Advising
Master's Theses, Committee Chair
2024 Qingyang Jiang, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Ongoing
2024 Hongkun Huang, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Ongoing
2024 Deniz Karabakal, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Ongoing
2023 Zachary Gavel, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Point of Interest Foot Traffic Data and Pandemic-Induced Changes in Mobility Patterns.”
2023 Rebecca Wolfson, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Measuring Mobility Segregation with Bikeshare Data: A Tale of Four U.S. Cities.”
2022 Yvette Niwa, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Equitable Planning of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations.”
2022 Yan Sun, MS in Environmental Policy and Planning, “The Resilience of Transit dependent Communities During COVID19 in the Boston Metropolitan Area.”
2022 Kelsey Tustin, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Evaluating the Equity of Complete Streets in Massachusetts”
2021 Elizabeth Marsh, Dual Degree: MA in UEP +MS in Nutritional Epidemiology, “Identifying Priority Communities for Precision Public Health In New York City During the COVID-19 Pandemic via Subway Data.”
2020 Tigran Aslanyan, MS in Environmental Economics and Urban Planning, “Determinants of Vehicle Miles Traveled and Transportation Emissions in the Boston Metro Region.”
2020 Yuehui Li, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Data-Driven Approach to Examine Urban Vitality around Transit Stations in the U.S.”
2020 Xinlei Lian, MS in Environmental Economics and Urban Planning, “Where Do Talents Go in China: Factors at Play in Their City Location Choice.”
2019 Emma Homstad, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Data and the City: Principles of Smart City Decision Making.”
2019 Anna Sangree, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “University Student Transit Use: A Case Study of Tufts University.”
2019 Bingqin Shan, MS in Environmental Policy and Planning, “The Link between Elderly Travel Behavior and the Built Environment: A Case Study of Boston.”
Master's Theses, Committee Member
2024 Andrew Brieff, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Exploring the Relationship between the Bluebikes Bicycle Sharing Program and Bicycle Network Planning in the Greater Boston Area.” (Sumeeta Srinivasan, Committee Chair)
2023 Kimberly Clark, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Broken Windows: A Geospatial Analysis of the Relationship Between Urban Crime and Vacant or Visually Distressed Properties.” (Justin Hollander, Committee Chair)
2022 Shravanthi Gopalan Narayanan, MS in Environmental Policy and Planning, “Transit-Oriented Development (TOD): An Approach to Revitalize the Gateway City of Lowell, MA.” (Christine Cousineau, Committee Chair)
2020 Jessica Bartlett, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Safety Perceptions of 3-D Crosswalk Design.” (Justin Hollander, Committee Chair)
2020 Jordan Webster, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Road Congestion Pricing: A Case Study Analysis of the Ambiguity & Evolution of Policy Objectives.” (Justin Hollander, Committee Chair)
2019 Shabnam Bista, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “The Last Mile: A Content Analysis of Planning Documents in Toronto and Montreal.” (Justin Hollander, Committee Chair)
2019 Stephen Herling, MS in Environmental Policy and Planning, “Modeling Electric Vehicle Adoption in Massachusetts: Problems, Opportunities, and Implications for Municipalities and Utilities.” (Sumeeta Srinivasan, Committee Chair)
Doctoral Theses, Committee Member
2021 Jianying Wang, Visiting Ph.D. Student from Peking University, “Accessibility Modeling and Equity Analysis of the Urban Area.” (Yu Liu, Committee Chair)
2020 Xiangfu Kong, Visiting Ph.D. Student from Peking University, “Predicting Road Disruption Under Heavy Rain: A Taxi GPS Data-Driven Approach.” (Jiawen Yang, Committee Chair)