Student Information

Prospective Students

All Students: I strongly recommend the book Graduate Admissions Essays by Donald Asher.

PhD Students: I suggest the book Getting What you Came For by Robert Peters for excellent advice for navigating a PhD from admissions to graduation.

I primarily work with PhD students enrolled in the PhD in Urban and Regional Planning program. Unlike some PhD programs, ours does not require that you gain the support of a faculty member prior to your admittance, although I am happy to hear from prospective students interested in working with me. I also occasionally work with PhD students in other programs as a committee member.

PhD Advisees and Committees

• Meixin Yuan (expected graduation: December 2024)

  • Dissertation Topic: Planning Support Systems for Health Equity

• Shubhayan Ukil (committee member)

  • Dissertation Topic: Destination Choice and Equity in Shared Mobility Services

• Yuanqiu Feng (committee member)

• Jake Hawes (committee member)

• Devin Gill (committee member)

• Kat Conedera (committee member)

Past PhD Advisees

• Youyang Hou, University of Michigan, 2018, "Understanding the Design and Implementation of Civic Technologies in Resource-Limited Public Organizations." (committee member)

  • Current Role: Senior UX Researcher, Lyft

• Xiang Yan, University of Michigan, 2019, "Redefining the Value of Accessibility: Toward a Better Understanding of How Accessibility Shapes Household Residential Location and Travel Choices." (committee member)

  • Assistant Professor, University of Florida

• Thomas Logan, University of Michigan, 2019, "Integrating Risk Science and Urban Planning: Mitigating Hazards and Protecting Our Communities." (committee member)

  • Lecturer of Civil Systems Engineering, University of Canterbury (New Zealand)

• Camille Barchers, Georgia Tech, 2019, "Serious Potential of Fun Games." (committee member)

  • Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

• Angela Rout, University of Calgary, 2020, "Using Smartphone Data to Design Urban Spaces; Visualization, Modeling, and Public Engagement." (external reviewer)

  • Assistant Professor, TU Delft

• Mitchell Sutika Sipus, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020, "Design Entrepreneurship and Disinformation: Creating Companies and Products to Afford Better Global Consequences." (external reviewer)

  • Senior Director of Artificial Intelligence and Customer Strategy, CalypsoAI

• Michael Borsellino, University of Michigan, 2021, "Discursive Approaches to Gentrification Studies: Excavating the Market-Led Paradigm." (committee member)

  • Analyst, CIL Management Consultants

• Aleksandar Bauranov, Harvard University, 2021, "From Forecasting to Scenario Planning: The Case of Autonomous Vehicles." (committee member)

  • Consultant, Boston Consulting Group

• Susan Grasso, University of Delaware, 2021, "Moving Together Towards Vision Zero: A Case of Managerial Mediation of Values and Imaginaries in Transportation Planning." (committee member)

• Kidus Admassu, University of Michigan, 2022, "Data-Driven Analysis of Transportation Infrastructure Systems using Embedded Wireless Sensing and Cloud-Based Data Architectures." (committee member)

  • Applied Scientist, Microsoft

• Seulgi Son, University of Michigan, 2023 (committee member)

• Lucinda Li, University of Michigan, 2023 (committee member)

• Gabe Draughon, University of Michigan, 2023 (committee member)

• Tessa Swanson, University of Michigan, 2023 (committee member)

Current Students

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Visiting Scholars

I do not host self-funded visiting scholars with whom I do not have a prior research relationship.