
Doctoral Students
Carolina Velandia Hernandez, Northern Illinois University
Political Science || Public Administration + International Relations
Shahidur Talukdar, Virginia Tech
Public Administration
Co-Investigators
Ongoing
Illinois Innovation Network
Sustaining Illinois through Collaborative Governance:
A Pilot Study of Water Systems Governance in Northeast and North Central Illinois
Dr. Kate Albrecht
Dr. Michael Siciliano
Dr. Jered Carr
Dr. Chris Goodman
Under review
National Science Foundation (under review)
EAGER: Strengthening American Infrastructure
Nudging Communities toward Broadband:
Regional Public Sector Organizations as Rationalizing Intermediaries in Innovative Infrastructure Systems
Dr. Jay Rickabaugh (PI)
Dr. Michael Ford
Dr. Jennifer Luetkemeyer
Completed
4-VA Curriculum Development Grant
Housing Camp:
Piloting Adaptive Lifelong Learning at Virginia Tech
Dr. Andrew McCoy
4-VA Course Development Grant
Promoting Transdisciplinary Thinking, Sustainable Design, and Community Engagement in STEM Education
Dr. Tripp Shealy
U.S. Department of Transportation
Transit in Flex:
Examining Service Fragmentation of New App‐Based, On‐Demand Transit Services
Dr. David Weinreich (PI)
Dr. Shima Hamidi
U.S. Department of Transportation
Local Barriers to Regional Transportation:
Understanding Transit System Fragmentation from an Institutionalist Perspective
Dr. David Weinreich (PI)
Dr. Shima Hamidi
Matthew Reeves
Co-Authors
Articles
“Projecting the Metropolis: Paris 2024 and the (re)scaling of metropolitan governance.” Cities
Dr. Robert Oliver
Dr. Luke Juran
“Organizing Transit Institutions to Facilitate Cross-Jurisdictional Service Integration.” Journal of Urban Affairs.
Dr. David Weinreich
“Increasing the Understanding of Fiscal Impact Analysis to Help Real Estate Developers More Effectively Manage Process Risk.” Journal of Real Estate Literature.
Dr. Dustin Read
Dr. Andrew Sanderford
“The Bounded and Pragmatic Consultant: Fiscal Impact Analysts as Rational Actors.” Planning Practice & Research.
Dr. Dustin Read
Dr. Andrew Sanderford
“Land use decision-making in the wake of state property rights legislation: Examining the institutional response to Florida’s Harris Act.” Land Use Policy
Dr. Evangeline Linkous
Chapters
“Balancing Local and Regional Interests.” In State-Local Relations in Partnership and Conflict
Dr. Eric Zeemering (editor)
Dr. Russ Hanson (editor)
“Tradable development rights in the US: Making zoning flexible through market mechanisms.” In Instruments of Land Policy
Dr. Evangeline Linkous
Dr. Jean-David Gerber (editor)
Dr. Thomas Hartmann (editor)