2023
Meen Chel Jung
Dissertation: Climate Equity: Urban Temperature, Landscape Heterogeneity, and Mitigation Strategies
Chair: Marina Alberti
Position: Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Department of Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea
Tianqi Zou
Dissertation: Evaluation of New Vehicle Technologies and New Mobility Services as Sustainable Urban Transportation Solutions
Chair: Don Mackenzie
Position: Senior Data Analytics Researcher
Firm/Institution: Freddie Mac
2022
Catharina Depari
Dissertation: Traditional Ecological Practices of Mount Merapi Towards Panarchy-based Resilience Case Study: The Pelemsari Court-Village, Sleman, Yogyakarta
Chair: Dan Abramson
Position: Lecturer
Firm/Institution: Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Peter Dunn
Dissertation: Personal Digital Urbanism: The Promise and the Mess of New Mobility Technologies
Chair: Mark H. Purcell
Position: Lecturer
Firm/Institution: Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Boyang Sa
Dissertation: Driving Electric with Equity: A Survey of Current Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, Policies and Planning
Chair: Christine Bae
Position: Senior Data Scientist
Firm/Institution: Center for Sustainable Energy
Yiyuan Wang
Dissertation: Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Public Transportation in the Era of App-based Shared Mobility
Chair: Qing Shen
Position: Applied Scientist
Firm/Institution: Zillow
2021
Katherine Idziorek
Dissertation: Social Networks and Disaster Preparedness at the Community Level: The Role of Social Ties and Social Infrastructure in Connecting People with Essential Resources
Chairs: Dan Abramson and Cynthia Chen
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Department of Geography & Earth Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Lan Nguyen
Dissertation: Asset-based Community Readiness for Disasters in Washington State
Chairs: Dan Abramson and Ann Bostrom
Position: Project Manager
Firm/Institution: Center for Community Health, University of California San Diego
Xiao Shi
Dissertation: Planning for Human Wellbeing: New Research Evidence in Built Environment, Travel Behavior, and Physical Activity
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Firm/Institution: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Feiyang Sun
Dissertation: The Privacy Challenge for the Governance of Urban Spatial Data
Chair: Jan Whittington
Position: Tenure-track Assistant Teaching Professor
Firm/Institution: Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of California San Diego
2020
Dorian Bautista
Dissertation: Job Accessibility, Commuting Time and Travel Complexity in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA)
Chair: Marina Alberti
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Firm/Institution: Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Tracy Fuentes
Dissertation: Reconstructing Developer and Homeowner Decisions to Understand the Complex Assembly of New Residential Patches and Plant Communities
Chair: Marina Alberti
Firms/Institutions: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
2019
Evan Carver
Dissertation: Writing Graffiti in Berlin: Shaping Space and Self in the Postmodern Metropolis, 1990-2017
Chair: Robert Mugerauer
Position: Assistant Instructional Professor
Firms/Institutions: Program on the Global Environment, University of Chicago
Mingyu Kang
Dissertation: The Built Environment, Travel Behaviors, and Active Transportation Safety
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Professor
Firms/Institutions: Seoul National University, South Korea
2018
Ihnji Jon
Dissertation: Planning in Postmodern Era: Navigating Normativity and Political Implications of ‘Planning for/in Uncertainty’
Chair: Mark H. Purcell
Position: Lecturer in Human Geography
Firms/Institutions: School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK
Karen Dyson
Dissertation: Parcel Scale Development and Landscaping Actions Affect Vegetation, Bird, and Fungal Communities on Office Developments
Chair: Gordon A. Bradley
Position: Research Scientist
Firms/Institutions: Spatial Informatics Group
Susmita Rishi
Dissertation: Reconceptualizing Value and Space: Learning from the Slumdwellers of Delhi
Chair: Mark H. Purcell
Position: Associate Professor
Firms/Institutions: College of Architecture, Planning and Design, Kansas State University
2017
Mary J. Roderick
Dissertation: Strategic Green Infrastructure: A Geodesign-based Planning Support Approach
Chair: Robert Mugerauer
Positions: Regional Planner & Affiliate Instructor
Firms/Institutions: Land of Sky Regional Council & College of Built Environments, University of Washington
Chung Ho Kim
Dissertation : Community Resilience of the Korean New Village Movement, 1970-1979: Historical Interpretation and Resilience Assessment
Chair: Dan Abramson
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Department of Urban Planning and Design, University of Seoul
2016
Peng Chen
Dissertation: Bicycling and the Built Environment: Route Choice and Road Safety
Chair: Qing Shen
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of South Florida
Jason Scully
Dissertation: Human Mobility, Exposure to the Built Environment, and Health
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Urban and Regional Planning, Eastern Washington University
2015
Megan Horst
Dissertation: Fostering Food Systems Transformation: An Examination of Planning in the Central Puget Sound Region
Chair: Branden Born
Position: Assistant Professor of Urban Studies
Firm/Institution: Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
2014
Hossein Estiri
Dissertation: The Impacts of Household Behaviors and Housing Choice on Residential Energy Consumption
Chair: Robert Mugerauer
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Harvard Medical School, Harvard University
Daniele Spirandelli
Dissertation Title: Urban Patterns in Near-Shore Ecosystems: Examining the Role of Alternative Wastewater Infrastructures in Mediating the Impacts of Urbanization in the Puget Sound
Chair: Marina Alberti
Position: Senior Associate
Firm/Institution: Haley & Aldrich
Ruizhu Huang
Dissertation: The Built Environment, Obesity and Walking
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Research Engineering/ Scientist Associate
Firm/Institution: Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas, Austin
2013
So-Ra Baek
Dissertation: The Built Environment, Walking, and Physical Activity: A Comparison between Korean Immigrants and Caucasian Women in King County, WA
Chair: Christine Bae
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, California State Polytechnic University – Pomona
Bumjoon Kang
Dissertation: Objectively Measured Walking and the Built Environment
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Department of Architecture & Architectural Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea
Jinhyun Hong
Dissertation: The Effects of Built Environments on Transportation Emissions and Travel Behavior: A Reexamination by Addressing Methodological Issues
Chair: Qing Shen
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: University of Seoul, South Korea
Yue Gong
Dissertation: Manufacturing Towns in China: Governance, Space, and Conveyance of Rural Migrants to the Assembly Line
Chair: Dan Abramson
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Wuhan University, China
Andy Krause
Dissertation: A Data System, Housing Growth Evaluation and Analysis of Redevelopment Probability: A Look at Seattle’s Urban Villages
Chair: Christopher Bitter
Position: Applied Science Senior Manager
Firm/Institution: Zillow
Julia Michalak
Dissertation: Addressing Empirical Complexity and Uncertainty in Ecological Planning: A Case Study of the Effects of Urbanization and Climate Change on Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana) in the Pacific Northwest
Chair: Marina Alberti
Position: Priority Habitats and Species Section Manager
Firm/Institution: Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Karis Tenneson
Dissertation: The Residential Urban Forest: Linking Structure, Function, and Management
Chair: Marina Alberti
Position: Director of the Environmental Mapping Domain
Firm/Institution: Spatial Informatics Group
2012
Sahera Bleibleh
Dissertation: Everyday Life: Spatial Oppression and Resilience under the Israeli Occupation. The Case of the Old Town of Nablus, Palestine.
Chair: Robert Mugerauer
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
2011
Gail Sandlin
Dissertation: Seattle’s Interstate 5 Proximity Land Use Patterns: An Interdisciplinary Narrative.
Chair: Christine Bae
Position: Environmental Specialist & Adjunct Faculty
Firm/Institution: Air Quality Program, Department of Ecology; Western Washington University
Emad Dawwas
Dissertation: Spatio-temporal Analysis of Urban Development Patterns in Palestinian Communities: Bethlehem-Hebron Region (BHR) as a Case.
Chair: Donald Miller
Position: Head of the Department of Urban Planning Engineering
Firm/Institution: An-Najah National University, Palestine
2010
Ahmed Al-Noubani
Dissertation: Dynamics of Land-use and Land-cover Change: the Case of Palestinian West Bank
Chair: Marina Alberti
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Department of Geography, Birzeit University, Palestine
David Hsu
Dissertation: An Evaluation of the Effects of a Pricing Policy on the Water Consumption of Heterogeneous Households in Seattle
Chair: Paul Waddell
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Urban Studies & Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phil Hurvitz
Dissertation: BEST MoveS: the Built Environment Space-time MOVEment Study, a Framework for Objective Measurement of Behavior, Movement and Exposure in Urban Environments
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Research Scientist & Research Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology & Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington
Junfeng Jiao
Dissertation: The Relationship Between Built Environments and the Grocery Shopping Travel Behavior
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Director of Urban Information Lab & Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Community & Regional Planning, University of Texas, Austin
Lin Lin
Dissertation: An Ecological Study of Children Commuting to School
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Seunghoon Park
Dissertation: Urban Form Correlates of Crime
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Assistant Professor
Firm/Institution: Department of Urban Planning and Design, Keimyung University, South Korea
2009
Alon Bassok
Dissertation: The Effectiveness of Regional Growth Center Policy in Increasing Transit Use
Chair: Christine Bae
Position: Senior Land Use & Transportation Planner
Firm/Institution: Washington State Department of Transportation
Andrew Bjorn
Dissertation: Essays on Examining the Impacts of Forest Cover on Housing Prices using Bayesian Model Averaging and Geographically Weighted Regression
Chair: Paul Waddell
Position: Associate Principal
Firm/Institution: BERK Consulting, Seattle, WA
Brian H. Y. Lee
Dissertation: Accessibility and Location Choice: Innovations in Measurement and Modeling
Chair: Paul Waddell
Position: Program Manager
Firm/Institution: Puget Sound Regional Council
Liming Wang
Dissertation Title: Advances in Integrated Urban Modeling: Microsimulation Models of the Housing Market, Real Estate Development, and Workplace Choice
Chair: Paul Waddell
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
2008
Sarah Dooling
Dissertation: Closing the Policy Gap: Notions of Home Among Homeless
Chair: Robert Mugerauer
Position: Senior Development Manager
Firm/Institution: Slipstream
Michelle Kondo
Dissertation: Building Political Community via Annexation in White Center, WA: the Role of Culture and Translation
Chair: Marina Alberti
Position: Research Social Scientist
Firm/Institution: U.S. Forest Service
Ming-Chun Lee
Dissertation: Towards a Re-conceptualization of Community-based Computer Learning Programs: Five Case Studies of Community Technology Projects in Seattle.
Chair: Hilda Blanco
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: Architecture, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Luc de Montigny
Dissertation Title: Discarded Needles and the Urban Environment: A Spatial Analysis of Attractors, Deterrents and Disposal Options
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Research Consultant & Adjunct Professor
Firm/Institution: McGill University, Canada
2007
Adrienne Greve
Dissertation: Toward a More Complex Understanding of Urban Function: Assessing Post-Development Recovery Period and Channel Morphology and the Relationship between Urban Form, Land Cover Pattern, and Hydrologic Flow Regime
Chair: Marina Alberti
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: California Polytechnic State University
2006
Joel Franklin
Dissertation: The Distributional Effects of Transportation Policies: Applying Non-Parametric Measures to Urban Models
Chair: Paul Waddell
Position: Programme Manager
Firm/Institution: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, Ireland
Adnan Husnein
Dissertation: Tracing Libyan Modernities: A Century of Urban Renovation in Tripoli, 1850-1950.
Chair: John L. Hancock
Position: Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism
Firm/Institution: University of Tripoli, Libya
Hyungtai Kim
Dissertation: Modeling Employment Location using Micro-scale Data in the Puget Sound Region
Chair: Paul Waddell
Position: Executive Director
Firm/Institution: Korea Development Institute, South Korea
Vivek Shandas
Dissertation: Towards an Integrated Approach to Watershed Planning: The Role of Land Cover, Human Preference, and Biotic Condition in Managing Puget Sound Lowland Streams
Chair: Marina Alberti
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
Dongwook Sohn
Dissertation: Assessment of Market Preference for Smart Growth: The Effects of Neighborhood Land Use and Urban Design Principles on Property Values
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: Yonsei University, South Korea
2004
Tarik Khiati
Dissertation: Urban Forms under Colonial Dominance: Making Algiers French (1830-1880)
Chair: Dennis Ryan
Position: Department Head
Firm/Institution: Department of Architecture, Canadian University in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sungyop Kim
Dissertation: Neighborhood Residential Location Choice of the Elderly: A Study of the Elderly in the Puget Sound Region of Washington
Chair: Paul Waddell
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: University of Missouri – Kansas City
Chanam Lee
Dissertation: Built Environment and Active Living
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: Texas A & M University
2003
Bradshaw Hovey
Dissertation: Making the Portland Way of Planning: the Structural Power of Language: Stories from Community Planning, 1969–2001
Chair: John L. Hancock
Position: Research Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: School of Architecture & Planning, University of Buffalo, SUNY
Jeasun Lee
Dissertation: Enhancing Sustainability in Downtown by tri-values Adding to Urban Redevelopment Efforts: A Case Study of Seoul, Korea
Chair: Hilda Blanco
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: Yonsei University, South Korea
Shishir Mathur
Dissertation Title: Effect of Impact Fees on Housing Prices: Analysis of Quality Differentiated Single-family Housing Market of King and Snohomish County, Washington
Chair: Hilda Blanco
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: Urban & Regional Planning, San Jose State University
2002
Charlotte Garrido
Dissertation: We, the Human Element: Affirming Women’s Community Development in Kitsap County, Washington
Chair: John L. Hancock
Position: County Commissioner
Firm/Institution: Kitsap County, WA
Nam-Son Ngo-Viet
Dissertation: Integration of the Shopping Center with its Surroundings: Redmond Town Center (Redmond, WA)
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: President
Firm/Institution: NgoViet Architects & Planners
2001
John Carruthers
Dissertation: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Regulatory Growth Management Programs: An Interregional Analysis
Chair: James W. Harrington
Position: Associate Professor of Regional Science
Firm/Institution: Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
Cristina Gosling
Dissertation: The Urbanization of Colonial Brazil: An Incremental Approach
Chair: John M. Findlay
Paul Hess
Dissertation: Pedestrians, Networks, and Neighborhoods: A Study of walking within Medium-density, Mixed-use Environments in the Puget Sound Region
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: University of Toronto
Kevin Krizek
Dissertation: Relationships between Neighborhood-scale Urban Form, Travel Behavior, and Residential Location: Implications for Land Use and Transportation Planning and Policy
Chair: Paul Waddell
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: University of Colorado
Ali Pirzadeh
Dissertation: The Impact of the Structural Adjustment Program in Romania
Chair: Gary Pivo
Marion Ryan Sinclair
Dissertation Title: The Experience of Exclusion: Strategies of Adaptation among Immigrants in Post-apartheid Urban South Africa
Chair: David Spain
Position: Associate Professor & Division Head, Transportation, Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Management
Firm/Institution: Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Yaourai Suthiranart
Dissertation Title: The Transportation Crisis in Bangkok: An Exploratory Evaluation
Chair: Hilda Blanco
Position: Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs
Firm/Institution: Kasetsart University, Bankok, Thailand
2000
Shi-Chul Lee
Dissertation: Variation in Acceptance of Regulatory Growth Management Policy: Korea’s Green Belt Case
Chair: Donald Miller
Position: Executive Vice President & Dean of Graduate School
Firm/Institution: Kyungpook National University, South Korea
Sohyun Park
Dissertation: Planning and Design for Fringe Districts in Downtown Seattle, 1958-1973
Chair: John M. Findlay
Position: Professor & President
Firm/Institution: Seoul National University & Architecture and Urban Research Institute, South Korea
1999
Timothy C. Chapin
Dissertation: Urban Revitalization Tools: Assessing the Impacts of Sports Stadia at the Microarea Level
Chair: Richard Morrill
Position: Professor and Dean
Firm/Institution: Urban and Regional Planning, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Florida State University
Michael LaFond
Dissertation: From Century 21 to Local Agenda 21: Sustainable Development and Local Urban Communities in East and West Berlin (Germany), and Seattle (United States)
Chair: Donald Miller
Sekyung Oh
Dissertation: The Relationship between Resident Satisfaction and Apartment Forms: A Case Study in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, Korea
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: Dong-A University, Pusan, South Korea
1998
Kiril Stanilov
Dissertation: Urban Growth, Land Use Change, and Metropolitan Restructuring: The Case of Greater Seattle, 1960-90
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Position: Senior Research Associate
Firm/Institution: Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
I-Shian Suen
Dissertation: Measuring Sprawl: A Study of Residential Development Pattern and its Impacts on Infrastructure Costs in King County, Washington
Chair: Earl J. Bell
1997
Laura M. Grosso
Dissertation: Computing Collaboration: A Study on the Potential of Model Building to Facilitate Urban Water Supply Planning in Selected Cities of Zimbabwe, Estonia and Sweden
Chair: Brian W. Mar
Position: Executive Director
Firm/Institution: Kids Connection Haiti
Miles G. Logsdon
Dissertation: Modeling Land Cover Change under Conditions of Multi-scaled Spatial Data: An Application of Landscape Ecology in Environmental Planning
Chair: Frank Westerlund
Position: Principal Lecturer & Director of Spatial Analysis Lab, the Ocean Technology Center, and the ERIS observatory
Firm/Institution: School of Oceanography, University of Washington
John J. Pittari
Dissertation: Practical Idealism: Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and the Modern American City Planning Movement
Chair: John L. Hancock
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, Auburn University
Rodney Sakrison
Dissertation: Summer Water Use in Compact Communities: The Effect of Small Lots and Growth Management Plans on Single-Family Water Use in King County, Washington
Chair: Brian W. Mar
Loren Siebert
Dissertation: Creating a GIS Spatial History of Tokyo
Chair: John L. Hancock
Catherine Tuttle
Dissertation: Being Outside: How High and Low Income Residents of Seattle Perceive, Use and Value Urban Open Space
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
1996
Dena Assaf
Dissertation: From Stones to Structures: A Sustainable Future for Development in the West Bank–Palestine.
Chair: Dennis M Ryan
Position: UN Resident Coordinator
Firm/Institution: United Nations United Arab Emirates
Dale Grenier
Dissertation: Perspectives on African-American Attitudes Toward the Importance and Value of the Natural Environment
Chair: John L. Hancock
Min Jay Kang
Dissertation Title: Urban Transformation and Adaptation in Bangka, Taipei: Marginalization of a Historical Core
Chair: John L. Hancock
Position: Associate Professor
Firm/Institution: National Taiwan University
Nicholas C. Zaferatos
Dissertation: Political Sovereignty in Native American Community Development: Implications for Tribal Planning Strategies
Chair: Donald Miller
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: Environmental Studies, Western Washington University
1995
Lik Meng Lee
Dissertation: A Method for Generating Alternative Land Use Plans Using GIS Modeling Techniques
Chair: Earl J. Bell
1994
Lawrence D. Frank (Faculty Page)
Dissertation: An Analysis of Relationships between Urban Form and Travel Behavior
Chair: Gary Pivo
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: Urban Studies and Planning, University of California San Diego
Yoon-Ha Kim
Dissertation: Land Evaluation for a Strategic Site Selection of Regional Parks: The Case of Recreational Land Use Planning in Korea
Chair: Frank Westerlund
Seiko Kitajima
Dissertation: The State, Capital, and Social Forces: Mutsu-Ogawara Kaihatsu–The Political Economy of Japanese Regional Development Planning
Chair: Richard L Ludwig
Position: Faculty of Humanities
Firm/Institution: Hirosaki University, Japan
Zeynep Merey
Dissertation: From Traditional House to Apartment House: Continuity and Change in Istanbul’s Residential Neighborhoods
Chair: John L. Hancock
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: City and Regional Planning, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul
Marie Rose Wong
Dissertation Title: Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: A Social and Urban History of Portland, Oregon’s First Chinatown
Chair: Dennis M Ryan
Position: Professor Emeritus
Firm/Institution: College of Arts and Science, Seattle University
1993
Norman A. Abbott
Dissertation: Variables Associated with the Effectiveness of Growth Management and Planning Tools
Chair: Gary Pivo
Position: Director of Growth Management Planning
Firm/Institution: Puget Sound Regional Council
Rocky E. Piro, Jr
Dissertation Title: Growth Management in an Urban Regional Context: The Contemporary Transformation of Regional Development Planning from a Governance Perspective
Chair: Donald Miller
Position: Executive Director
Firm/Institution: Colorado Center for Sustainable Urbanism
1992
Karen Glatzel
Dissertation: Planning Response to the Physical Impacts of Sea-Level Change on Coastal Land Use
Chair: Arthur Grey
Kwang Joong Kim
Dissertation: Regulatory Impacts on Suburban Residential Forms: A Case Study of Bellevue, Washington
Chair: Anne Vernez-Moudon
Firm/Institution: Seoul National University, South Korea
Berhane Mehary
Dissertation: An Integrated Model for Appropriate Planning and Design for Transitional Urban Settlements in Developing Countries with Emphasis on Eritrean and Ethiopean Communities
Chair: Frank Westerlund
Faisal A. Mubarak
Dissertation: Urbanization, Urban Policy and City Form: Urban Development in Saudi Arabia
Chair: John L. Hancock
1991
Kerry Brooks
Dissertation: Lots of Space: An Analysis of Mandated Open Spaces in the Unincorporated Subdivisions of King County, Washington
Chair: Donald Miller
Position: Professor of Urban Planning, Public and Health Administration
Firm/Institution: Eastern Washington University
1990
Farouk Seif
Dissertation: Semiotics and Urban Morphogenesis: Metaphysical Aspects of Ancient Egyptian Monumentality as a Theoretical Approach to Urban Form
Chair: Folke Nyberg
Position: Professor Emeritus
Firm/Institution: Antioch University Seattle
Abdulrad Zamzami
Dissertation: A Comparative Study of the Retail Structure as an Approach to Contemporary Arab-Islamic Planning
Chair: Arthur Grey
1989
Roger Boden
Dissertation: The Urban Designer as Interpretant–A Case Study from a Developing Country
Chair: Dennis M Ryan
Position: Professor
Firm/Institution: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Chang Kee Min
Dissertation: The Interaction between Institutions of Higher Education and High-Technology Industry: Two Empirical Case Studies of Selected Factors in Korea
Chair: Dennis M Ryan
Thomas Church
Dissertation Title: Cultural Ethic and the Urban Landscape: A Basis for Sustained Community
Chair: Norman J. Johnston
1988
Steven Kian-Koon Choo
Dissertation: Urban Renewal Planning for City States: A Case Study of Singapore
Chair: Myer R. Wolfe
Position: Independent Non-Executive Director
Firm/Institution: Pan Hong Holdings Group Limited, Singapore
Verel Thaxton
Dissertation: A Guidance Model on the Points of Influence in the Role of the Educational Planner in the Planning and Decision Making Process
Chair: Arthur Grey