TEACHING AREA

• Community Planning Program
• Interdisciplinary Seminars

EDUCATION

• Columbia University, Doctor of Philosophy [1993]
• University of Southern California, Master of Urban & Regional Planning [1988]
• University of California at Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts in Political Science [1986]

TEACHING & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Auburn University, Professor [2005-Present]
• Auburn University, Associate Professor [2003-2005]
• Auburn University, Associate Professor (visiting) [2002-2003]
• University of Nebraska, Associate Professor [2001-2002]
• University of Nebraska, Assistant Professor [1995-2001]
• University of Nebraska, Director – Nebraska LIED Main St. Program [1994-1995]
• Pratt Institute, Assistant Professor [1991-1991]
• Columbian University, Adjunct Lecturer [1989]

MEMBERSHIPS

• American Planning Association
• Urban Affairs Association

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL HONORS

• “Alumni Professor” Auburn University Alumni Association endowed professorship (2007 to 2013)

• “Outstanding Faculty Member Award” Auburn University Student Government Association (SGA) Award [2005]

• Winning submission, Sherry Arnstein for the “2005 AICP Planning Pioneer Award”, presented at the APA National Planning Conference, San Francisco. [2005]

• Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students, University of Nebraska, Lincoln [2002]

• Feature Article of the Year, Western Planner [1999]

• Peer Review Teaching Fellowship, University of Nebraska [1996-1998]

PUBLICATIONS/CREATIVE WORKS

• “Qualitative Analysis for Planning and Policy: Beyound the Numbers,”
  American Planning Association Press, Chicago, [2007] (with S. Gaber).
• “Simulating Planning: SimCity as a Pedgagocial Too,” accepted in Journal of Planning Education and Research. [2007]
• “The Internationalization of the Great Plains: An Analysis of Refugee Resettlement Patterns” in Journal of Great Plains Research. [2004], (with S.Gaber, J.Vincent, D.Boellstorf)
• “Commercial Truck Analysis: Method to the Madness or Madness in the Method” in Journal of Urban Planning and Development. [2003] ,(with S.Gaber and A.Khattak)
• “If you could see what I know” in Journal of Architecture and Planning Research. [2003], (with S.Gaber)
• “Using Focus and Nominal Group Techniques for a Better Understanding of the Transit Disadvantaged” in Transportation Technology and Planning. [2002], (with S.Gaber)
• Exploring the Minimum Earned Income Provision of the Lincoln Housing Authority’s Moving to Work Program, Report prepared for Lincoln Housing Authority. [2002], (with S.Gaber)
• Reaching Out to Latina Women at Risk to Prevent and Reduce HIV. Report prepared for the Nebraska Health and Human Services System. [2002], (with S.Gaber)
• Lincoln, Nebraska Refugee Study, Report for Cooper Foundation and Woods Charitable Trust [2001]
• Social Work Practice and Immigrants and Refugees, Book review in Journal of Planning Education and Research. [2001]
• “Meta-Needs Assessment” in Evaluation and Program Planning. [2000]
• “A Qualitative Assessment of Transit Needs: The Case of Nebraska” in Journal of Urban Planning and Development. [1999], (with S.Gaber)
• “Refugees in Western Planner States” in Western Planner. [1999]
• “Not in My Backyard” in Western Planner. [1999], (with S.Gaber)
• “Utilizing Mixed-Method Research Design in Planning” in Journal of Planning Education and Research, [1997], (with S.Gaber)
• “Manhattan’s 14th Street Vendors Market,” in Journal of Urban Anthropology. [1994]
• “Introducing Political Considerations into Technical Plans,” in International Journal of Public Administration. [1994], (with R.Contarero)
• “Reasserting the Importance of Qualitative Methods in Planning,” in Journal of Landscape Architecture and Planning. [1993]li>

RESEARCH

• Flex-E Grant: Capacity Building and Strategic Master Planning II, Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), (with B. Retzlaf) $123,750 [2006]
• Flex-E Grant: Capacity Building and Strategic Master Planning II, Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), $119,579 [2005]
• A Community Outreach Center for Design and Construction, Auburn University (with D.K. Ruth and Linda Ruth) [2004]
• Assessment of Minimum Earned Income Requirement (MEI), Lincoln Housing Authority/Housing and Urban Development (HUD) [2001]
• HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Evaluation (Phase 2), Center for Disease Control/Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services [2001]
• HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Evaluation (Phase 1), Center for Disease Control/Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services [2001]
• Strategic Planning for State Family Health Service Providers, Nebraska Health and Human Services [2001]
• Refugee Community Service Provision in Lincoln/ Lancaster County (Phase 2), Woods Charitable Fund and the Cooper Foundation [2001]
• Study of Truck Parking at Interstate Rest Stops in Nebraska, Nebraska Department of Roads [2000]
• Refugee community Service Provision in Lincoln/Lancaster County (Phase 1) Woods Charitable Fund and the Cooper Foundation [2000]

SERVICE

• Graduate Awards Committee, member, Auburn University [2006]
• Co-Principal founder of the Community Outreach Center for Design
  Present and Construction in the College of Architecture, Design and Construction [2004]
• Auburn University Outstanding Faculty Research Award, Committee,
  Present member, Auburn University [2004]
• Auburn University Budget Advisory Committee, member, Auburn
  Present University [2004]
• I-85 Corridor Community Study Group, “Tourism and Community Development team,” member, representative for Auburn University. [2004]
• Committee on Committees, member, School of Architecture, Auburn University [2004]
• Faculty search committee, member, history of landscape architecture, School of Architecture, Auburn University [2004]
• Faculty search committee, member, history of architecture, School of Architecture, Auburn University [2003]
• Community Health Endowment of Lincoln, Presentation of refugee research information to Board of Trustees [2001]

REGISTRATION

• American Institute of Certified Planners [2001]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Co-Director, Community Action of Nebraska Agency [1991-1992]
• Seminar Researcher, Urban Mass Transportation Association, Jamaica Queens, NY [1988]