporary Arab-Islamic Planning
Chair: Grey, A.

1989

Roger Boden
Dissertation Title: The Urban Designer as Interpretant--A Case Study from a Developing Country
Chair: Ryan, D.

Chang Kee Min
Dissertation Title: The Interaction between Institutions of Higher Education and High-Technology Industry: Two Empirical Case Studies of Selected Factors in Korea
Chair: Ryan, D.

Thomas Schurch
Dissertation Title: Cultural Ethic and the Urban Landscape: A Basis for Sustained Community
Chair: Johnson

1988

Steven Kian-Koon Choo
Dissertation Title: Urban Renewal Planning for City States: A Case Study of Singapore
Chair: Wolfe

Verel Thaxton
Dissertation Title: A Guidance Model on the Points of Influence in the Role of the Educational Planner in the Planning and Decision Making Process
Chair: Grey, A.