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June 2009 Ms. McMillan has been co-chair of the CED Alumni Association's board of directors for the last 2 years and a member of the board since 2005. She has participated in CED's mentorship program since 1999. May 2009 Jennifer Wolch joins the Berkeley community both as the William W. Wurster Chair in City and Regional Planning and as Dean of the College of Environmental Design. She previously was Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, and Director of the Center for Sustainable Cities at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on metropolitan sprawl, physical activity and urban design, urban parks, environmental justice, and the carbon "hoofprint" of cities. Michael Dear comes to DCRP from the University of Southern California, where he was a professor in the Department of Geography and in the School of Policy, Planning and Development. He also is Honorary Professor in the Bartlett School of Planning at University College, London (England). Michael was founding editor of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, and is a leading exponent of the Los Angeles School of Urbanism. He brings his research to the classroom, and will teach courses on the U.S.–Mexico borderlands and on urban theory. Paul Waddell previously was Professor of City & Regional Planning at the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle. He conducts research on modeling and planning of land use, housing, economic geography, transportation, and the environment. He has led the development of an urban simulation model now used by metropolitan planning organizations and other local and regional planning agencies in Detroit, Houston, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Seattle, as well as Paris, Zurich, and Tel Aviv. His current research focuses on the impacts of land use regulations and transportation investments on real estate, travel, emissions, and resource consumption. He will teach courses in urban economics and modeling. Daniel G. Chatman most recently was Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has also served as Research Director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center. His research focuses on the intersections between transportation, land use, and the economy, with particular areas of interest including travel behavior and the built environment; immigration and household travel; smart growth; municipal fiscal decision making; and local economic development. He will teach an undergraduate course entitled "Introduction to Transportation Planning," as well as graduate courses in transportation and land use planning and methods. April 2009 Malo Hutson Researches Green Planning. Assistant Professor Malo Hutson is currently undertaking research about urban sustainability and community development, focusing on Detroit and the Bay Area in the fields of economics, environment, equity, and health. His work explores the ways in which the green movement can improve the quality of life in urban communities, including opportunities and challenges that exist in making urban communities more equitable and sustainable. Professor Hutson’s Joint Regional and Community Economic Development Studio features three student projects:
DCRP Alums Recognized for Website. Planetizen, one of the most respected websites in city planning, has named ZoomProspector.com one of its Top 10 Websites of 2009. ZoomProspector, which helps businesses find the locations that meet their needs, was developed by DCRP alums Pablo Monzon and Anatalio Ubalde, co-founders of the San Francisco-based company GIS Planning, Inc. Eric Simundza, another DCRP alum, manages the site. Planetizen writes of the site, "The depth and functionality of ZoomProspector make it a great tool for anyone interested in uncovering the demographic and economic data of a location. We chose to recognize the site because it takes a new approach to economic development information, making it accessible to anyone." Ph.D. Student Receives Prestigious Scholarship. Allie Thomas is a recipient of a 2009 Critical Language Scholarship. The CLS Program provides fully-funded, seven-to-ten-week, group-based intensive language instruction and extensive cultural enrichment experiences held overseas at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels for U.S.-citizen undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. students. The CLS Program is part of the National Security Language Initiative (NSLI), a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical-need foreign languages. Ph.D. Student Conducts Dissertation Research with Fulbright Support. Sylvia Nam is currently undertaking fieldwork research on her dissertation project, "Speculative Urbanism: The Remaking of Phnom Penh," with support from the Fulbright Institute of International Education and the Center for Khmer Studies' Council of American Overseas Research Centers Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Sylvia’s research interests include migration, gendered work, transitioning economies, development, and urban theory. She received her MCP from DCRP. March 2009 Alumni: Reconnect with the program that gave you your professional boost! Join us for complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres. When: Thursday, April 2, 2009 RSVP: Email
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and include: Planning colleagues are welcome! DCRP is on LinkedIn and you are invited to join! LinkedIn is an online professional networking site that connects you with your professional contacts, as well as your network's contacts. It is a fabulous, secure way to get in touch with professionals in your field of interest. DCRP has established a network group on LinkedIn that can help connect you with fellow DCRPers and alumni! Just visit https://www.linkedin.com/register and register with the site. To join the DCRP group, search under "groups" for DCRP or follow this link, click on the logo and request to join. February 2009
Dowall and landscape architecture professor Louise Mozingo have received a renewal of their funding to conduct collaborative studios with Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. Dowall has been running collaborative studios in Thailand since 1997. There will be a summer studio in Thailand (late May-June 2009) and a follow-on class in the fall of 2009 to complete the field work generated during the summer. The fall class will have regular video conferences with Chulalongkorn students to coordinate work. Recently, Dowall also drafted Albania's new law on Territorial Planning, which has been approved by the Albanian Council of Ministers and is now being debated in Parliament. Additionally, he has had articles accepted for publication this year in Urban Studies, International Real Estate Review, Public Works Management and Policy, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, and Transportation Research. January 2009
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DCRP professor David Dowall was interviewed on ABC's evening news regarding the Obama administration’s stimulus package and its impact on infrastructure. He was also interviewed on KCBS radio and featured in USA TODAY (January 2009). In February 2009, Dowall testified before the Little Hoover Commission in Sacramento on how to improve California's infrastructure delivery system.
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"Alvaro Huerta, City and Regional Planning, the son of Mexican immigrant parents and a former resident of housing projects in East Los Angeles, has spent the past 20 years working to improve the lives of low-income Chicano/Latino communities throughout California. His civic engagement activities have included co-founding the first organization of immigrant gardeners in the country and serving as a lead organizer for a statewide non-profit group to successfully lead environmental justice campaigns. His doctoral research focuses on marginalized immigrant workers who work in California’s informal economy.
"Cleya Ormiston, Urban Studies, is honored for her work developing strong collaborations between the campus, city of Berkeley, and the community. Her work has included supporting the Friends of Piedmont Way project to restore and replant Frederick Law Olmsted’s design for the first residential parkway in the United States. She has also volunteered as an intern in Councilmember Gordon Wozniak’s office, and worked to develop and implement both the Student Housing Disaster Preparedness Program and a recycling program in the Cal Greek community." 
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