| On academic leave spring 2008
Assistant Professor
Office: 243 Humphrey Center
Phone: 612-626-3193
E-mail: cschively@umn.edu
Areas of expertise: environmental and land use planning; public participation; planning decision-making; plan implementation; sustainable development
Carissa Schively Slotterback, assistant professor, teaches courses in environmental and land use planning, participation, and impact analysis. Her research is focused on participation in environmental and land use decision-making, environmental impact analysis, and planning processes and implementation.
Her current projects include a study of environmental impact analysis processes in state departments of transportation, funded by the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies (CTS). Schively also is studying public involvement in planning and design processes for transportation projects, as part of a larger University-wide research team focused on identifying the effects of well-designed transportation projects. The one million dollar study is funded by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Schively also is currently involved in research on health issues in planning for the Design for Health project with Professors Ann Forsyth and Kevin Krizek in the Metropolitan Design Center, funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
She is an affiliate faculty member is the Department of Landscape Architecture and serves as advisor to the Humphrey Institute's Planning Student Organization (PSO). She is a Research Faculty Member in the Metropolitan Design Center an a Faculty Scholar in the Center for Transportation Studies.
Schively also works extensively in the planning practice community, serving as a member of the Executive Committee for Urban Land Institute (ULI) Minnesota and serves as Faculty Liaison to the Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association. She is currently working with representatives from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and local environmental consulting firms on a Bush Foundation funded project called "Delivering Capacity to Incorporate Natural Resources into Local Land Use and Development Decisions." Work on this project includes organizing several outreach events, focused on facilitating conservation development at the local level.
Before joining the Institute in 2004, Schively gained experience as a professional planner and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). She worked as a long-range planner with the City of Henderson, Nevada, and as a planning consultant with Dahlgren, Shardlow, and Uban, Inc. (DSU) in Minneapolis.
Schively holds a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from Florida State University, a Master of City and Regional Planning degree from Clemson University, and an undergraduate degree from Winona State University.
Courses taught for the Humphrey Institute
For syllabi for the current semester, view the University of Minnesota's Course Guide. For syllabi for public affairs classes for Fall 2007 or earlier, view the Humphrey Institute's course syllabi web page.
Syllabi includes current and previous academic years only. Syllabi are available in alternative formats. Please send requests to the Humphrey Institute Student Support Services.
Fall 2007
PA 8201-1 - Environment and Infrastructure Planning
Spring 2007
PA 5253-1 - Designing Planning and Participation Strategies
Fall 2006
PA 5004-1 - Introduction to Planning
PA 8201-1 - Environment and Infrastructure Planning
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