Advising

Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, Medford, MA USA

Master's Theses, Committee Chair

• 2024 Qingyang Jiang, MS in Environmental Policy and Planning, "Cleaner Air for Boston: Evaluating the Air Quality Benefits of Electrifying the MBTA Bus Fleet." 

• 2024 Deniz Karabakal, MS in Environmental Policy and Planning, "Scenario Analysis of Resilience to Extreme Snowfall Events in Greater Boston."

• 2024 Hongkun Huang, MS in Environmental Policy and Planning, "Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Bikeability: Quantifying Air Pollution Exposure along Bike Routes in Boston Area."

• 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, “Project Prioritization: Using BlueBikes Ridership and Spatial Network Analysis to analyze Boston-area Bicycle Facilities.” (Sumeeta Srinivasan, Committee Chair)

• 2023 Kimberly Clark, MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, “Broken Windows: A Geospatial Analysis of the Relationship Between Vacant Properties and Urban Crime.” (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)