Ph.D. Graduates

Stephen Brumbaugh (Urban Planning 2020): Senior Economist, U.S. Department of Transportation
Dissertation: “Trajectories of Vehicle Ownership and Access in American Households”

Yulia Sunyoto (Electrical and Computer Engineering 2020)
Dissertation: “Infrastructure-Aided Networking for Autonomous Vehicular Systems”
Student Honors and Awards:

Research Translation Project Award, UC Mobility Research Program RFP Program, awarded by UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies under the support of State of California SB 1 , 2018 – 2019
Dean’s Honors List, UCLA, 2012

Andrew Schouten (Urban Planning 2019): Assistant Professor, School of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University
Dissertation: “Residential, Economic, and Transportation Mobility: The Changing Geography of Low-Income Households”
Student Honors and Awards:

Transportation Research Board Pyke Johnson Award, 2019
Institute of Transportation Studies Dissertation of the Year Fellowship, 2019
Randall Lewis Health Policy Fellowship, 2016
Martin Wachs Fellowship, 2015

Anne Brown (Urban Planning 2018): Assistant professor in the School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon
Dissertation: “Ridehail Revolution: Ridehail Travel and Equity in Los Angeles”
Student Honors and Awards:

UCLA Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2017
Eno Leadership Development Conference Fellowship, 2017
Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy, 2016
Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, 2014-2016
UCLA Dean’s Scholar Award, 2014-2016

Jaimee Lederman (Urban Planning 2017): Southern California Association of Governments
Dissertation: “Lessons from Transportation Agency Participation In Regional Conservation Initiatives”
Student Honors and Awards:

Eno Leadership Development Conference Fellowship, 2016
UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Powell Policy Fellow, 2016
Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, 2014

Carole Turley Voulgaris (Urban Planning 2017): Assistant professor of urban planning at Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Dissertation: “Crystal Balls and Black Boxes: Optimism Bias in Ridership and Cost Forecasts for New Starts Rapid Transit Projects”
Student Honors and Awards:

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning, 2017
Eno Leadership Development Conference Alumni Fellowship, 2015
UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Fellowship, 2014
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, 2013
UCLA Martin Wachs Fellowship, 2012

Kelcie Ralph (Urban Planning 2015): Assistant professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University
Dissertation: “Stalled On The Road To Adulthood? Analyzing the Nature of Recent Travel Changes for Young Adults in America, 1995 to 2009”
Student Honors and Awards:

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning, 2015
UC CONNECT Student of the Year, 2015
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, 2014
University of California Transportation Center Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2014
Environmental Protection Agency Marshall Scholar, 2011-2014

Michael Smart (Urban Planning 2012): Associate professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University
Dissertation: “Immigrant Ethnic Neighborhoods, Inward Focus, and Travel Mode Choice”
Student Honors and Awards:

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, 2012
University of California Graduate Division Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2010
UCLA Leon Hoffman Prize, 2008
American Institute of Certified Planners Award, 2007
University of California Chancellor’s Prize, 2006

Camille Fink (Urban Planning 2012): Project/marketing manager at REgeneration Development Strategies
Dissertation: “More Than Just the ‘Loser Cruiser’?: An Ethnographic Study of the Social Life on Buses”
Student Honors and Awards:

Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, 2004-2005 and 2006-2008
Nevilla A. Parker Award, Council of University Transportation Centers, 2004
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Departmental Service Award, 2004
Eugene Cota Robles Award, 2003-2004
Harvey S. Perloff Scholarship, 2003

Andrew Mondschein (Urban Planning 2012): Assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia
Dissertation: “The Personal City: The Experiential, Cognitive Nature of Travel and Activity and Implications for Accessibility”
Student Honors and Awards:

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Best Ph.D. Student Award, 2013
University of California Transportation Center Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2009
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, 2005-2008
UCLA Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship, 2004-2005
University of California Transportation Center Graduate Fellowship, 1997-1999

Eric Morris (Urban Planning 2011): Associate professor in the Department of City Planning and Real Estate Development at Clemson University
Dissertation: “Access and Outcomes: Transportation, Location, and Subjective Well-Being”
Student Honors and Awards:

University of California Transportation Center Student of the Year, 2010-2011
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship, 2007-2010
American Planning Association Outstanding M.A. Student Paper Award, 2006
Eno Foundation Fellowship, 2006
James Ortner Memorial Fellowship, 2005

Michael Manville (Urban Planning 2009): Associate professor of urban planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Dissertation: “Heterogeneity and Collective Action: Evidence from Massachusetts”
Student Honors and Awards:

UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, 2009
UCLA Quality of Graduate Education Fellowship, 2005-2007
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Lorenz Fellowship, 2004-2005
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Perloff Fellowship, 2004-2005
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Award of Overall Excellence, 2003

Allison Yoh (Urban Planning 2008): Director of transportation planning at the Port of Long Beach
Dissertation: “Institutional Barriers to Adopting Smart Card Technology for Fare Collection Among U.S. Transit Operators”
Student Honors and Awards:

UCLA Chancellor’s Dissertation Fellowship, 2007-2008
UCLA Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship, 2001-2008
UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Fellowship, 2000-2005
Rodney Slater Distinguished Student Fellowship, 2003
Eno Leadership Development Conference Fellowship, 2003

Douglas Houston (Urban Planning 2008): Associate professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy at UC Irvine
Dissertation: “Diesel Truck Impact Zones in Southern California; Localized implications of Goods Movement Container Traffic”

David King (Urban Planning 2008): Assistant professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University
Dissertation: “Exploring the Localization of Transportation Planning: Essays on research and policy implications from shifting goals in transportation planning”

Mark Garrett (Urban Planning 2006): Research analyst and consultant
Dissertation: “The Struggle for Transit Justice: Race, Space, and Social Equity in Los Angeles”
Student Honors and Awards:

Transportation Research Board Pyke Johnson Award, 2001
Eno Foundation Fellowship, 1998

Hiroyuki Iseki (Urban Planning 2005): Associate professor of urban studies and planning at the University of Maryland
Dissertation: “Does Contracting Matter?: The Determinants of Contracting and Contracting’s Effects on Cost Efficiency in U.S. Fixed-Route Bus Transit Service”
Student Honors and Awards:

Journal of Planning Education and Research Chester Rapkin Award for the Best Paper, 2003
Transportation Research Board Pyke Johnson Award, 2001
American Institute of Certified Planners Student Award, 1998-1999
National Convention of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan Distinguished Paper Award, 1992

Daniel Chatman (Urban Planning 2005): Associate professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley
Dissertation: “How the built environment influences non-work travel: Theoretical and empirical essays”
Student Honors and Awards:

University of California Transportation Center Student of the Year, 2005
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Outstanding Graduating Doctoral Student, 2005
UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Departmental Fellowship, 2005
Major Field Examination Pass With Distinction, 2003
Eno Foundation Fellowship, 2002

Hyun-Gun Sung (Urban Planning 2005): Faculty member in the Department of Urban Engineering at Chungbuk National University
Dissertation: “Transit Friendly Areas: the Role of Residential Relocation and Housing Development in Rail Ridership Over Time”

Lisa Schweitzer (Urban Planning 2004): Professor in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California
Dissertation: “Environmental Sacrifice zones: Risk and Transport in Southern California”
Student Honors and Awards:

UCLA Chancellor’s Fellowship
Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
Toxic Substances Research Program Graduate Fellowship
University of California Transportation Student of the Year

Kimiko Shiki (Urban Planning 2004): Associate professor in the Graduate School of Policy Science at Ritsumeikan University
Dissertation: “Why Do the Poor Move to Cities?: The Central City/Suburban Locational Choice of Low-Income Households”

Jeffrey Brown (Urban Planning 2003): Professor and department chair in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University
Dissertation: “The Numbers Game: The Politics of the Federal Surface Transportation Program”
Student Honors and Awards:

Council of University Transportation Centers Charles Wootan Award for Best Dissertation, 2003
University of California Transportation Student of the Year, 2002
Eno Foundation Fellowship, 2001
UCLA Dean’s Award for Overall Excellence, 1998
Council of University Transportation Centers Charles Wootan Award for Best Master’s Thesis, 1998

D. Gregg Doyle (Urban Planning 2003): Site Manager at DGD
Dissertation: “‘Only a Nobody Walks’: The Decline of Pedestrian Trips in the United States”
Student Honors and Awards:

Bank of America Low-Income Housing Challenge, 2005

Daniel Baldwin Hess (Urban Planning 2002): Professor and department chair in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University at Buffalo
Dissertation: “Reconciling Incompatible Zone Systems in Metropolitan Planning”
Student Honors and Awards:

Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship

Mary Jane Breinholt (Urban Planning 2001): Adjunct professor in the Sustainable Urban Planning Program at the George Washington University
Dissertation: “Private Responses to Public Failures: Firm and Worker Responses to Transportation Deficiencies in the Indonesian Garment Industry”
Student Honors and Awards:

Council of University Transportation Centers Charles Wootan Award for Best Dissertation, 2001
University of California Transportation Center Graduate Fellowship, 1992-1995, 2000-2001

Eugene J. Kim (Urban Planning 2000): Vice president at AECOM
Dissertation: “Hot Lanes – A Comparative Evaluation of Costs, Benefits, and Performance”
Student Honors and Awards:

Eno Foundation Fellowship

Jian-Ling Li (Urban Planning 1997): Professor in the School of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Arlington
Dissertation: “Inter-Modal Transit Performance Indicators” (Abstract only, available in hard copy)

Lewison Lem (Urban Planning 1996): Federal programs manager in the Planning Division of the Nevada Department of Transportation
Dissertation: “Fairness or Favoritism? Geographic Redistribution and Fiscal Equalization Resulting from Transportation Funding Formulas”
Student Honors and Awards:

University of California Transportation Student of the Year, 1996
Eno Foundation Fellowship, 1995

Cynthia Ghorra-Gobin (Urban Planning 1994): Director of research emeritus at the University of Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle
Dissertation: “Implementation as a Social Learning Process: The Case of a French Housing Policy” (Abstract only, available in hard copy)

Brian D. Taylor (Urban Planning 1992): Professor of urban planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies
Dissertation: “When finance leads planning: The influence of public finance on transportation planning and policy in California”
Student Honors and Awards:

Best Paper in Public Transportation, 1991
University of California Transportation Center Dissertation Fellowship, 1991
UCLA Charles F. Scott Public Policy Graduate Fellowship, 1989-1990

Richard Willson (Urban Planning 1991): Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
Dissertation: “Employer Parking Subsidies, Mode Choice, and Public Policy”

Booi Hon Kam (Urban Planning 1982): Professor in the School of Business and IT Logistics at RMIT University, Melbourne
Dissertation: “Role Situations and Activity Scheduling: An Empirical Analysis” (Abstract only, available in hard copy)

Robert Cervero (Urban Planning 1980): Professor emeritus in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley
Dissertation: “Efficiency and Equity Implications of Transit Fare Policies” (Abstract only, svailable in hard copy)
Student Honors and Awards:

Seventh Regional Science Dissertation Competition Award, 1980
American Planning Association Outstanding Scholarship Award, 1980
Fishbaugh Memorial Fellowship Award, 1979
Brython Davis Memorial Fellowship Award, 1978

Don Pickrell (Urban Planning 1980): Principal technical advisor for Transportation Economics at the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center and lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT
Dissertation: “Free Parking and Urban Transportation” (Abstract only, available in hard copy)

Kenichi Tokunaga (Urban Planning 1979)
Dissertation: “A Study of Congestion Pricing: Los Angeles case study” (Abstract only, available in hard copy)

Robert Blanchard (Urban Planning 1976)
Dissertation: “Lifestyle and Travel Demand of the Elderly: A Case Study of Los Angeles County” (Abstract only, available in hard copy)

Sandra Rosenbloom (Political Science 1975): Faculty fellow and the Hampton K. and Margaret Frye Snell Endowed Chair in Transportation in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas
Dissertation: “The Impact of Federal Urban Mass Transportation Programs on Metropolitan Transportation Systems; Los Angeles and San Diego” (Abstract only, available in hard copy)