PhD Colloquium (UrbDP 598)

Where and when?

Meetings are scheduled every Tuesday from 12:30 to 1:30 PM (see specific quarter for location).

If you plan on attending, you should register for the course (UrbDP 598) for a single credit.

 

Requesting a day to present:

We would like to have a tentative schedule for the year laid out soon, so to request a date for your presentation, or to suggest a topic or guest presenter, send e-mail to Andy Krause. Please indicate the date you want as well as the topic you intend to present. Include files and/or links if you want.

 

What to present?

The colloquium can be as formal or informal as you want, but if it is your day you need to lead the session. In the past sessions have been used for such purposes as:

Presenters should bring their own laptops if they need to present PowerPoint or other projected media (the room has a dedicated projector). Send any relevant files or links you want posted to Jean Rogers.

 

Ideas for other topics (some with faculty advising):

 

Why register?

 

Schedule for Autumn 2011:                           

October 18:      "Preparing for the job talk," by Jan Whittington       

November 1:      Briefly cover upcoming Winter classes, followed by a discussion of upcoming  conferences, paper submittal dates, etc. so if you have anything to contribute by email let Andy know. 

November 15:    Research Tools discussion (EndNote, Mendeley, etc.)

November 29:     Pizza + a faculty perspective on the Oral and General Examination

Previous schedules    

 

Spring 2008
Date
Presenter
Topic
Link(s)
2007.Apr.01      
2007.Apr.08      
2007.Apr.15 All students * Future of the PhD colloquium
* Representation on various committees		  
2007.Apr.22      
2007.Apr.29 Junfeng Jiao A Case-Control Analysis of Pedestrian Collision Locations on Seattle City Streets, 1999-2004
2007.May.06 Lin Lin Pedestrians and Built Environment  
2007.May.13 All students; Marina, Jean Future of the PhD colloquium  
2007.May.20      
2007.May.27      
2007.Jun.03  Lunch out    

 

 

Winter 2008 (Gould 100)
Date
Presenter
Topic
Link(s)
2008.Jan.08      
2008.Jan.15      
2008.Jan.22      
2008.Jan.29 Dalit Schach-Pinsly    
2008.Feb.05      
2008.Feb.12      
2008.Feb.19 Alessandro Filla COFFEE FRONTIER NEW TOWN IN BRAZIL: An Urban Historical & Morphological Study about Frontier New Towns in Parana State, Brazil.

 

 Summary: It's a study of more than 100 cities laid out by Private Corporations in the Brazilian coffee frontier, from 1923 to 1963. It's a unique case in my country that can be comparable to the American & Australian’s frontier experience of town foundation.
2008.Feb.26 UDP Faculty General Exam
Panel Discussion		  
2008.Mar.04      
2008.Mar.11      

 

 

Autumn 2007
Date
Presenter
Topic
Link(s)
 Soup
2007.Oct.02 Scoping      
2007.Oct.09 Lin Lin ACSP presentation
Pedestrian Injury Severity Study		  
2007.Oct.16 Luc de Montigny ACSP presentation
The Ecology of Public Injection 		  Karis
Michelle Kondo ACSP presentation
An Empowerment Praxis for Planning: Using Difference in a Cycle of Critical Consciousness and Action
2007.Oct.23 Phil Hurvitz current research direction    
2007.Oct.30 Wayne Jacobson
Associate Director
CIDR		      
2007.Nov.06 Alon Bassok
Luc de Montigny
Phil Hurvitz
Brian Lee 		general exam discussion    
2007.Nov.13 Karis Puruncajas Current research    
2007.Nov.20 Daniele Spirandelli current UERL research proposals/grants    
2007.Nov.27 Junfeng Jiao Pedestrian collisions on city streets in King County, 1999-2004  
2007.Dec.04 Lunch out      

 

Schedule for Academic Year 2006-2007:

Spring 2007
note important conference dates in Spring:
AAG, San Francisco, Apr 17-21
UAA, Seattle, Apr 25-28

Date
Presenter
Topic
Link(s) Soup
2007.Mar.27        
2007.Apr.03        
2007.Apr.10 UW Counseling Office      
2007.Apr.17 Luc de Montigny TBA    
2007.Apr.18 Jim Murray Climate Change  
2007.Apr.24 Sarah Dooling
Joel Franklin		 Job Talks    
2007.May.01 All Climate Change discussion
(tentative)		  
2007.May.08 no colloquium Forester Talk    
2007.May.15 Marina Alberti
Alon Bassok		 Friday Feedback
"Mentoring" and "Advising:"
Input from students for the
Strategic Plan		    
2007.May.22        
2007.May.29 All PhD Students Lunch on the Town    

 

 

 

Winter 2007
Date
Presenter
Topic
Link(s) Soup
2007.Jan.09 Scoping      
2007.Jan.16 Joel Franklin TBA   Phil
2007.Jan.23 Luc de Montigny TBA   Luc
2007.Jan.30        
2007.Feb.06 Marina Alberti Friday Feedback    
2007.Feb.13 Andrew Bjorn TBA   David
2007.Feb.20 Sarah Dooling TBA    
2007.Feb.27 Lin Lin TBA    
note date change
2007.Mar.08		 All interested
parties 		Happy Hour
5 PM 		happy hour  

Other possible topics/presenters for Winter:

 

 

Autumn 2006
Date
Presenter
Topic
Link(s)
2006.Oct.03 Brian Lee The Influence of Accessibility by Mode and Worker on Residence
Location Choices in Multiple-Worker Households 		 
2006.Oct.10 Phil Hurvitz Research Proposal:
Validation of New Technologies and Methodologies for Measuring Physical Activity and Location in Real Time-Space
2006.Oct.17 Lin Lin ACSP presentation:
Comparing the Use of Subjective and Objective Measures of
Built Environment 		 
Luc de Montigny ACSP presentation:
Individually-based definitions of
neighborhood size: an empirical investigation		  
2006.Oct.24 Jeremy Bunn AGU presentation:
Aesthetic comparison of landscape structure from digital orthophotos
2006.Oct.31 Michelle Kondo
 ACSP presentation:
Planning and Cultural Diversity in White Center, WA 		 
2006.Nov.07 Sharon Smith Elsayed,
Training & Education Coordinator
Human Subjects Division, UW

The Ethical Conduct of Research with Human Subjects
https://www.washington.edu/research/hsd/index.php

2006.Nov.14   ACSP Recap  
2006.Nov.21 Kelly Fryer-Edwards, PhD
Assistant Prof, UW Medical History and Ethics
Learning from Other's Mistakes: Recent Misconduct Cases
2006.Nov.28      
2006.Dec.05 All PhD Students Lunch on the Town  

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