Marc Schlossberg, PhD
Associate Professor

Planning, Public Policy, & Management           
University of Oregon

 

   
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EDUCATION

Institution

Degree

Year

Field of Study

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

PhD

2001

Urban Planning

San Jose State University

MUP

1995

Urban Planning

University of Texas – Austin

BBA

1991

Marketing

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POSITIONS

Associate Professor, Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon
September 2001 – Present

Associate Director, Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC)
December 2006 - Present

Director, Undergraduate Program, Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon
September 2005 - Present

Current Research: fine scale mapping of walkability; linking urban form to physical activity; understanding how children get to school and why; public participation and GIS (PPGIS); community empowerment with mobile GIS technology

Classes taught: City Growth/City Design, Applied GIS and Social Planning, Mobile GIS, Understanding the Social Community, Planning Studio, Planning for Social Change, Community Leadership and Change, Bicycle Planning, Introduction to Public Service, Planning for the Transportation Disadvantaged, Regional Social Planning Models, Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector

Affiliations:

  • Research Associate, Mineta Transportation Institute

  • NextGen Scholar, STELLA Transatlantic Thematic Network

  • Education Technology Expert, Institute of Mathematical Geography

  • Participating Faculty, University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program

  • Emerging Scholar, Association of Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action

PUBLICATIONS
Double Blind Peer Reviewed

Weinstein, Asha, Marc Schlossberg, and Katja Irvin (in press.) How Far, by Which Route, and Why?  A Spatial Analysis of Pedestrian Preference. Journal of Urban Design.

Schlossberg, Marc, Asha Weinstein and Katja Irvin (2007). An Assessment of GIS-Enabled Walkability Audits URISA Journal. Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 5-11 [PDF]

Schlossberg, Marc and Darren Wyss. (2007),Teaching by Doing: PPGIS and Classroom-Based Service Learning” – URISA Journal. Volume 19, Number 1. [PDF]

Schlossberg, Marc ( 2007). “From TIGER to Audit Instruments: Using GIS-Based Street Data to Measure Neighborhood Walkability”. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. No. 1982. pp. 48-56. [PDF]

Schlossberg, Marc , Jessica Greene, Page Paulsen Phillips, Bethany Johnson, and Robert Parker (2006). School Trips: Effects of Urban Form and Distance on Travel Mode.  Journal of the American Planning Association. Vol 72, No 3, pp. 337-346. [PDF]

Stockard, J., Kelly-Schwartz, Schlossberg, M. and Doyle, S. (2005) “Active Community Environments and Health:  The Relationship of Walkable and Safe Communities to Individual’s Health”. Journal of the American Planning Association. Vol 72, No. 1, pp. 19-31.

Schlossberg, Marc , Page Paulsen Phillips, Bethany Johnson, and Robert Parker. (2005). How Do You They Get There?  A Spatial Analysis of a ‘Sprawl School’ In Oregon. Planning Practice & Research Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 147 – 162. [PDF]

Schlossberg, Marc A and Elliot Shuford. (2005) Delineating ‘Public’ and ‘Participation’ in PPGIS. URISA Journal .  16(2), 15-26. [PDF]

Schlossberg, Marc A. (2004). Coordination as a Strategy for Serving the Transportation Disadvantaged: A Comparative Framework of Local and State Roles. Public Works, Management & Policy, 9(2), 132-144. [PDF]

Schlossberg, Marc A and Nathaniel Brown. (2004). “Comparing Transit Oriented Developments Based on Walkability Indicators”. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1887, pp. 34-42. [PDF]

Kelly-Schwartz, A. C., Stockard, J., Doyle, S., & Schlossberg, M. (2004). Is Sprawl Unhealthy?: A Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship of Metropolitan Sprawl to the Health of Individuals. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 24(2), 184-196. [PDF]

Schlossberg, Marc A (2004). “GIS, the US Census, and Neighbourhood Scale Analysis” Planning Practice & Research; 18 (2-3), 213-218. [PDF]

Schlossberg, Marc A and Adam Zimmerman (2003)  “Developing Statewide Indices of Environmental, Economic, and Social Sustainability: A Look at Oregon and the Oregon Benchmarks”. Local Environment, 8 (6) 641-660. [PDF]

Schlossberg, Marc A. (2003). “Developing Coordination Policies for Paratransit and the Transportation Disadvantaged”. Transportation Research Record 1841, Paper No. 03-2139, 73-80. [PDF]

Peer Reviewed

Schlossberg, Marc A. (2007) Review of Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS by John Krygier and Denis Wood ( Guilford Press, New York , NY , 2005) In Journal of the American Planning Association. Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 118-119.

Schlossberg, Marc A. Review of Running on Empty: Transport, Social Exclusion and Environmental Justice by Karen Lucas. (Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2004) for the Journal of Urban Affairs (in press 2006).

Schlossberg, Marc A., Earl Bossard, Nathaniel Brown, and David Roemer. (2004).  “A Pre- and Post-Construction Analysis of Transit-Oriented Developments Using Spatial Indicators: A Case Study of Portland and Silicon Valley.”  Final Report: 03-03.  Mineta Transportation Institute.  San Jose, CA.

Schlossberg, Marc. (2004) “Visualizing Accessibility II: Access to Food”.  Solstice:  An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics Volume XIII, Number 2. Summer.

  Schlossberg, Marc (2003). “Streets and Smart Growth”. Oregon Planners’ Journal.  November/December, 2-3, 15.

 “Expanding Frameworks and Finding Focus”, a thought piece commissioned by the Society, Behaviour, and Private/Public Transport division of the STELLA Thematic Network.  Published with: Irene Casas, Kelly Clifton, and Marek Litwin

 Schlossberg, Marc. “Visualizing Accessibility with GIS”.  Solstice:  An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics Volume XIII, Number 2. Winter, 2002.

 Schlossberg, Marc. “Coordinating Community-Based Paratransit in an era of Devolution: A Role for the State?”.  Dissertation.  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 2001.

 Schlossberg, Marc. (1998) Review of GIS: A Visual Approach, by Bruce E. Davis, In Journal of the American Planning Association, 64 (Summer): 379. 

 Schlossberg, Marc. (1998). "Kerekere, Hierarchy, and Planning in Fiji: Why Cultural Understanding Should Be A Prerequisite to International Planning".  In City, Space and Globalization: An International Perspective, Edited by Hemalata Dandekar. University of Michigan:  Ann Arbor.

 Schlossberg, Marc. "Planning in Paradise -- Fiji; Cultural Barriers to Planning". Interplan (on-line international journal of the American Planning Association).  January 1999.

Presentations

“How Far, by Which Route, and Why?  A Spatial Analysis of Pedestrian Preference” – Transportation Research Board Annual Conference, January 21-25, 2007   Winner – Best paper Award

“An Assessment of GIS-Enabled Walkability Audits” – Transportation Research Board Annual Conference, January 21-25, 2007

“Pedestrian Preference to Transit: A Spatial Analysis of Route Choice”. Annual Conference of the Association for Collegiate Schools of Planning.  November 9-12, 2006 .

“Doing Walkability, SRTS, and Other Assessments Using PDAs”, ProBike/ProWalk Annual Conference, September 5-8, 2006 .

“The Absence of Repulsion: Streets, GIS, Walkability & Community”, Public Lecture (invited), University of Wisconsin . September 6, 2006 .

“From TIGER to Audit Instruments: Using GIS-based Street Data to Measure Neighborhood Walkability”.  Transportation Research Board Annual Conference.  January 22-26, 2006.

 “Walkability and Transportation Decisions to Middle School”, Annual Conference of the Association for Collegiate Schools of Planning.  Kansas City. October 27-30, 2005.

 Session Organizer, “Getting to School: Choices, Urban Form, and Potential Interventions”.  Annual Conference of the Association for Collegiate Schools of Planning.  Kansas City. October 27-30, 2005.

 Discussant, “School Siting: Trends, Barriers, Implications”. Annual Conference of the Association for Collegiate Schools of Planning.  Kansas City. October 27-30, 2005.

 “Approaches to Measuring Local Walkability with Street Data”, Oregon Planning Institute, Eugene, OR.  September 16, 2005

 Session Organizer, “Walk This Way: Assessing Neighborhood Walkability”, Oregon Planning Institute, Eugene, OR.  September 16, 2005

 Retrofitting Suburbia: A Transportation Perspective”, panellist at HOPES (Holistic Options for Planet Earth Sustainability), April 2005

"Getting to School: An Analysis of Urban Form and Transportation Choice at Four Oregon Middle Schools" - American Planning Association National Conference; San Francisco, March 21, 2005.

Discussant, “Planning for Nonmotorized Transportation ” – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning; Portland, OR October 21-24, 2004

Discussant, “Physical Activity and the Built Environment II” – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning; Portland, OR October 21-24, 2004

“A Multi-Scale, Spatial-Temporal Analysis of TODs in Portland and Silicon Valley” – Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning; Portland, OR October 21-24, 2004

“School Siting in Oregon Communities” - Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning; Portland, OR October 21-24, 2004

“Active Community Environments and Physical Health: A Multilevel Analysis of this Relationship” - Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning; Portland, OR October 21-24, 2004

“Transport and Social Exclusion in Europe and the USA: An Emerging Scholar's View”.  Invited presentation (with Kelly Clifton) to the STAR/STELLA Next Generation Colloquium, Lisbon, Portugal.  April, 2004.

Moderator for “Map Globally, Implement Locally: GIS Tools Workshop”, 3rd Annual “New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, healthy, and Livable Communities” conference.  Portland, OR.  January 22-24, 2004

"From Theory to Reality: Helping the Public Visualize Smart Growth Principles with GIS"; Poster, 3rd Annual “New Partners for Smart Growth: Building Safe, healthy, and Livable Communities” conference.  Portland, OR.  January 22-24, 2004

“Comparing Transit Oriented Developments Based on Walkability Indicators”, Annual Conference of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC (January 11-15, 2004)

“The Emerging GIS Support Organization”, Annual Conference of the Association for Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations (ARNOVA), Denver, CO, November 19-22, 2003.

“Using GIS to Evaluate Smart Growth Principles of Walkability”, Annual conference of the American Evaluatioon Association, Reno, NV, November 4-9, 2003.

“Using GIS to Measure Transit Oriented Developments”, faculty lecture series; Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, October 2003.

“Rethinking Transit Oriented Development Walking Distances: A Spatial Approach”, public lecture sponsored by the College of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, October 2003.

“Community-Scaled GIS: the impact of impedance roads on walkability”; Annual Conference of the Oregon Planning Institute, Eugene, OR; October 1-3, 2003.

“Delineating ‘Public’ and ‘Participation’ in PPGIS”, 2nd Annual URISA PPGIS conference.  Portland, OR.  July 20-22, 2003.

"From Theory to Reality: Helping the Public Visualize Smart Growth Principles with GIS"; Poster, 2nd Annual URISA PPGIS conference.  Portland, OR.  July 20-22, 2003.

Moderator, Sustainable Transportation Panel.  Holistic Options for Planet Earth Sustainability (H.O.P.E.S.). Annual Conference, April 2003.  Eugene, Oregon.

“Transport and Social Exclusion in Europe and the USA”.  Invited critique paper presented to the STAR/STELLA Next Generation Colloquium, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.  March, 2003.

 “Coordination and Organizational NIMBYism in Social Planning: the case of paratransit and the transportation disadvantaged”. Paper presented to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Baltimore.  Annual conference, 2002.

“Regional Social Planning Models and Community Support Organizations”. Faculty lecture series; Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, October 2002.

  “You say you want a devolution? A Case Study of state-local approaches toward transportation coordination”.  Paper presented to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Cleveland.  Annual conference, 2001.

  “Targeting Social and Community Development Efforts Using GIS” – Poster, Oregon Planning Institute Conference, 2001

  “GIS-based Social Atlases” - Poster, Oregon Planning Institute Conference, 2001

  “The Transportation Role of Social Service Organizations” – Poster, Oregon Planning Institute Conference, 2001

 “GIS and Social Planning”. Faculty lecture series; Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, October 2001.

  “Nonprofit Transportation Coordination, Devolution, and Mandates.”  Paper presented to the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), New Orleans.  Annual conference, 2000.

 "Coordinating Nonprofit Paratransit in an Era of Devolution: A Role for the State?" Paper presented to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Atlanta.  Annual conference, 2000.

 “Variation in Spatial Association by Size of Observation Unit". Paper presented to the Geoinformatics and Socioinformatics annual  Conference.  Ann Arbor, 1999.

 “Neighborhoods Building Better Communities: Asset Mapping with GIS".  Presentation to the 4th Annual Prevention Planning for Children and Families Conference, 1999. Lansing, Michigan.

 "Asset Mapping and Community Development Planning with GIS: A Look at the Heart of West Michigan United Way’s Innovative Approach".  Paper presented to the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Seattle.  Annual conference, 1998.  (http://www.uoregon.edu/~schlossb/PPPM/gis/gis_uw.pdf)

AWARDS

  • 2007 Grant: The Tom and Carol Williams Fund for Undergraduate Education
    The Community Service GIS Lab
    Project in collaboration with Steve Mital and Bob Parker.

    2007 Grant: National Center for Biking and Walking (NCBW) & the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC)
    Community Assessment Tool Development & Active Transportation, Neighborhood Planning and Participatory GIS

    2007 Grant: Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC)
    UO Transportation & Livability Student Group Support (Year 1)

    2005 Grant: The Tom and Carol Williams Fund for Undergraduate Education
    "A Hands-On Approach to Community Mapping"

  • 2005 Grant: Mineta Transportation Institute
    "How Far, by Which Route, and Why?  A Spatial Analysis of Pedestrian Preference"

  • 2004 Grant: Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC)
    “Enhancing Citizen Participation with Mobile GIS/GPS Technology”

  • 2004 Grant Writing Fellowship Program, University of Oregon

  • 2003 Grant: Mineta Transportation Institute
    "A Pre- and Post-Construction Analysis of Transit-Oriented Developments Using Spatial Indicators: A Case Study of Portland and Silicon Valley"

  • 2002 Grant: Summer Research Award, University of Oregon

  • 2002 Grant: Oregon Progress Board
    “Developing a Set of Sustainability Indexes for the State of Oregon”

  • 2001 Michigan Teaching Fellow, University of Michigan

  • 1999 GLCTTR Scholar, Great Lakes Center for Truck and Transit Research

  • 1998 Emerging Scholar Award, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations (ARNOVA)

PRIOR EMPLOYMENT

Employer:                    U.S. Peace Corps

Nature of Agency:        Overseas volunteer organization

Location:                       Suva, Fiji

Job Title:                      Management and Planning Advisor

Dates:                           10/95 to 7/97

 

Employer:                    Bonita House, Inc.

Nature of Agency:          Community based organization providing housing and services to homeless people who are mentally ill and have a chemical addiction

Location:                       Berkeley, California

Job Title:                      Information Officer

Dates:                           7/92 to 9/95

 

Employer:                    Mountains Education Program

Nature of Agency:          Community based organization providing environmental education and environmental apprenticeships to inner-city youth

Location:                       Los Angeles, California

Job Title:                      Director of Development

Dates:                           7/91 to 6/92

   

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