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Credits

Students

Erin Aleman
Domenic Bellone
Chris Bongorno
Geoffry Brouman
Vetella Camper
Pornphrom “Bee” Chalarat
Kesha Christoph
Sashank Garikapati
Rosemary Giesser
Justin Glanville
Laurent Gloerfelt
Diana Golob
Jesse Grant
Takeema Gumbs
John Paul Kilroy
Andre Leflore
J. Scott Muscatello (contact) (blog)
Sheetal Puthran
Cory Riordan
Matt Sattler
Jeffery Schiffman (contact)
Vikramjeet Singh
Jill Taylor
John Vang
Kathy Vislosky
Lisa Warner
Joel Wimbiscus
Mark Young

Instructors

Professor Wendy Kellogg
Director, Center for Planning Research and Practice
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs

wendy@urban.csuohio.edu

Wendy A. Kellogg is an Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Studies. Dr. Kellogg earned her Ph.D. (City and Regional Planning) at Cornell University in 1993. Her major fields of research interest are citizen participation, urban and regional sustainability, neighborhood redevelopment, and Great Lakes water quality and land use issues. She has published analyses of Great Lakes water quality planning programs and citizen participation in neighborhood-based environmental planning.

Her research projects have included an environmental history and inventory of a neighborhood in central Cleveland, Ohio, the role of information technologies by neighborhood-based organizations, the role of local decision makers in coastal and watershed protection, and the role of training programs in shaping local decision maker behavior toward coastal management. Dr. Kellogg was an Ohio Campus Compact Learn and Serve Fellow in 1998 and a USEPA-funded Fellow at the CSU Program on Risk Analysis in 2000-2001. Dr. Kellogg was a member of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission Blue Ribbon Taskforce on Balanced Growth in the Lake Erie Basin in 2001-2004 and has continued her work with the Balanced Growth program in a research and technical advisory role. Dr. Kellogg teaches courses in urban planning, environmental planning, environmental policy, and urban studies.

Professor James Kastelic: Co-Instructor

Mr. Jim Kastelic
Senior Park Planner
Cleveland Metroparks

Mr. Kastelic has over 30 years of experience in city planning, land use regulation, public management, environmental resource assessment, and site analysis. He currently works with Cleveland Metroparks in Planning, Design, and Natural Resources, where his responsibilities include:

Identifying and evaluating opportunities to conserve open space consistent with the Park District’s mission;
Developing local and regional partnerships and building consensus for Metroparks open space initiatives through outreach with public, private and non-profit stakeholders;
Securing financial support for Metroparks projects through federal and state grant programs;
Conducting greenway corridor planning studies;
Managing consultant contracts.

Prior to his position with the Cleveland Metroparks, Mr. Kastelic had worked with the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission and its predecessor, the Regional Planning Commission, for over twenty-five years. From 1996 to 2002, he served as Deputy Director of the Commission. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Kansas and his Masters from Kent State University, both with majors in Urban Geography. He is also adjunct faculty at the College of Urban Affairs. Mr. Kastelic currently serves on several planning committees and nonprofit boards, including the Cuyahoga Valley Community Council, Cleveland Lakefront Advisory Committee, Ohio Coastal Resource Management Project, Scenic Ohio, Ohio Coastal Resource Advisory Council, and Ohio Canal and Towpath Committee.

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