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Education

2007 PhD Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

2001 MSc Building & Urban Design in Development, The Bartlett, University College London

2000 AB Architecture, University of California, Berkeley Academic experience

2007-present University of Colorado Denver | Denver, CO

Director, PhD Program in Design and Planning, 2018-present Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, 2013-present

Chair, Department of Planning and Design, 2012-15 Director, Master of Urban Design program, 2008-15 Assistant Professor of Planning and Design, 2007-13

2015-16 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Barcelona, Spain

Visiting Professor, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals

2004-06 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | New Brunswick, NJ

Lecturer, Planning and Public Policy

2004 Temple University | Philadelphia, PA

Lecturer, Community and Regional Planning Peer-reviewed journal articles

2020 Rigolon, A. and J. Németh. Green gentrification or “just green enough”: Do park location, size, and function affect whether a place gentrifies or not? Urban Studies, 57: 402-420.

2019 Rigolon, A. and J. Németh. Toward a socio-ecological model of gentrification: How people, place, and policy shape neighborhood change. Journal of Urban Affairs, 41: 887-909.

2018 Rigolon, A. and J. Németh. What shapes uneven access to urban amenities? Thick injustice and the legacy of racial discrimination in Denver’s parks. Journal of Planning Education and Research. Online First: http://doi.org/10.1177/ 0739456X18789251.

2018 Németh, J., J. Hollander, E. Whiteman, and M. Johnson. Planning with justice in mind in a shrinking Baltimore. Journal of Urban Affairs. Online First: https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2018.1454820.


2018 Rigolon, A. and J. Németh. “We’re not in the business of housing”: Environmental gentrification and the non-profitization of green infrastructure projects. Cities, 81: 71-80.

2018 Rumbach, A. and J. Németh. Disaster risk creation in the Darjeeling Himalayas: Moving towards justice. Environment and Planning E, 1: 340-362.

2018 Rigolon, A. and J. Németh. Privately owned parks in New Urbanist communities: A study of environmental privilege, equity, inclusion. Journal of Urban Affairs, 40: 543-559.

2018 Makarewicz, C. and J. Németh. Are multimodal travelers more satisfied with their lives? A study of accessibility and wellbeing in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area. Cities, 74: 179-187.

2018 Rigolon, A. and J. Németh. A quality index of parks for youth (QUINPY): Evaluating urban parks through geographic information systems. Environment and Planning B, 45(2): 275-294.

2016 Németh, J. and J.B. Hollander. Right-sizing shrinking cities: a landscape and design strategy for abandoned properties. Journal of Landscape Architecture, 11(2): 90-100.

2016 Rumbach, A., Makarewicz, C., and J. Németh. The importance of place in disaster recovery. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 59(11): 2045-2063.

2014 Németh, J. and E. Ross. Planning for marijuana: The cannabis conundrum. Journal of the American Planning Association, 80(1): 6-20.

2014 Németh, J. and J. Langhorst. Rethinking urban transformation: Vacant land and the temporary use model. Cities, 40(B): 143-150.

2012 Németh, J. Controlling the commons: How public is public space? Urban Affairs Review, 48(6): 814-838.

2012 Németh, J. and J. Long. Assessing learning outcomes in US studio courses. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 32(4): 476-492.

2011 Schmidt, S., J. Németh and E. Botsford. The evolution of privately-owned public spaces in New York City. Urban Design International, 16(4): 270-284.

2011 Hollander, J. and J. Németh. The bounds of smart decline: A foundational theory for planning shrinking cities. Housing Policy Debate, 21(3): 349–367.

2011 Németh, J. and S. Schmidt. The privatization of public space: Modeling and measuring publicness. Environment and Planning B, 38(1): 5-23.

Reprinted in: Mehta, V. (Ed.) 2015, Public space: Critical concepts in built environment. New York: Routledge.


2010 Németh, J. Security in public space: An empirical assessment of three US cities. Environment and Planning A, 42(10): 2487-2507.

2010 Schmidt, S. and J. Németh. Space, place and the city: Emerging research on public space design and planning. Journal of Urban Design, 15(4): 453-457.

2010 Németh, J. and J. Hollander. Security zones and New York’s shrinking public space. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 34(1): 20-34.

2009 Németh, J. Defining a public: Managing privately owned public space. Urban Studies, 46(11): 2463-2490.

2007 Németh, J. and S. Schmidt. Toward a methodology for measuring the security of publicly accessible spaces. Journal of the American Planning Association, 73(3): 283-297.

2006 Németh, J. Conflict, exclusion, relocation: Skateboarding and public space. Journal of Urban Design, 11(3): 297-318.

2006 Lichtenstein, A., J. Németh and S. Schmidt. Suburban bypass roads and inter-jurisdictional politics: A case study. World Transport Policy and Practice, 12(1): 15-29.

2004 Németh, J. Redefining security in public space: The case of LOVE Park. IEEE Technology and Society, 23(4): 19-20.

Reprinted (Portuguese): Redefenir a segurança no espaço público: O caso de LOVE Park, Filadelfia. Urbanismo, 8(2): 28-29.

Peer-reviewed book chapters

In press Németh, J. Public space, immigration, and gentrification in El Raval. In Mehta, V. and D. Palazzo (Eds.). Companion to public space. New York: Routledge.

2019 Németh, J. Designing for difference in Barcelona’s El Raval. In Banerjee, T. and A. Loukaitou-Sideris (Eds.). The new companion to urban design. New York: Routledge, pp. 122-134.

2017 Németh, J. and E. Carver. Democracy, protest and public space: Does place matter? In Marvin, C. and S. Hong (Eds.). Place, space, and mediated communication: Exploring context collapse. New York: Routledge, pp. 122-145.

2010 Németh, J. and S. Schmidt. Publicly accessible space and quality of life: A tool for measuring the openness of urban spaces. In Phillips, R. and M. Budruk (Eds.). Quality of life community indicators for parks, recreation and tourism management. New York: Springer, pp. 41-66.


Peer-reviewed book reviews

2009 Németh, J. Review of Miller, K. 2007. Designs on the public: The private lives of New York’s public spaces, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Journal of the American Planning Association, 75(1): 5-6.

2005 Németh, J. Review of Kohn, M. 2004. Brave new neighborhoods: The privatization of public space. Journal of the American Planning Association, 71(3): 341.

Recognized by editors as a most outstanding review of Volume 71. External grants and contracts

2016 Bringing Stein back in: Regional planning and equity in the 21st Century American West ($16,000). Clarence S. Stein Institute, Cornell University. (Co-PI).

2015 Colorado Center for Sustainable Urbanism ($98,500). Gates Family Foundation. (PI).

Sustainable Communities Initiative: Outcome Assessment and Knowledge Sharing ($76,850). Denver Regional Council of Governments. (Co-Investigator).

2014 NSF (RAPID): Affordable Housing and Equitable Recovery: A Study of the 2013 Colorado Flash Floods ($35,000). National Science Foundation. (Co-PI).

2013 Health Impact Assessment Grant ($25,000). Tri-County Health Department, funded by Pew Trusts (PI).

2013 Understanding Household Recovery Following Colorado Flash Floods ($3,000). Natural Hazards Center. (Co-PI).

2012 National Park Service internship program, Master of Urban and Regional Planning program, University of Colorado Denver ($149,595). National Parks Service. (PI)

2009 Perceptions of ‘publicness’ in NYC’s privately-owned public spaces. ($5,000). Institute for the Social Sciences Grant Program, Cornell University (with S. Schmidt). (Co-PI).

2009 Denver Union Station public space study ($8,000). Studio course supported by Open Space Initiative Group. (PI).

2007 Inner ring suburb design/redevelopment study ($3,500). Funded by and prepared for Wheat Ridge 2020, Wheat Ridge, CO. (PI).


Internal grants and contracts

2018 Designing for difference: Planning for immigrant integration in arrival neighborhoods ($10,000). CLAS Research Innovation Seed Programs (CRISP), College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado Denver. (Co-PI).

2018 Designing for difference: Planning for immigrant integration in Metro Denver’s arrival neighborhoods ($10,000). EVOLVE Grant Program, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver. (PI).

2017 Green gentrification in Chicago: Development, displacement, and community activism ($3,000). Office of Research Services, University of Colorado Denver. (PI).

2014 Income, Community Development, and Transit Quality in the Denver Region ($12,000). Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Colorado Denver. (Co-PI).

2014 Toward Equitable Recovery: Affordable Housing after the 2013 Colorado Floods ($2,981). Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Colorado Denver. (PI).

2011 Privatization of public space: Incentive zoning programs in the US ($1,000). Center for Faculty Development and Department of Planning and Design. University of Colorado Denver. (PI).

2010 Spatial inventory training using various geospatial technology platforms ($2,000). Center for Faculty Development. University of Colorado Denver. (PI).

2010 Development of sustainable joint urban design studio with Tongji University ($2,500). Institute of International Business CIBER program. University of Colorado Denver. (PI).

2008 Lost space: Security zones and the shrinking of public space ($19,800). Center for Faculty Development. University of Colorado Denver. (PI).

2007 Control by design: Encouraging diversity in Denver's public spaces ($5,000). Faculty Seed Funding Grant. College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver. (PI).

Editorship of journal special issues

In press Regional planning, growth, and equity in the 21st Century American West. Cities. Co-editors: C. Makarewicz, A. Rumbach.

2010 Production of public space. Journal of Urban Design. Co-editor: S. Schmidt.


Editorials and magazine articles

2019 Németh, J. Four steps to stopping gentrification. City Stories. August 29.

2018 Rigolon, A. and J. Németh. Why certain parks gentrify surrounding neighborhoods and what we can do about it. Science Trends (online). November 29.

2011 Németh, J. Security zones in big cities need balance in design. Special to the Denver Post. March 27.

2010 Németh, J. and J. Hollander. Don’t close Times Square. Editorial. Syndicated; appeared in North Jersey Record, Pocono Record, Southeast Missourian, San Marcos Record and more. June 3.

Selected professional reports and monographs

2015 Makarewicz, C., Piro, R., Sloan, M., Troy, A., Németh, J., Harrison, R., and B. Jacob. Leveraging the investment in transit to achieve community and economic vitality: Outcomes assessment and knowledge sharing. Report prepared for Denver Regional Council of Governments Sustainable Communities Initiative with funding from US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

2014 Rumbach, A., Makarewicz, C., Németh, J. and D. Thomas. Understanding household recovery following the Colorado flash floods. Natural Hazards Center, Quick Response Report #250.

2007 Németh, J. Security and the production of privately owned public space. PhD Dissertation, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. Committee: Robert Lake (Chair), Don Mitchell (Syracuse University), Michael Greenberg, and Donald Krueckeberg.

2005 Németh, J. and J. Wells. Transit village monitoring research. Report prepared for New Jersey Transit. New Brunswick, NJ: Voorhees Transportation Center, Rutgers University.

Lichtenstein, A. and J. Németh. A before-and-after evaluation of bypass roads in New Jersey. Report prepared for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. New Brunswick, NJ: Voorhees Transportation Center, Rutgers University. With Allan Lichtenstein.

2003 Németh, J., R. Ramey and J. Turner. Final Environmental Impact Reports (EIR): Monte Sereno Project, Palm Springs, California and Gateway Residential Project, Corona, California. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Costa Mesa, CA: The Planning Associates.


2001 Németh, J. et al. Kio Wa Mabibo: Community-based regeneration in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Federally-commissioned report prepared for Office of the Mayor, Dar-es-Salaam and Tanzanian Gender Networking Programme (TGNP).

Refereed conference presentations

2020 Neighborhood dynamics of immigrant integration (with E. Burciaga, A. Rigolon). Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

2020 Legal status and neighborhood built environments (with E. Burciaga, A. Rigolon). Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

2019 The built environment and immigrant integration in the Denver metropolitan area (with E. Burciaga). Special session at Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Congress, Venice, Italy.

2018 Green gentrification or “just green enough”: Do park size, amenities, and neighborhood context affect whether a place gentrifies or not? (with A. Rigolon). Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Buffalo, NY.

2018 Multiethnic enclaves and gentrification: Cultural diversity as an amenity in large metropolitan regions (with A. Rigolon). Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Congress, Gothenburg, Sweden.

2017 Green gentrification in Chicago: Fragmented planning, local advocacy, and displacement (with A. Rigolon). Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Denver, CO.

2017 Resistance to change: What do non-gentrified neighborhoods have in common? (with A. Rigolon). Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference Denver, CO.

2016 Deepening democracy: Planning for differentiated solidarity. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

2016 Is high transportation accessibility associated with greater well-being? (with C. Makarewicz). Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

2016 Democracy, protest, and public space: Building spaces of resistance. 12th Annual Symposium of the International Urban Planning and Environment Association, Lisbon, Portugal.

2014 Affordable housing and equitable disaster recovery (with C. Makarewicz and A. Rumbach. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA.


2014 Affordable housing and equitable disaster recovery: A study of the 2013 Colorado flash floods (with A. Rumbach, C. Makarewicz, and D. Thomas). 3rd International Conference on Urban Disaster Reduction, Natural Hazards Center, Boulder, CO.

2013 The cannabis conundrum: How fair is medical marijuana land use policy? (with E. Ross). GIS Day, City and County of Denver, Denver, CO.

2012 Social equity and transit planning (with K. Luckey). Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH.

2012 Racialized development and environmental privilege: Access to high quality urban parks in Portland, Oregon (with G. Faulkner). Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Conference, Seattle, WA.

2011 The cannabis conundrum: Planning for medical marijuana legalization (with E. Ross). Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

2011 Vacant, abandoned, underutilized: Landscape as infrastructure (with J. Langhorst). Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

2010 Assessing learning outcomes in studio courses (with J. Long). Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

2010 Liberty, democracy and the politics of public space. Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI.

2009 Comparing public and private spaces (with S. Schmidt). Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

2009 Secure cities: The changing face of downtown. Urban Affairs Association (UAA)/City Futures Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain.

2009 The closed city: Downtown security zones and the loss of public space. Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

2008 Lost space: Security zones and New York’s shrinking public space. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

2008 Security zones and Lower Manhattan's shrinking public space (with J. Hollander). Protecting New York Conference, New York, NY.

2007 Security regimes in New York City’s public spaces. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

2006 Measuring security and control in publicly accessible spaces. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Fort Worth, TX.


2006 Design and exclusion in LOVE Park. Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Annual Meeting, Montréal, Quebec.

2006 Skateboarders, deviance and public space. Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

2005 The corporatization of public space in Midtown Manhattan. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO.

2005 Bypass roads: A before and after evaluation of impacts (with A. Lichtenstein). American Planning Association (APA) National Conference, San Francisco, CA.

2004 Youth culture/public space: The case of Center City Philadelphia. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Invited presentations

2020 Addressing urban vacancy: The promise and pitfalls of temporary use. City Debates 2020: Cities for Sale? Urban Financialization in Comparative Perspectives, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

2020 Can gentrification be equitable? Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute conference. University of Denver, Denver, CO.

2019 Building Equality, NextGen 360 Event, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Mountain States. Denver, CO.

2019 CU Foundation Trustees quarterly meeting. University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO.

2019 Community Town Hall on publicly-engaged scholarship. College of Arts and Media, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO.

2019 Communities in transition: Tools to predict and respond to gentrification. Imagine a Great Region, CityCenter, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO.

2017 Just space: Why public space matters now, more than ever. Lecture Series, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture, Winnipeg, Canada.

2016 Disaster risk creation in the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayas: Seeking justice. Disaster Justice in Anthropocene Asia and the Pacific Conference, National University of Singapore. (Co-authored paper delivered by Andrew Rumbach.)

2015 Land use policy for medical marijuana facilities. American Planning Association National Conference, Bettman Law Symposium special session, Seattle, WA.

2014 How fair are medical marijuana policies? American Bar Association Conference, Section of State and Local Government Law, Denver, CO.

2014 Equitable planning for medical marijuana. Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute conference. University of Denver, Denver, CO.


2014 Confluence Denver panel on placemaking and real estate in Denver. Sponsored by Downtown Denver Partnership and University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO.

2014 Place matters: Protest and public space. International Symposium on Megacities. Centre for the Built Environment, Kolkata, India.

2014 Equitable disaster recovery. Symposium on Urban Planning and Disaster Risk Reduction, Kalimpong, India.

2013 Place matters: Protest in public space. Scholars Program in Culture and Communications Symposium, Annenberg School of Communcation, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA.

2012 The privatization of public space. School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.

2011 Social interaction in public space. Public Open Space in the Sustainable City conference. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion Institute, Israel.

2011 Vacant land in shrinking cities: Exploring temporary use alternatives. Public Open Space in the Sustainable City workshop. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sde Boker, Israel.

2011 Social justice in public space. Public Open Space in the Sustainable City workshop. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sde Boker, Israel.

2011 Counterpoint: One question, fifteen answers: Technology’s role in the new economy. Create Denver Week, Department of Cultural Affairs, Denver, CO.

2009 Design professions in China. International Executive Roundtable, Institute of International Business, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO.

2009 Designing public space: Seven central concepts to consider. AIA Colorado forum, Boulder, CO.

2009 Security and urban space in post-9/11 New York City. Tongji University, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shanghai, China.

2009 Security and the erosion of urban public space. College of Dept. of Geography & Resource Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

2008 The seven S’s: Theorizing the central tenets of urban design. Union Station Advocates, Denver, CO.

Courses taught (CU Denver unless otherwise noted)

2013-19 Planning History and Theory

2018-19 Urban Design Studio


2017-19 Parks and Public Spaces

2016-19 Planning Capstone

2016-18 PhD Colloquium

2015-17 Social Justice and Planning

2016 Planning Workshop

2014 Form and Formation of Cities

2010-12 City Building

2008-10 City Design Policy

2008-2012 Planning Methods

2008 Planning Studio

2008-11 Urban Form Theory

2007 Urban Design Studio I

2006 Planning Public Spaces (Rutgers University)

2005 Principles of Urban Planning (Rutgers University)

2005 Urban Design and Redevelopment (Rutgers University)

2004 People and Places (Temple University) Guest lectures in university courses

2018 Who is public space really for? Planning the Built Environment course, Bachelor of Science in Architecture program, University of Colorado Denver.

2017 Just space: Why public space matters now, more than ever. Faculty Brown Bag Series, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver.

2015 Justice and the city. Livable City course, Master of Urban Design program, University of Colorado Denver.

2014 Urban justice: skateboarding and marijuana. BENVD program, University of Colorado Boulder.

2014 Dissertation workshop. PhD Colloquium, University of Colorado Denver.

2013 Social justice and public space. BENVD program, University of Colorado Boulder.

2012 Skateboarding and public space: Social justice and the right to the city. BENVD program, University of Colorado Boulder.

2012 Planning for medical marijuana. Environmental Planning II course, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver.


2010 Equity in urban space. Studio IV, MArch program, University of Colorado Denver.

2009 Social justice and urban design. Urban Design Studio course, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver.

2009 Identifying a viable dissertation topic. PhD Research Colloquium course, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver.

2008 Opening public space: tools and techniques. Environment and Behavior course, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Boulder.

2007 Control by design: Security in public space. Issues and Processes of Planning course, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver.

2007 Public space observation techniques. Environment and Behavior course, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Boulder.

2007 Toward a methodology for assessing public space control. PhD Research Colloquium. College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver.

Doctoral dissertation committees (Chair)

In progress Abdulaziz Alhassan, “Gender inclusiveness and sense of place in urban public space: The case of Riyadh”

2016 Kara Luckey, “Geographies of opportunity for households with limited means: Transit accessibility and housing affordability in eight U.S. metropolitan areas”

2015 Alessandro Rigolon, “The influence of park policies and practices on children’s access to urban nature: An environmental justice investigation”

2013 Enessa Janes, “Collaborative planning and capacity building: Evaluating local hazard mitigation planning in the San Francisco Bay Area”

2012 Siegmund Langegger, “Public space in a neighborhood that changes: Property regimes, sociability regimes, and publicness”

2010 Robert Wonnett, “A place apart: The judicial interpretation of campus space as public forum”

Doctoral dissertation committees (Member)

In progress Jenna McKnight, “Social media and the architectural photograph”

2013 Tizai Mauto, “Growing up informal: an exploration of young people’s access to urban public space for informal trading in Harare, Zimbabwe”


2013 Dan Piatkowski, “Promoting non-motorized transportation: Can modest transportation interventions have measurable impacts on use or perception of walking/cycling?”

2012 Claudia Folska, “In Blind Sight: Wayfinding in the Absence of Vision”

2011 Kollawat Sakakhara, “Influences and Impacts of Large-format Discount Stores on Urban Land Use in Bangkok”

2011 Debra Flanders-Cushing, “Institutionalizing Participation for Diverse Populations of Youth: A Study of Youth Master Plans and Youth Councils in the United States”

2008 Sandra Howard, “Implementing Spatial Equity in 21st Century Urban Redevelopment”

Master’s thesis committees (Member)

In progress Mathieu Menard, “The myth of the common good: A pluralist approach to planning,” Department of Urban and Regional Planning, CU Denver.

2018 Evan Sinclair, “Assembling spaces: Examining True North Square’s Design and Programming Process,” Department of City Planning, University of Manitoba.

2018 Matthias Helfen, “Cultivating community connections: Social justice directives for food security and empowerment,” Department of Urban and Regional Planning, CU Denver.

2012 Kathleen King, “Re-designing Detroit: Vacant land in a post-industrial city,” Department of Landscape Architecture, CU Denver.

2007 Rick Muriby, “The community speaks: The case for placemaking in transit-oriented development (TOD),” Department of Planning and Design, CU Denver.

Independent study projects

2013 Evan Carver, “Democracy and Public Space: Urban Design at Spaces of Protest”

2012 Philip Supino, “Crested Butte Parks and Recreation Master Plan”

2012 Mike Sobol, “Crested Butte Parks and Recreation Master Plan”

2012 Chris Ryerson, “Telluride Region Transit Planning Strategic Evaluation”

2012 Eric Ross, “Spatial Analysis of Medical Marijuana Facilities in Denver”

2012 J. Wheeler Weber, MURP Strategic Positioning Document”

2011 Eric Ross, “Environmental Justice and Access to Parks in Portland”

2011 J. Wheeler Weber, “Peer Analysis of Accredited MURP Programs”


2011 Eric Ross, “Land Use Policy for Marijuana Facilities in Colorado”

2011 J. Wheeler Weber, “Land Use Policy for Marijuana Facilities in Colorado”

2011 Zeljko Spiric, “Analysis of Bicycle Commuting Effects on GGE in Denver”

2011 Chris Ryerson, “Living City Block Planning/Design Analysis”

2011 Tugce Conger, “Living City Block Planning/Design Analysis”

2011 Andrew Iltis, “Living City Block Planning/Design Analysis”

2011 Annalisa McDaniel, “Living City Block Planning/Design Analysis”

2011 Jennifer Muchow, “Living City Block Planning/Design Analysis”

2011 Jessica Potter, “ Living City Block Planning/Design Analysis”

2011 Andrew Valdez, “Analyzing ‘Marginal Space’ in Metro Denver”

2011 Mitchell Gomez, “Urban Planning at Burning Man”

2010 Michael Webber, “ Sustainable Rural Development Based on Cultural Heritage”

2008 Tyler Greenfield, Denver Zoning Code Update: Process and Prospects”

2008 Carrie Jackson, “Cordera Vegetation Mapping”

2007 Patrick Rawley, “Masterplanning in the Developing World: Studies of Rwanda”

2007 Kevin Keady, “Inner Ring Suburb Urban Design/Redevelopment Study”

2007 Dominic Weilminster, “Inner Ring Suburb Urban Design/Redevelopment Study”

Service to Department of Urban and Regional Planning

2007-present MURP Admissions Committee

2018 Search Committee Chair, tenure-track/tenured faculty search

2012-15 Chair, Department of Planning and Design

2013 Search Committee Chair, three (3) tenure-track/tenured faculty searches

2012 Search Committee Chair, tenure-track/tenured faculty search

2007-12 Coordinator, Urban Place Making concentration Service to College of Architecture and Planning

2019-present Member, Master of Urban Design Advisory Council

2018-present Director, PhD Program in Design and Planning

2013-present RTP Committee Member (4), Urban and Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture

2013-present Faculty Excellence Award Committee


2007-present PhD admissions committee

2019 Search Committee Chair, Director of Master of Urban Design program

2018 Search Committee Member, Finance and Human Resources Professional

2018 Search Committee Member, Director of Human Resources

2018 Search Committee Member, Director of Master of Urban Design program

2016-17 Academic Affairs Committee

2016 Search Committee Chair, Director, Colorado Center for Sustainable Urbanism

2008-15 Director, Master of Urban Design program Service to University of Colorado Denver

2019-present Distinguished Faculty Lectureship Committee

2018-present CU Denver Faculty Assembly

2017-18 Chancellor’s Strategic Planning and Visioning Task Force

2012-14 FAST Lab Faculty Committee

2009-12 Faculty, UCD-IGERT Program, Sustainable Urban Infrastructure

2008-12 Research/Creative Activities Symposium (RaCAS) organizing committee Service to academy and profession

2010-present Editorial Board, Journal of Urban Design

2007-present Journal manuscript review for Annals of the Association of American Geographers; Children, Youth and Environments; Cities; Environment and Planning A; Environment and Planning C; International Journal of Urban and Regional Research; Journal of Environmental Planning and Management; Journal of Planning Education and Research; Journal of the American Planning Association; Journal of Transport and Land Use; Journal of Urban Affairs; Journal of Urban Design; Journal of Urbanism; Land Use Policy; Landscape and Urban Planning; Routledge Press; Social and Cultural Geography; Urban Affairs Review; Urban Geography; Urban Studies

2019 Consultant, Denver Investment Impact Analysis, Denver Economic Development and Opportunity (DEDO) and Root Policy, Denver, CO.

2019 Graduate Council Program Review, Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah.

2018 Workshop organizer: Regional Planning, Growth, and Equity in the 21st Century American West, University of Colorado Denver. Co-organizers: C. Makarewicz, A. Rumbach.


2016-17 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Conference Host Committee

2015-16 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference Committee

2014-15 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Review and Appraisal Committee

2014 Grant reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

2013 Amendment 64 Regulatory Framework Committee, appointed by Gov. Hickenlooper

2010-13 Board member, American Planning Association (APA) Colorado Chapter

2010-12 Downtown Denver Partnership Public Realm Committee

2010-12 AIA Urban Design Committee (UDC) member

2009 Special session organizer: The Future of Public Space in American Cities, ACSP Annual Conference, Washington, DC. Co-organizer: S. Schmidt.

2008-12 Discussant, ACSP conference “Urban Design” track sessions Recognitions, honors, and awards

2019-present Fulbright Specialist. US Department of State, Bureau of Education & Cultural Affairs.

2019-present TIAA Chancellor’s Urban Engaged Scholar. University of Colorado Denver.

2018 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research. College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver.

2016 Fulbright Scholar Award. US Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. Host: Department of Architecture, Università degli Studi Roma Tre (Italy).

2015 Public Health Hero Award. Tri-County Health District, Colorado.

2012 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver.

2011 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research. College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver.

2010 Urban Affairs Association (UAA) Conference Travel Award. Stipend for travel to annual conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.

2008 American Planning Association (APA) Colorado Student Project Award. Supervision of studio project/report: “Denver Union Station public space study”.

2007 Urban Geography Graduate Student Fellowship. Association of American Geographers.

2006 Rutgers University Graduate Merit Scholar Award. Full tuition for academic year.


Fannie Mae Foundation Travel Award. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Kansas City.

2005 Most outstanding review of 2005 in Journal of the American Planning Association

Alumni Scholarship Award. Rutgers Association of Planning and Policy Students.

2004-06 Graduate Research Assistantship. Three year award: full tuition and stipend. Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University.

2003 Pre-Dissertation Research Travel Award – Havana. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University.

Press coverage (print/online)

2020 A proposed development could change the look of Bonnie Brae. How has it remained intact this long? by Esteban Hernandez. Denverite, January 30.

2019 When do new parks drive gentrification? Matters Blog, Urban Institute, December 18.

2019 Not all new parks are linked to gentrification in low-income neighborhoods. LSE US Centre, November 1.

2019 The gentrification effect of urban parks by James Brasuell. Planetizen, October 21.

2019 Why greenway parks cause greater gentrification by Richard Florida. Citylab, October 10.

2019 An iconic diner may soon be developed into housing. The owner couldn’t be more relieved by Jenny G. Zhang. Eater, August 26.

2019 Predicting gentrification: CU Denver research model predicts neighborhoods likely to gentrify by Micah Smith. Denver 7, July 29.

2019 “There’s speculators buying up houses:” Denver’s East Colfax braces for transit, density and displacement by Andrew Kenney. Denver Post, July 22.

2019 Unequal access to parks in Denver has roots in history by Rachel Cernansky. The Colorado Trust, July 16.

2019 New study shows the huge impact gentrification is having on residents in these cities by Cynthia Meason. Go Banking Rates, June 20.

2019 Why some neighborhoods gentrify, and others don't by Jenny McCoy. The Colorado Trust, June 10. In Spanish as “Por qué algunos vecindarios se gentrifican y otros no.”

2019 How to predict gentrification by Katie Burton. Geographical Magazine, April 1.


2019 How gentrification is changing Colorado by Ryan Warner. Colorado Matters, February 13.

2018 Chicago's 606 bike path made gentrification inevitable, expert claims by Casey Brazeal. Planetizen, December 22.

2018 Creators of the 606 trail made no effort to prevent gentrification around it: report. The Real Deal, December 16.

2018 Was gentrification around the 606 inevitable? by Dennis Rodkin. Crain’s Chicago Business, December 13.

2018 Study: The 606 shows the downside of having parks nonprofits lead infrastructure projects by Lynda Lopez. Streetsblog Chicago, December 7.

2018 Do security robots signal the death of public space? By Eric Schewe, JSTOR Daily, November 29.

2018 If you’re not white or wealthy, you’re less likely to live near a Denver park by David Sachs, Denverite, October 21.

2018 Securing public space? By John Lorinc, Building Magazine, September 7.

2018 Urbanismo centenario aún aleja a minorías de espacios públicos en Denver, Hoy Los Angeles, September 4.

2018 Why concrete barriers are the wrong move for Canadian cities after Toronto van attack by Tristan Cleveland, Toronto Star, April 30.

2018 Tech companies aim for easy access over brawny security at offices by Paresh Dave, Reuters, April 4.

2017 Will Brick welcome weed? Zoning may prove controversial by Daniel Nee, Brick Shorebeat, November 10.

2017 Inside POPS: Private spaces that aren’t so private by Fiona Lally, Unreported London, May 19.

2017 Council crackdown by Todd Heywood. Lansing City Pulse. April 19.

2016 Why is private security patrolling our public streets? by Bill Forman. Colorado Springs Independent. September 21.

2015 Research you can use by Reid Ewing. Planning Magazine. October 1.

2014 Pot shops draw ire of nearby businesses by Kristen Wyatt. USA Today. Nov 16.

2014 New pot shops on the block not always so popular by Kristen Wyatt. Daily Mail. November 11.

2014 When pot shops are new kids on the block, other businesses aren’t always too happy by Kristen Wyatt. Associated Press.


2014 Zoning for pot favors low-income neighborhoods by Juliette Fairley. Main Street. August 26.

2014 Study: Denver pot sellers zoned to poorer neighborhoods by Staff. 9News. Aug 19.

2014 Marijuana study: NIMBY rules push many Denver dispensaries into low-income areas by Michael Roberts. Westword. August 19.

2014 Study: Zoning laws force pot shops into low-income and minority neighborhoods by Web Staff. Fox 31 Denver. August 19.

2014 Denver marijuana sellers zoned to low-income neighborhoods, study finds by Caitlin Hendee. Denver Business Journal. August 18.

2014 Once-dilapidated city train stations enjoying a renaissance by Nathan Heffel. National Public Radio. August 17.

2014 Lakewood PD fighting crime through blueprints by Ryan Haarer. 9News. August 13.

2014 Research uncovers inequities in zoning rules, health impacts of pot shops by Nelson Harvey. Health News Colorado. August 13.

2014 Denver’s in the middle of the pack for walkability by Caitlin Hendee. Denver Business Journal. June 17.

2014 Denver struggling to keep performing arts complex relevant by Megan Verlee. Colorado Public Radio. May 23.

2014 Continuum’s plan for old CU Hospital site draws favorable reviews by Steve Raabe. Denver Post. March 23.

2014 CU’s former Health Sciences Center sold for $30 million by Howard Pankratz. Denver Post. February 20.

2013 Malls work on their security, but keep it in the background by Ronda Kaysen. New York Times. November 26.

2013 Westminster begins planning for new downtown by Howard Pankratz. Denver Post. June 20.

2013 Burbanite: Curb appeal by Aaron Cole. Aurora Magazine. May 9.

2013 City plan looks to revitalize Denver’s poorest neighborhood by Jeremy Meyer. Denver Post. April 20.

2012 Aurora shooting: Mall’s troubled history of racism, crime by Alice Hines. Huffington Post. July 28.

2012 The suburban mall: A thing of the past? by Nathan Heffel. Colorado Public Radio (KUNC). March 5.


2011 The crackdown on Occupy controversy: a rebuttal by Naomi Wolf. The Guardian. December 2.

2011 The legacy of 9/11 for community and the built environment by Kaid Benfield. The Atlantic. September 13.

2011 In braver new world of post-9/11 building, windows, ‘eyes on street’ trump blast walls by Steven Litt. Cleveland Plain Dealer. August 14.

2010 Post-9/11 security zones create ‘architecture of fear’ by Staff. International Business Times. December 15.

2010 Like a pigeon on a train by J. David Goodman. New York Times. April 30, 2010.

2010 A quarter of downtown’s public space is off limits to the public, study finds by Julie Shapiro. DNA Info. April 29.

2009 City living in an age of hyper-security: it’s not what it used to be by Kaid Benfield. National Resource Defense Council Switchboard. July 24.

2009 Mapping security by Julia Galef. Metropolis. July 8.

2008 Study says too much of downtown is off limits by Theresa Agovino. Crain’s New York Business. September 11.

2008 Keeping space with security needs by Ellen Stevens. Latitude. Fall.

2008 Union Station may become Denver’s gateway again — if it stays on track by Joel Warner. Westword. August 14.

2008 Area students present Union Station redesign plans by Sara Gandy. 9News. May 14.

2008 CU Students to help design areas around Union Station by Kevin Flynn. Rocky Mountain News. March 6.

2007 Research you can use by Reid Ewing. Planning Magazine. July 1.

Press coverage (television/film)

2014 Urban century: America’s return to Main Street (Documentary). Notice Films.

2014 Pot shops in poorer neighborhoods. Fox 31 Denver. August 20.

2014 Pot shops in lower income areas. CW 2 Denver. August 20.

2014 New marijuana study. NBC Denver. August 20.

2014 Pot shops often located in poorer areas of Denver. ABC Denver. August 20.

2014 Estudio revela desigualdad en ubicación de dispensarios. Univision Colorado. August 19.

2014 New marijuana study. NBC Denver. August 19.


2014 Lakewood PD fighting crime through blueprints. 9News Denver. August 13.

2014 Union Station redevelopment. Fox 31 Denver. February 28.

2014 9th and Colorado development project. Fox 31 Denver. February 21.

2013 Amendment 64 Task Force meets to set rules for recreational marijuana. Fox 31 Denver. January 3.

2012 I-70 controversy: Globeville Elyria-Swansea. Fox 31 Denver. May 3. Press coverage (radio)

2019 How gentrification is changing Colorado. Colorado Public Radio, February 13.

2014 Marijuana dispensary regulations analyzed for first time by Brian Bahouth. Cannabis Radio News. August 21.

2014 Once-dilapidated city train stations enjoying a renaissance by Nathan Heffel. National Public Radio. August 17.

2014 Denver struggling to keep performing arts complex relevant by Megan Verlee. Colorado Public Radio. May 23.

2012 The suburban mall: A thing of the past? by Nathan Heffel. Colorado Public Radio. March 5.

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