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Current Projects
Our faculty and students are continually challenging themselves with exciting projects. Here is a list of our current projects.
- ARCH 608 - Joplin, MO, blog - Davison/Riccardi
- Center for Design Research
- Generation Lab
- Urban Planning Students Transportation Projects
- Urban Planning - Economics
- Studio 804
- el dorado studio
- el dorado studio Troost Manheim Project
- Health & Wellness Service Learning Studio
- Kansas City Design Center studio
- Creative work by students
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Urban Planning Faculty - Stacey Swearingen White
Teaching and Research Interests
My broad teaching and research interests are in the areas of environmental planning and policy. Specific interests include: innovation diffusion, stormwater management, sustainable communities, public participation, open space protection, and campus sustainability.
Education
- Ph.D., Land Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
- M.S., Environmental Studies, University of Montana, 1993
- B.A., Philosophy, Emory University, 1989
Courses Taught
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UBPL 565/765 – Principles of Environmental Planning
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UBPL 538/738 – Environmental Planning Techniques
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UBPL 773 – Environmental Planning Implementation
Recent projects
Photo: Fort Scott Trolley
Photo: Delaware River Watershed -
UBPL 763 – Professional Practice
Syllabus
- (Please note: These syllabi are examples of past classes. Future ones may be different as courses are updated and improved over time.)
Recent Publications
Johnson, Bonnie J. and Stacey Swearingen White. (in press.) "Promoting Sustainability through Transportation Infrastructure? Innovation and Inertia in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area." Journal of Urban Planning and Development.
White, Stacey Swearingen, J. Christopher Brown, Jane Gibson, Eric Hanley, and Dietrich Earnhart. 2009. "Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers' Decisions to Grow Second-Generation Biofuel Feedstock Crops." Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 7, 3: 287-302.
White, Stacey Swearingen. 2009. "Early Participation in the American College and University Presidents‟ Climate Commitment." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 10, 3: 215-227. This paper was also featured online during the Climate 2008/Klima 2008 web conference. Outstanding Paper Award Winner.
White, Stacey Swearingen and Cliff Ellis. 2007 “Sustainability, the Environment, and New Urbanism: An Assessment and Agenda for Research.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 24, 2: 125-142.
White, Stacey Swearingen and Michael R. Boswell. 2007. “Stormwater Quality and Local Government Innovation.” Journal of the American Planning Association 73, 2: 185-193.
Other Activities
Director of Academic Programs for the KU Center for Sustainability.
Associate Director of the KU Environmental Studies Program.
Awards
Recipient, University of Kansas Sustainability Leadership Award for Faculty, October 2010.
Award winner, Emerald Literati Network, 2010 Award for Excellence, outstanding paper of the year for: White, Stacey Swearingen. 2009. "Early Participation in the American College and University Presidents‟ Climate Commitment." International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 10, 3: 215-227.
Recipient, Jack and Nancy Bradley Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Planning, May 18, 2008.
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