PhD Alumni
Full-time Faculty||Full-time Staff ||Professors Emeriti||Affiliated and Visiting Faculty||PhD Students
Christopher Hawkins (PhD '07) Advisor: Tim Chapin
Dissertation: "Local government
joint ventures: Cooperation and competition for economic development"
Severine Mayere (PhD '07) Advisor: Bruce Stiftel
Dissertation:
"The influence of local political coalitions on the effectiveness of
urban
containment policies: Empirical
evidence from six U.S. states" Available online
Deden Rukmana (PhD '06) Advisor: Charles E. Connerly
Dissertation:
"The Spatial Origins of the Homeless: How the Homeless Vary in their
Geographic Distribution" Available online
Bhuiyan
Alam
(PhD '05) Advisor: Gregory L. Thompson
Dissertation: "Influence
of Transit Accessibility to Jobs on the Employabiiity of Welfare
Recipients: The Case of Broward County,
Florida" Available online.
Master's thesis online.
Ayșin Dedekorkut (PhD '04)
Advisor:
Robert E. Deyle
Dissertation: "Determinants
of Success in Interorganizational Collaboration for Natural
Resource
Management" Available online
Dawn Jourdan (PhD '04)
Advisor: Charles E. Connerly
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Assistant
Professor
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Florida
(352)392-0997 ext 428
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Dissertation:
"Planning
to reduce worry designing an intergenerational
planning process to lessen relocation-related anxieties experienced by those
displaced in the pursuit of a HOPE VI revitalization grant"
Available online
Carissa
Schively
(PhD '04) Advisor:
Bruce Stiftel
Dissertation: "Risk
Perception, Uncertainty, and Facility Siting: Lessons from Merchant
Power in California" Available online
Dewi Susilastuti (PhD '03) Advisor: Rebecca
Miles
Dissertation:
"Women's Education, Work And Autonomy: An Egyptian Case"
Available online
Charles Warnken (PhD '03) Advisor:
Charles E.
Connerly
Dissertation:
"The Price Effects Of The Urban Service Area Boundary in
Tallahassee,
Florida" Available online
Amal Ali (PhD '02) Advisor: Petra Doan
Dissertation: "Measuring
Decentralization:
Local Power
Over Decision-making
for
Comprehensive Planning in Florida"
Jerry
Anthony
(PhD '00) Advisor:
Charles E. Connerly
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Associate
Professor
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Iowa
jerry-anthony@uiowa.edu |
Dissertation:
"The Impact of State Growth Management Regulation on Affordable
Housing in Florida"
Mohammed Al-Mbaid (PhD '00) Advisor: Petra Doan
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Chief of
Party
Tamkeen Project
Chemtronics International
WEST BANK
malmbaid@yahoo.com; malmbaid@tamkeen.org
www.tamkeen.org.
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Dissertation: "Planning
Under Uncertainty: the Case of Health NGOs in Palestine"
Michael
R. Boswell
(PhD.'00) Advisor: Robert E. Deyle
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Associate
Professor
& Master's Program Coordinator
City & Regional Planning Department
California Polytechnic State University--San Luis Obispo
mboswell@calpoly.edu
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Dissertation:
"Redefining Environmental Planning: Evidence of the Emergence
of Sustainable
Development and Ecosystem and Ecosystem Management in
Planning for the
South Florida Ecosystem"
Ute Krappen-Clancy (PhD '99) Advisor: Petra Doan
Dissertation:
"The Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in the
Philippines"
Sergio Peña (PhD '99)
Advisor: Petra Doan
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Assistant
Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Texas, El Paso
spena2@utep.edu
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Dissertation:
"Informal Markets Organization: Street Vendors in Mexico City"
Joseph Addae-Mensa (PhD '98) Advisor: Charles
E. Connerly
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Bureau of
Local Planning
Florida Department of Community Affairs
joseph.addae-mensa@dca.state.fl.us |
Dissertation:
"Rental Housing in Ghana: A Logistical Regression Analysis of
Housing Tenure"
Joseph Cudjoe (PhD '97) Advisor: James Cobbe
Dissertation:
"Understanding Tropical Deforestation: A Structural Equation
Modeling
Approach"
Neil Sipe (PhD '96) Advisor: Bruce Stiftel
Dissertation: "Mediating Environmental Enforcement
Disputes: An Empirical
Analysis"
Ho-cheol Kim (PhD '93) Advisor: Charles E.
Connerly
Assistant Professor
School of Social Science
Dankook University, Seoul, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
khc2000@dankook.ac.kr
Dissertation:
"The Effects of Local Economic Development Efforts on the
Success of
Enterprise Zone Programs: Florida Case Study"
Farshad
Nourian
(PhD '93) Advisor:
Charles E. Connerly
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Department
Chair
Department of Urban Planning
University of Tehran, IRAN
fnoorian@ut.ac.ir |
Dissertation:
"Regional Economic Development, Housing Needs and Their
Impacts on the
Growth of Housing Cooperatives in the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Carmen Warren (PhD '93) Advisor: David Sly
Dissertation:
"Expectations about Occupational Attainment And Demographic
Behavior Among
Young Women in Jamaica: Implications for Development Planning"
Kyung-Ku Chun (PhD '93) Advisor: P. Doan
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Dean
College of Public Administration
Daegu University, Kyungsan City, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
kkchun@webmail.daegu.ac.kr |
Dissertation:
"Non-unique equilibrium in the Central Place System and
Structure of
City Size Distributions"
Yeremias Keban (PhD '93) Advisor: P. Doan
Dissertation: "A
Study of Migration Intentions: The Case of Migrants in Three
Cities in
Indonesia"
Omondi Odhiambo (PhD '92) Advisor:
Michael Micklin and Bruce Stiftel
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Population
and
Reproductive Health Consultant
Nairobi, KENYA
omosh@africaonline.co.ke |
Dissertation:
"Men and Family Planning in Kenya: Alternative Policy
Intervention Strategies for Reducing Population Growth"
Cheol-Joo Cho (PhD '90)Advisor: James E. Frank
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Professor
Department of Regional Development
Chongju University, Chongju, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
cheoljcho@cju.ac.kr or khc2000@dankook.ac.kr
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Dissertation:
"The Equity-Efficiency Trade-off Model for the Optimum
Location Pattern for Public Facilities: The Case of Medical
Care
Facilities"
Frank LaRosa (PhD '90) Advisor: Michael
Micklin
Dissertation: "An Analysis of Urban Primacy:
Reasserting
the Need for National Spatial Planning in Developing
Countries"
Phillip Rond (PhD '90) Advisor: Allen W.
Imershein
Health Strategies, Inc.
Tallahassee, FL
Dissertation:
"Elite Fragmentation and Structural Change in Health Care"
Emanuel Oranika (PhD '88) Advisor: Isaac F.
Megbolugbe
Transportation Coordinator
Alabama Department of Transportation
Montgomery, AL
Dissertation:
"Comparing nations: the impact of typological factors on
development
patterns and profiles of African nations"
Christopher Shove (PhD. '88) Advisor: Charles
E. Connerly
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Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Alfaisal University
Saudi Arabia
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Dissertation:
"Analysis of the locational characteristics of industrial research &
development activities "
Yang
Koh
(PhD '83) Advisor: William G. Bell
Dean
College of Social Welfare
Kang Nam University, Kyunngi-Do , REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Dissertation: "An
exploratory study of
filial support and the use of formal services among the Korean aged in New York City"
Daranee Thavinpipatkul (PhD '83) Advisor:
Richard A. Smith
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Associate
Professor and
Chair
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, THAILAND
Daranee.T@chula.ac.th
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Dissertation: "The study of social structural change
in
rural communities: A case study in the central region of Thailand"
Winifreed
Schmeling (PhD '81)
Advisor:
Richard A. Smith
Senior Vice President
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
Tallahasse,
FL
Dissertation: "The impact of utilization review on
rates of
hospitalization in
three competing health maintenance organizations"
Reginald
R. Sutton
(PhD '80) Advisor: Andrew Dzurik
Environmental Coordinator
North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Raleigh,
NC
Dissertation:
"Peak-load electricity and
decentralized alternative (solar) energy"
Tilden
J. Curry
(PhD '78) Advisor:
Andrew Dzurik
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Dean
College of Business
Tennesssee State University
tcurry@picard.tnstate.edu
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Dissertation: "The state comprehensive plan: An
evaluation
of its relevance
to public
decision-making and state planning
methodology"
Shefali Sengupta Ghosh Dastidar (PhD '78)
Advisor: Andrew
Dzurik
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Senior
Project
Development Coordinator
New York City Department of Design and Construction
New York, NY
dastidar@ddc.nyc.gov
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Dissertation: "A quantitative approach to the
analysis of
regional disparities and regional development planning"
Susanta Biswas (PhD '77) Advisor: Seward Smith
Dissertation: "Value orientations, life styles, and
preferences in urban environments: An
empirical analysis"
James
Brandon
(PhD '77)
Advisor: James E. Frank
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Senior
Director,
Advisory Service Group
Cushman and Wakefield
McLean, Virginia
Jim_Brandon@cushwake.com |
Dissertation:
Planning and control in multi-agency service
systems: Toward a working model"
Particia Brantingham (PhD '77) Advisor: Edward
McClure
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Professor
School of Criminology
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC, CANADA
patricia.brantingham@sfu.ca |
Dissertation:
"Dynamic
modelling of the felony court system"
Gideon Ederiene Omuta (PhD '77) Advisor:
Andrew Dzurik
Department of Geography and Regional Planning
University of Benin, Benin, NIGERIA
Dissertation: "A multi-variate regionalization of
economic
development in Nigeria"
Earl Starnes, FAICP (PhD '77) Advisor: Edward
McClure
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Professor
Emeritus
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
University of Florida
estarnes@inetw.net |
Dissertation:
"Individual states and development management: A selected method for analysis"
Ronald Wright (PhD '77) Advisor: Kozmas Balkus
School of Public Administration
Academia Istropolitana
Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
Dissertation: "The
planning function in development management"
Mulata Wubneh (PhD '76) Advisor: Robert
Mitchell
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Professor and
Department Chair
Department of Planning
East Carolina University
wubnehm@mail.ecu.edu |
Dissertation: "Spatial dynamics and infrastructure
investment: An analysis of the effects of infrastructure on the development of
urban
areas and locational decisions
of firms in Ethiopia"
Sachi Ghosh Dastidar (PhD '75) Advisor: Edward
McClure
Dissertation:
"An Optimizing technique in planning: a case study of Mid-Cumberland
Regional Health Planning Area."
Ann Ford (PhD '75)
Advisor:
Edward McClure
Dissertation: "The
physician's assistant: A national and local analysis"
Ann DeWitt Brooks (PhD '74) Advisor: Seward
Smith
retired: most recent position: Assistant Administrator
Council on Environmental
Quality
Commonwealth
of Virginia
mikeannbrooks@worldnet.att.net
Dissertation: "The
political socialization of black and white adolescents: Implications for
planning"
Frank Holloway
(PhD '74)
Advisor: Kosmas Balkus
retired: most recent position: Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Tennessee Technical University
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