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Gerry Kearns
Congratulations Wilma With many thanks for all his work for us over the
past years, we say farewell to Klayton Shaw. The
12. David Bieri new person with computing and IT responsibilities
for SPIA at Blacksburg is Houston Griffith. Hous-
One of our PGG PhD students, David ton tells me that he is “currently a Sophomore in
Bieri has been appointed as Assistant the Pamplin College of Business majoring in BIT.
Professor in the Department of Urban I am from the Richmond, Virginia area specifically
and Regional Planning of the A. Alfred Chesterfield County where I was born and attend-
Taubman College of Architecture and ed Chesterfield County Public Schools. I enjoy
Urban Planning at the University of David Bieri
PGG mountain biking, yoga, and anything related to
Michigan, Ann Arbor. electronics or IT. I am excited to be working here
Congratulations David with everyone and hope to make the most of this
position before I graduate and perhaps for some
13. Damian Pitt time afterwards if I decide to pursue a graduate
Damian tells me that his ‘paper, “The degree. Please feel free to ask me if you need
Impact of Internal and External Char- help and I will do my best to help resolve what-
acteristics on the Adoption of Climate ever you may need help with.” Houston can be
Mitigation Policies by U.S. Municipali- contacted at 540.231.1490 and houston.griffith@
ties,” has been accepted for publica- vt.edu.
Damian Pitt
PGG tion in Environment and Planning C: Welcome to SPIA Houston.
Government & Policy. This paper
focuses on the quantitative analysis component 16. James Fleming
of my dissertation. Another paper, on the qualita- From Anne Khademian I learn that James recent-
tive component of my dissertation, is in review at ly defended with success his PhD thesis, ‘Playing
the journal Local Environment. Also, I’ve been the Bad Guy: How do Organizations Develop,
asked to be a reviewer for the journal Environ- Apply, and Measure Red Teams?’. His committee
www.spia.vt.edu good news from the director... june 24, 2009 p3
was Anne Khademian and Randy Murch (co-
chairs), Jim Wolf, Matt Dull, Colleen Woodward, 19. UAP students at the Virginia American
and Tom Hickok. Planning Association conference
Congratulations Dr Fleming Shelley tells me that ‘three MURP students from
Alexandria presented at a panel at the VAPA
17. Hyungon Kim meeting in Norfolk: Orient Au-Vang, Gareth
Hyungon has just defended successfully his PhD James, and Jeremy Sewall. Their panel was on
thesis in PAPA. The title of his dissertation was “Placemaking: Revitalization Studios at Virginia
“The Dynamics of Size, Composition, and Fiscal Tech.” They presented the process and results
Authority in Government Expenditures: Examin- of three planning studios -- on the Seven Corners
ing the Effects of Social Disturbance,” and his gateway into Falls Church; the Woodlawn area
committee was Sang Ok Choi and Matt Dull (co- of Route 1 north of Fort Belvoir; and the Shrink-
chairs), Anne Khademian, and Jim Wolf. ing Cities studio on Cleveland. The students did
a terrific job, and their presentations were well-
Congratulations Dr Kim received.’
18. UAP students in Who’s Who Well done to you all
Jesse tells me that ‘three UAP students have 20. Gerry Kearns
have been named to the national list of Who’s
Who Among Students in American Universities I was recently in London to received the Murchi-
and Colleges this year.’ The students are: Wafa son Award from the Royal Geographical Society.
Al-Daily, a Ph.D. student in Planning, Globaliza- Apart from meeting Michael Palin, I also gave a
tion and Governance; Angella DeSoto, a senior speech, ‘The Earth: our home in crisis,’ which will
majoring in environmental policy and planning shortly be published in the Geographical Journal.
and Lindsay Hall, a senior majoring in environ-
mental policy and planning.
Well done to you all