Doctoral Dissertations
The following doctoral dissertations were completed in the last five years. For a complete archive, please visit our Ph.D. Alumni page or the SmarTech collection hosted by the Georgia Tech Library.
McSorley, Megan. “Towards a Politics of Human Flourishing: Theory, Practice, Pedagogy.” 2023. Supervised by Professor Nisha Botchwey.
Yoo, Chisun. “Rethinking Megaregions: A Network Approach” 2023. Supervised by Professor Catherine Ross. Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/72004
Liang, Xiaofan. “Connectivity for whom and at what cost: contesting network infrastructure duality in urban planning.” 2023. Supervised by Professor Clio Andris. Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73184
Hwang, Uijeong. “Breaking Myths behind "Bikelash": Empirical analyses on the role of protected bike lanes on creating a sustainable, equitable, and safer transportation environment” 2023. Supervised by Professor Subhraijit Guhathakurta. Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/73164
Igietseme, Nene. “Social Learning for Social Transformation: A Case for Economic Democracy.” 2021 Supervised by Professor Nisha Botchwey. Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1853/72425
O'Connell, Katie. “White Spatial Planning Practices: Deconstructing Narratives around Race, Space, and Privilege.” 2021. Supervised by Professor Nisha Botchwey. Link : http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53793 Koo, Bon Woo. “Measuring Street-Level Walkability through Big Image Data and Its Associations with Walking Behavior”. 2021. Supervised by Dr. Nisha Botchwey.
Kraft, Benjamin. “The Role of Relational Agents in Regional Economic Evolution and Resilience: The Case of Robotics Systems Integrators” 2020. Supervised by Professor Nancey Green Leigh.
Widita, Alyas Abibawa. “Travel behavior dynamics from a longitudinal perspective in Indonesia” 2020. Supervised by Assistant Professor Timothy Welch.
Barchers, Camille. “Serious Potential of Fun Games” 2019. Supervised by Professor Steven P. French.
Fisch, Jessica. “Does Green Infrastructure Promote Equitable Development? The Mediating Role of Social Capital in Shaping Outcomes” 2019. Supervised by Associate Professor Michael Elliott.
Lanza, Kevin. “Red Hot American Summer: Extreme Heat and Physical Activity of Adults” 2019. Supervised by Professor Brian Stone, Jr.
Mallen, Evan Sheppard. “A Methodological Assessment of Extreme Heat Mortality Modeling and Heat Vulnerability Mapping in Atlanta, Detroit, and Phoenix” 2019. Supervised by Professor Brian Stone, Jr.
Doyle, Jessica. “What Metropolitan-Level Factors Affect Latino-Owned Business Performance?” 2018. Supervised by Professor Catherine Ross.
Hylton, Peter. “Electronic Retail Effects on Airports and Regional Development” 2018. Supervised by Professor Catherine Ross.
Lee, Yongsung. “Will Millennials Stay in Cities and Travel Without Cars?: Understanding Heterogeneity in Modality Styles and Residential Preferences within and across Millennials and Members of Generation X” 2018. Supervised by Professor Subhrajit Guhathakurta.
Douthat, Thomas. “Adaptive Efficiency in Coffee Clusters: Resilience through Agglomeration, Global Value Chains, Social Networks, and Institutions.” 2017. Supervised by Associate Professor Michael Elliott.
Habeeb, Dana. "Exploring Urban Agriculture as a Climate Change Mitigation Strategy at the Neighborhood Scale." 2017. Supervised by Professor Brian Stone.
Raymond, Elora. "The Impact of Racial Segregation, Income Sorting and Risk-Based Mortgage Pricing on Housing Wealth Inequality: A Comparison Between Urban Regions in the United States." 2017. Supervised by Professor Dan Immergluck.
Zhang, Wenwen. "The Interactions between Land Use and Transportation in the Era of Shared Autonomous Vehicle: A Discrete Simulation Model." 2017. Supervised by Professor Subhrajit Guhathakurta.
Lee, Sang Won. "Metropolitan Housing Market Restructuring and Implications for Poverty Deconcentration: The Effects of Foreclosures on the Spatial Distribution of Housing Choice Voucher Residencies." 2016. Supervised by Professor Dan Immergluck.
Rao, Arthi Vijayanagara. "Landscape anthropometrics: A multi-scale approach to integrating health into the regional landscape." 2016. Supervised by Professor Catherine Ross.
Wang, Kyungsoon. "The Characteristics of Resilient Neighborhood Housing Markets During and After the U.S. Housing Crisis." 2016. Supervised by Professor Dan Immergluck.
White, Raymond. "The Rise of Economic Development Overlay Districts in Response to Industrial Land Loss: Insights from Survey and Case Study Research." 2015. Supervised by Professor Nancey Green Leigh.