teaching
Recruited as an urban spatial analytics specialist, my teaching at the University of Virginia emphasizes geospatial data and quantitative methods and the ways they intersect with planning practice.
As a first-generation college graduate I am sensitive to diversity of needs and learning styles I encounter in the classroom. I enjoy mentoring students and I have directly supervised or served as a committee member for many Master’s and doctoral students over the years.
Regularly Delivered Courses
In addition to regularly delivering the above courses during my time at UVA, I will we taking over our department’s undergraduate planning methods course (PLAN 3050) in Spring 2025.
Occasionally Delivered Courses
Planning Practicum
Past Courses
Prior to joining the University of Virginia faculty in January 2020, I was a faculty member in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for ten years and delivered a variety of courses.
- Advanced Applications of GIS—UP 519 [sample syllabus]
- Urban History and Theory—UP 504 [sample syllabus]
- Small Town and Rural Planning Workshop—UP 457 [sample syllabus]
- Chicago: Planning and Urban Life—UP 204 [sample syllabus]
- Civic Technology and the Digital City—UP 494 [sample syllabus]
Student Advising and Mentoring
Recent Master’s theses supervised are outlined below as well as as service on PhD committees since 2020.
Master of Urban and Environmental Planning (MUEP)
- Jenni Rogan, “From Consulting to Communities: Understanding and Addressing the Limitations to Rural Climate Adaptation in North Carolina,” University of Virginia, 2023 (Chair of Committee)
- Brian Van, “Resilient Geographies: An Atlas of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the Land of Spirit Waters,” University of Virginia, successfully defended April 2024. (Chair of Committee)
PhD in Engineering Systems and Environment
- Seth Herbst, “Integrating Urban Hydrology, Social Vulnerability, and Fluvial Ecosystem Modeling into Green Infrastructure and Stream Restoration Planning,” Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, University of Virginia, successfully defended September 2023.
- Luwei Zeng, “Assessing Spatially and Temporally Heterogeneous Impacts and Equity Implications of Recurrent Flooding in the Transportation System: A Case Study of the Hampton Roads Region,” Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, University of Virginia, successfully defended March 2023.
PhD in Regional Planning
- Cong Cong, “Urban Science and the Future of Sustainable Cities: Planning Support Systems and Open Data Perspectives,” Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022.
PhD in Landscape Architecture
- Le Zhang, “Ecological Design and Smart Landscapes: Boosting the Connection Between Scientific Findings and Design Approaches with Smart Technologies,” Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022.
PhD in Urban and Regional Planning
- Jessica Faye Page, “Sustainable Urban and Regional Development and Related Ecosystem Services and Water-Climate Interactions,” Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, successfully defended May 2023 (Served as Opponent)
