CAP PhD Program September Social
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September 2010 - PhD students attended the Colorado Rockies game at Coors Field on September 13 versus the San Diego Padres. |
Colbert Manuscript Accepted for Publication
September 2010 - Rebecca Colbert, Doctoral Student in Design and Planning, authored a manuscript entitled, "Children’s museums as cultural development strategies for urban revitalization" which has been accepted for publication in The International Journal of Cultural Policy. Rebecca prepared an initial version of the paper to fulfill the requirements of her first year preliminary exam for the doctoral program.
PhD Student Attends 2010 ACSP Workshop
July 15, 2010 - Debra Flanders Cushing, PhD candidate in Design and Planning, attended the 2010 ACSP PhD Workshop (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning PhD Workshop, June 23-26) hosted by the Department of City and Regional Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The three day intensive workshop began with brief presentations from each of the 22 participating students about their proposed dissertation research. After each presentation, faculty mentors gave initial feedback and direction for each student to refine their proposal over the next two days. In addition, the participating faculty gave insightful presentations on research design, publishing, how to apply for and land your first academic job, and what to expect as a new professor.
"Although I found the workshop useful for many reasons, it was particularly useful for the opportunity to explain my proposed research to people who were not necessarily familiar with my research area. It was also a great opportunity to network with other planners. I highly recommend this workshop to other PhD students in our program with a planning emphasis who have not yet defended their dissertation proposal.”
Faculty mentors who graciously volunteered their time to make the workshop a success included Prof. John Landis (UPenn), Prof. Michael Elliot (GaTech), Prof. Daniel Immergluck (GaTech), Prof. Steven French (GaTech), Prof. Nancy Green Leigh (GaTech), and Prof. Bruce Stiftel (GaTech). The PhD program in Design and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver sponsored Debra’s travel expenses.
Future Plans of Kim and Draper
April 13, 2010 - Yuseung Kim will join the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine (Portland, ME) as a tenure-track assistant professor starting September 1, 2010. In addition to teaching classes primarily in the master's degree in community planning and development program, he will join a statewide multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine in a five year investigation of sustainable landscapes funded by the National Science Foundation. The research project will investigate the interdependencies between land use conversion and location decisions, forest ecosystems, and climate change impacts and examine how the products of the research can most effectively support decisions.
Kelly Draper will join the School of Urban Development, Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering at the Queensland University of Technology as a position of Lecturer in Transport Planning/Engineering starting May 15, 2010. A new position in the department, she will have the opportunity to develop courses relating to transportation planning, but will also be teaching urban design. In addition to teaching, she will be developing a research program in transportation planning and will participate in QUT's Early Career Academic Program, which will provide research funding.
Mountain Retreat Welcomes New Students
August 14, 2009 - The PhD program welcomed seven students to the start of the 09-10 school year. The new students, returning students, as well as faculty gathered for an overnight retreat and welcome in the Rocky Mountains at the Mountain Research Station north of Nederland, Colorado (see photos below). On Saturday morning, the dean of the College, Mark Gelernter, welcomed all which was followed by an informal discussion between seven faculty and students about perspectives of PhD education in architecture and planning.
PhD Program and WRGP/WICHE
July 2009 - The PhD program was recently selected and approved as a Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) for 2009 and 2010 Enrollment due to the quality and uniqueness of its curriculum and program characteristics among western states. The WRGP program was established by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE); through WRGP, residents of Alaska, Arizona, California (effective 2010-11), Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming are eligible to enroll at resident rates of tuition in WRGP graduate programs in these 15 states.
Students enrolling through WRGP are not required to demonstrate financial need. We welcome and strongly encourage exceptional students from from these states to apply to our program and therefore qualify for Colorado resident tuition.
Manuscript Shares Valuable Experience
Summer 2009 - Professor Fahriye Sancar recently contributed an expose to remember the tenth anniversary of the passing of one of her PhD students. The contribution involved interviewing six senior PhD students and one who recently graduated from the PhD program in Design and Planning about doctoral studies and the meaning of this unique experience in their lives. Later as a group they also talked about what can be done to improve the experience. We share this contribution here because what they discovered through the interviews may have value for others who are in the program.
Darcy Varney wins P.E.O. Scholar Award
May 5, 2009-Darcy Varney has won a P.E.O. Scholar Award in the amount of $15,000 for the 2009-2010 school year. P.E.O. International, a philanthropic educational organization dedicated to helping women achieve their academic and personal potential, grants the Scholar Awards to women who are pursuing a doctoral degree or conducting post-doctoral research. The competitive, merit-based awards are given to a select group of women in the United States and Canada each year. Darcy will apply her award to her research upon returning from working with UN-HABITAT in Nairobi, Kenya, later this year.
Recent PhD Student Publications
Dec. 12, 2008-Anirban Pal (PhD, 2007) developed his dissertation into a recently published book, Planning from the Bottom Up: Democratic Decentralisation in Action (2008, Delft University Press), as well as an article, "Political space for the civil society: The work of two community-based organizations in Kolkata," pp. 424-436 in Habitat International, vol. 32, no. 4, December 2008.
Jennifer Steffel Johnson. 2008. Affordable Housing in New Urbanist Communities: A Survey of Developers. Housing Policy Debate. 19(4):583-613.
PhD Student Attends ACSP Workshop
Sept. 2, 2008-Yuseung Kim, PhD student in Design and Planning Program attended 2008 ACSP PhD Workshop (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning PhD Workshop, Aug 14-16) hosted by the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. The three day intensive workshop covered essential PhD quality research skills and strategies such as how to choose, focus, and refine dissertation topics, how to select research methodology, how to conduct field works, how to write, publish dissertation, and how to understand academic job market. The highlight of the workshop was multiple presentation sessions of students’ dissertation topics and following discussions. After the each presentation students were supposed to revise their research design and dissertation outlines based on critiques from faculty members and peer students. “The lectures and workshops were very inspiring indeed, and I truly feel I learned a lot and I could refine my dissertation topic significantly. Also, it was great to meet my peers in planning field from all over the country and to be able to spend such a long time with such renowned scholars. I highly recommend to my colleagues to apply to the workshop during their PhD courses.” says Yuseung Kim. All faculty members including Prof. John Landis(UPenn), Prof. Clinton Andrew(Rutgers), Prof. Marie Howland(U of Maryland), Michael Larice(UPenn), and Prof. Rachel Weber(U of Illinois, Chicago) volunteered to participate in the workshop. PhD in Design and Planning Program at University of Colorado Denver sponsored Yuseung’s travel expenses.