2015-2016 Planners of Color Resume Book
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2015-2016 Planners of Color Resume Book Compiled by: The ACSP Committee on Diversity Table of Contents BARAJAS, Jesus M. ............................................................................................................1 CAI, Yanjun.......................................................................................................................3 CHEONG, Caroline S. ......................................................................................................5 CHUANG, Wen-Ching .................................................................................................... .7 CRUZ-PORTER, Annie K. F. ............................................................................................9 DEVADIGA, Asavari........................................................................................................ 11 IRAZABAL, Clara.............................................................................................................13 LEE, Sang S. ..................................................................................................................... 15 LI, Fei................................................................................................................................ 17 LONG, Mellone F. ............................................................................................................ 19 MEENAR, Mahbubur R. .................................................................................................. 21 MENDEZ, Michael Anthony ........................................................................................... 23 NAJI, Ammar A. .............................................................................................................. 25 RIVERA, Danielle Zoé..................................................................................................... 27 ROBERTS, Andrea R. ...................................................................................................... 29 SHAH, Sagar..................................................................................................................... 31 THOMAS, Ren.................................................................................................................. 33 VANIK, Leonor................................................................................................................. 37 XIAO, Yuan........................................................................................................................ 39 CANDIDATES BY SPECIALIZATION Social & Diversity Planning, Social Inclusion Barajas Cruz-Porter Lee Li Long Mendez Rivera Thomas Vanik Housing & Community Development Cai Cruz-Porter Irazabal Li Naji Rivera Thomas Vanik Land Use Planning, Urban & Neighborhood Design Long Naji Rivera Vanik Xiao GIS & Quantitative Methods Barajas Chuang Meenar Naji Shah Transportation & Infrastructure Planning Barajas Devadiga Li Thomas International & Comparative Development & Planning Cheong Devadiga Irazabal Xiao Environmental Management, Planning & Protection Cai Meenar Mendez Healthy Communities & Active Living Chuang Mendez Shah Food Security & Access Meenar Shah Historic Preservation Cheong Roberts Planning Theory & History Long Roberts Urban Finance, Management, & Policy Devadiga Xiao Economic Development & Labor Force Analysis Cruz-Porter Jesus M. Barajas University of California, Berkeley • Department of City and Regional Planning 401A W rster !all "1#$0 • Berkeley, CA %4&'0 (m)ara(as@)erkeley+ed EDUCATION P,D University of California, Berkeley City and Regional Planning, expected /ay '010 Barriers to Opportunity: Low-Income Immigrants and Perceptions of Travel in the San Francisco Bay rea MURP California State Polyte!hni! University, Po#ona Urban and Regional Planning, /ar., '011 B1 $e Pennsylvania State University Comp ter 1.ien.e, /ay '002 PUB%ICATIONS Book Reviews '014 Bara(as, 3es s /+ Revie4 of Bi!enomics: "ow Bicycling #an Save the $conomy, )y 5lly Bl e+ Ber!eley Planning %ournal '&6 11071'+ Sele!te( Manuscri)ts in Pre)aration Bara(as, 3es s /+ 8Disparities in Bi.y.le Cras, Risk+9 Conferen.e paper nder revie4+ Bara(as, 3es s /+, Daniel :+ C,atman, and Asha W+ Agra4al+ Bicycling and ccess to Transit &y Low-Income Immigrants+ MTI Report+ San 3os=, CA: /ineta ;ransportation <nstit te+ IN*ITED TA%+S '00% 8Private 1ector B siness >iew of ;raveler <nformation Distri) tion6 ?A>;5@ ;raA.+9 ;RB Workshop <dentifying ;raveler <nformation Resear., ?eeds, UC <rvine, <rvine, California, April 10+ SE%ECTED CON,E&ENCE P&ESENTATIONS '010 Bara(as, 3es s /+ 8Relative <nB en.es of <mmigrant Per.eptions and Attit des on ;ravel C,oi.e.9 14t, World Conferen.e on ;ransport Resear.,, 1,ang,ai, C,ina, 3 ly 1071$+ '01$ Bara(as, 3es s /+, Daniel :+ C,atman, and Asha W+ Agra4al+ 8Co4D<n.ome <mmigrant ;ravel Be,avior in t,e San Eran.is.o Bay Area6 Eindings from an <nter.ept 1 rvey+9 $$t, Asso.iation of Collegiate 1.,ools of Planning Ann al Conferen.e, !o ston, ;F, G.to)er ''7'$+ '01$ Bara(as, 3es s /+ 8;ravel Be,avior of Co4D<n.ome <mmigrant Catinos: Per.eptions of ;ransportation A..ess in t,e Bay Area9 HPosterI+ %4t, Ann al /eeting of t,e ;ransportation Resear., Board, Was,ington, DC, 3an ary 1171$+ '014 Bara(as, 3es s /+, Daniel :+ C,atman, and Asha W+ Agra4al+ 8Bi.y.ling and A..ess to ;ransit )y Co4D<n.ome <mmigrants+9 $4t, Asso.iation of Collegiate 1 1.,ools of Planning Ann al Conferen.e, P,iladelp,ia, PA, G.t+ 207?ov+ ' '014 Bara(as, 3es s /+ 8All Cras,es are not Created 5J al6 Disparities in Bi.y.le Collisions+9 University of California ;ransportation Center Conferen.e, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, California, April 1#+ '012 Bara(as, 3es s /+ 8<mmigrant Bi.y.ling in t,e United 1tates: Update from t,e '00% ?ational !o sehold ;ravel 1 rvey9 HPosterI+ University of California ;ransportation Center Conferen.e, UCCA, Cos Angeles, California, /ar., 1+ '01' Bara(as, 3es s /+ 8B ilt 5nvironment and Demograp,i. Predi.tors of Bi.y.le A..ess to ;ransit6 An <nvestigation in t,e San Eran.isco Bay Area+9 %1st Ann al /eeting of t,e ;ransportation Resear., Board, Was,ington, DC, 3an ary ''7'0+ '010 Bara(as, 3es s /+ 8Regional Bi.y.le Planning in Cos Angeles Co nty6 Analysis of Bike-;ransit <ntegration in t,e /etro Bi.y.le ;ransportation 1trategi. Plan+9 #%t, Ann al /eeting of t,e ;ransportation Resear., Board, Was,ington, DC, 3an 10+ TEACHIN. E/ E&IENCE University of California, Berkeley '0147'01$ !ead :rad ate 1t dent <nstr .tor <ntrod .tion to Planning /et,ods, Parts 1 and ' H:rad ate) '014 CoDCead <nstr .tor <ntrod .tion to Urban and Regional ;ransportation Planning HUndergrad ateI '014 :rad ate 1t dent <nstr .tor <ntrod .tion to Urban and Regional ;ransportation Planning HUndergrad ateI SE%ECTED A0A&DS, G&ANTS, AND FE%%O0SHIPS '01$ 5no E t re Ceaders Development Eello4ship HK$,000I 5no Center for ;ransportationL Rodney 5+ 1later a4ard 4inner '01$ G tstanding :rad ate 1t dent <nstr .tor A4ard HK'$0I University of California, Berkeley '01$ UCCG??5CT Dissertation Eello4s,ip HK1#,000I University of California '014 5isen,o4er :rad ate Eello4s,ip HK$,000I Eederal !ig,4ay Administration '011 RegentsM <ntern Eello4s,ip HK14',000I University of California, Berkeley &O,ESSIONA% E/ E&IENCE '00&7'011 Asso.iate Program /anager, ;ransportation Data 1ervi.es, ?A>;5@N;raA.+.om Cos Angeles, CA and Wayne, PA '0027'00& <nformation ;ec,nology GA.er, United 1tates Air Eor.e San Antonio, ;FL !ampton, >A; Ca(es, Azores, Port gal 2 Yanjun Cai M.A., Ph.D. Candidate Department of Urban and Regional Planning University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822 [email protected]│(808)372-6667 www.linkedin.com/in/yanjuncai/ EDUCATION Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (Expected 2015) M.A. in Sociology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (December 2011) M.A. in Cultural Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (August 2009) B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University (June 2008) DISSERTATION Photovoice for Vulnerability: Disaster Adaptation in the Philippines COURSES TAUGHT Environmental Impact Assessment/Governance; Advanced Planning Theory; Innovative Methods; Creativity, Leadership, and Community Capacity Building WORK EXPERIENCE • Upcoming: Visiting Assistant Professor, University at Albany-SUNY (Spring 2016) • National Communications Associate, Asian Development Bank—Nanning (2015-Present) • Research Fellow, University of the Philippines, Diliman—Quezon City (2014-15) • Founder and Executive Director, Da Motion—Honolulu (2013-Present) • Graduate Research Assistant, Data Center, Center on the Family—Honolulu (2011-13) • Program Coordinator for Panda Conservation Sanctuary, Shanshui Conservation Center— Sichuan, China (2011-12) • Consultant, Center for Social Research & Development—Hue, Vietnam (2011) • Summer Intern, United Nations Development Programme—New York (2010) • Graduate Research Assistant, Pacific Asian Management Institute—Honolulu (2009-10) SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS • The Toyota Foundation Individual Research Grant (2013-2015) • APA Hawai`i Chapter Student Project Award (2014) • Cebu Gualandi Association of the Deaf, Inc. Appreciation Certificate (2014) • The Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution Philip Jacob Peace Award (2013-2014) • MIT Climate CoLab Popular Choice Award and Judges’ Special Commendation (2013) • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Arts & Sciences Student Research Award (2013) 3 • Hawaii Chinese Association Scholarship (2013) • College of Social Sciences Travel Funds for Professional Development