PhD Students

I advise PhD students to prepare them for academic and research careers.  I greatly enjoy working with doctoral students and have learned much from each of them.  Today a dozen of my former doctoral students hold tenured or tenure-track transportation policy and planning faculty positions, and several others work in positions of transportation research and leadership.  Further, I have been fortunate to chair a dozen dissertations, theses, and graduate capstone research projects that have been named the best in the U.S. by Council of University Transportation Centers, as well as three PhD dissertations that have been named best across all planning sub-fields by Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.

Primary Advisor

PRIMARY ACADEMIC ADVISER AND DISSERTATION CHAIR

Anne Brown (2018)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Planning, Public Policy and Management (University of Oregon)
Jeffrey R. Brown (2003)
Current Position: Professor and Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (Florida State University)
Camille Fink (2012)
Current Position: Senior Editor (University of California Pavement Research Center)
Mark Evan Garrett (2006)
Current Position: Research Associate (UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies)
Daniel Baldwin Hess (2002)
Current Position: Professor of Urban and Regional Planning & Visiting Scholar and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Centre for Urban and Migration Studies (University of Buffalo - State University of New York)
Yu Hong Hwang
Current Student
Current Position: PhD Student & Research Data Analyst at UCLA ITS (UCLA)
Hiroyuki Iseki (2004)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (University of Maryland, College Park)
Eugene J. Kim (2000)
Current Position: Senior Vice President, Area Manager (STV)
Hannah King (2025)
Current Position: N/A (UCLA)
Andrew Mondschein (2012)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning; Associate Dean (University of Virginia)
Eric Morris (2011)
Current Position: Professor of City and Regional Planning (Clemson University)
Kelcie Michelle Ralph (2015)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Planning and Public Policy (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
Fariba Siddiq (2024)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Data Science Scholar (Behavioral and Advanced Mobility Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
Samuel Speroni
Current Student
Current Position: PhD Student
Carole Turley Voulgaris (2017)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Design (Harvard University)
Teo Wickland (2021)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning & Design Lab Affiliate (UCSD)
Allison Yoh (2008)
Current Position: Executive Officer for Mobility Corridors in Countywide Planning and Development & Deputy Chief Planning Officer (Interim) (LA Metro)

Second Advisor

SECONDARY PHD ADVISER AND PHD COMMITTEE MEMBER

Stephen Brumbaugh (2020)
Current Position: Principal Economist (U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration)
Tamika Butler
Current Student
Current Position: PhD Student
Daniel Chatman (2005)
Current Position: Associate Professor and Chair of City and Regional Planning (University of California, Berkeley)
Hao Ding (2024)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies)
Douglas Gregg Doyle (2003)
Current Position: Site Manager (DGD, San Francisco)
Jaimee Lederman (2017)
Current Position: Senior Regional Planner, Transportation Finance (Southern California Association of Governments)
Julene Paul (2023)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning (University of Texas, Arlington)
Andy Schouten (2019)
Current Position: Assistant Professor (School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University)
Lisa Schweitzer (2004)
Current Position: Professor of Policy, Planning, and Development (University of Southern California)
Michael Smart (2011)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Planning and Public Policy (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
Madeline Wander
Current Student
Current Position: PhD Student

Additional PhD students

ADDITIONAL PHD STUDENTS TAUGHT/SUPERVISED

Rounaq Basu (2023)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Urban Studies and Planning (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Tam Guy
Current Student
Current Position: PhD Student
Herman Huang (1995)
Current Position: Community Planner (North Carolina Department of Transportation)
David King (2009)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning (Arizona State University)
Lewison Lee Lem (1996)
Current Position: Transportation Planning Programs (Port of Portland)
Jianling Li (1997)
Current Position: Professor of Urban Planning in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (University of Texas, Arlington)
Bo Liu (2020)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (National Renewable Energy Labratory)
Zakhary Mallett (2023)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning (College of Agriculture, Life, and Natural Sciences, Alabama A&M University)
Miriam Pinski (2023)
Current Position: Research Analyst, Shared Use Mobility Center (Los Angeles)
Kimiko Shiki (2008)
Current Position: Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Policy Science (Ritsumeikan University)
Yulia Sunyoto (2020)
Current Position: Cellular Software Engineer (Apple Inc.)
PhD Field: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Emily Helen An-Mei Yen (2019)
Current Position: Visiting Faculty Scholar at the Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures (University of Virginia)
PhD Field: Sociology

Pre-PhD Advisees

MASTER'S STUDENTS SUPERVISED WHO COMPLETED PHDS ELSEWHERE

Michael Mauch (1996)
Current Position: Senior Development Engineer (UC Berkeley ITS)
PhD Field: Civil & Environmental Engineering (UC Berkeley)
Virginia L. Parks (1997)
Current Position: Professor of Urban Planning and Policy (UC Irvine)
PhD Field: Geography (UCLA)
Mohja Rhoads (2008)
Current Position: Research Manager (National Assembly of State Arts Agencies)
PhD Field: Urban Planning & Development (University of Southern California)
Gian-Claudia Sciara (2000)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Planning & Program Director for Community & Regional Planning Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin)
PhD Field: City & Regional Planning (UC Berkeley)
Paul Sorensen (2005)
Current Position: Principal (Cambridge Systematics)
PhD Field: Geography (UC Santa Barbara)