Urban and Regional Planning

Associate Professor Ryan Allen, along with former Humphrey School Associate Dean Carissa Slotterback, have received the 2022 Best Article in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award for their article, “Building immigrant engagement practice in urban planning: The case of Somali refugees in the Twin Cities.” 

Humphrey School alumna Katie Emory, Professor Jason Cao, and Frank Douma published the paper, “Autonomous Vehicle Policies with Equity Implications: Patterns and Gaps,” in Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. This work was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Assistant Professor Fayola Jacobs has been invited to be an author on the Human Social Systems chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), a congressionally mandated report on climate change impacts, risks, and adaptation across the United States.

Professor Jason Cao co-edited a new book, Urban Transport and Land Use Planning: A Synthesis of Global Knowledge, recently published by Elsevier Academic Press.

Assistant Professor Yuan (Daniel) Cheng is one of seven new members named to the Minneapolis Parks Foundation Board.

Assistant Professor Fernando Burga is one of three awardees in the 2021 UROC Research Agenda Grant Competition.

Humphrey School researchers are members of three interdisciplinary teams receiving grants from the Human Rights Initiative to pursue projects in the upcoming academic year.

Professor Jason Cao is the lead investigator of a new research project that will explore how road improvements influence property values and residents’ quality of life. 

Assistant Professor Fayola Jacobs has been appointed track chair for Gender and Diversity Planning for the Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ASCP).

PhD candidate Tao Tao, Professor Greg Lindsey, Professor Jason Cao, and recent alum Dr. Jueyu Wang recently published the paper, “The Effects of Pedestrian and Bicycle Exposure on Crash Risk in Minneapolis,” in the Journal of Transport and Land Use.