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Current UCLA Urban Planning Ph.D. students: 2014 – 2015
Feel free to email them with questions!
Imge Akcakaya
akcakaya@ucla.edu
University of Istanbul
Urban and Regional Planning
M.S. Istanbul Tech University, Urban & Regional Planning
Community Development
Stephen Brumbaugh
stephen.brumbaugh@gmail.com
Harvard
East Asian Studies
M.A. UCLA, Urban Planning
Transportation Equity & accessibility
Brady Collins
collins.bradyj@gmail.com
University of Illinois
Economics and Global Studies
M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ,
Economics and Global Studies
cultural urban revitalization, theories of place attachment,
social capital
Ask me about: my summer research in Barcelona, living
and eating in Koreatown, biking in Los Angeles
Adam Dorr
adamdorr@ucla.edu
University of Michigan
Environmental Science
M.S. University of Michigan, Environmental Science
Political ecology, political economy of the environment,
environmental justice, technology and futures theory
Dissertation topic: Fracking in California
Ask me about: surfing in LA, pet friendly apartments near
UCLA, kids during grad school
Emily Erickson
ejerickson@ucla.edu
UC Davis
History/Sociology
M.A. UCSD, Latin American Studies
Immigration and the City, Immigrant works, racialized
space, housing development in Tijuana
Nina Flores
nina.flores@gmail.com
Long Beach State
Political Science
M.A. San Diego State, Long Beach State, Political
Science/Public Policy and Social and Cultural Analysis of
Education
Community Development, Educational Planning, Power
and Empowerment, Civic Participation, Social Justice
C.J. Gabbe
cgabbe@ucla.edu
University of Oregon
Planning, Public Policy, and
Management
M.U.P. University of Washington, Urban Planning
Concentration/Interests: affordable housing policy, land use
planning and housing prices, planning support systems
Ask me about: what it’s like being a first year PhD student,
biking or running in LA
Stephen Gibson
gibbo3636@hotmail.com
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Landscape Architecture
M.U.P. UC Irvine,Urban and Regional Planning
Concentration/Interests: PhD in Urban Planning focusing
on cultural contributions to design
Ask me about: Anything!
Karolina Gorska
kgorska@ucla.edu
Wellesley College
Architecture
M.A. Harvard, Urban Planning
Cultural Revitalization Strategies, Historic Preservation
Tisha Joseph
Ttj2101@gmail.com
Williams College
Political Science
M.A. Columbia, Environmental Science & Policy
International Environment, Climate Change
Neal LaMontagne
neal.lamontagne@gmail.com
Simon Frasier University
Communication
M.U.P. McGill, Urban Planning
Concentration/Interests: Land Use, Urban Design, Policy
Planning and Implementation, Zoning Codes and
Regulations, Urban Complexity
Jaimee Lederman
jaimee.lederman@ucla.edu
Brown
Economics
M.A. Econ/NYU Law
Interests: Transportation, Urban Economics, Governance
and Policy
Ask me about: How awesome LA is
Orly Linovski
linovski@ucla.edu
University of Toronto
M.Sc. (Planning)
Concentration: Urban design practice, politics of design
Lee Mackey
glmack@ucla.edu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Spanish & History
M.A. UCLA, Public Policy
Area of Concentration and/or Current Areas of Interest:
Latin American development, agriculture, environment;
state theory
Ask me about international research, Latin America.
Susan Nakaoka
snakaoka@ucla.edu
UCLA
Sociology, History
M.A./M.S.W UCLA, Social Welfare & Asian American
Studies
Concentration/Interests: Critical Race Theory and practice;
Community Development Corporations, Asian American
Community Development
Ask me about: experience in providing social services to
residents of low-income housing; job as Director of Field
Education at Cal State University M.S.W. Program
Greg Pierce
gregspierce@gmail.com
UCLA
Economics, History
M.A. UCLA, Urban Planning
Politics and economics of urban basic service provision
(water, sanitation, energy, transportation) in low income
countries, particularly in South Asia. Also, disaster
management, travel of the poor in the U.S.
Kelcie Ralph
kelcie.r@gmail.com
University of Alaska/Cambridge
University/London School of
Economics
Concentration/Interests: travel behavior/demographics
(especially teens), transportation/land use/environment
connection, and public bicycle systems
Patricia Torres
Patriciatorres023@yahoo.com
UC Berkeley
Gender and Comparative
Urban Studies
M.A. London School of Economics, Geography
Contemporary Urbanism, gender and planning,
geography and immigration
Carole Turley
caroleturley@ucla.edu
Brigham Young University
Civil Engineering
M.B.A. Notre Dame
Concentration/Interests: Transportation Planning
Ask me about: Living on campus, anything else