Bio: I am a recently minted Ph.D. currently serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at Dillard University, an HBCU located in New Orleans, LA.
Education: Ph.D. in Urban Studies, University of New Orleans; M.A. in Student Personnel Administration, Teachers College; B.A. in Education, Louisiana State University
Past Assignments: Race, class, and housing at Stanford University; Black Community Services Center’s Intellectual Roundtable. (November 2012). Resident retention vs. social capital: examining conflicting interests in a mixed-income community at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning National Conference in Cincinnati, OH. (November 2012). Dogs and the city: mechanisms for inclusion/exclusion in socially-mixed urban neighborhoods at the Urban Affairs Association National Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. (April 2012). Examining social relations in a mixed-income community at the Urban Affairs Association National Conference in New Orleans, LA. (March 2011).
Bio: City of Glendora, CA - Assistant Planner. David Evans & Associates - Planner. City of Pomona - Planning Intern. City of Pasadena - Acting Grants Manager, Graduate Management Intern.
Education: Ph.D Housing Policy and Analysis, UW-Madison 2013; Master of Urban & Regional Planning, CSU Pomona, 2004; Master of Public Administration, Suffolk University, 2000; Bachelor of Arts, Modern Dance UCLA 1990.
Past Assignments: Presenter - ACSP Cincinnati 2012; Moderator - APA Washington DC 2004
Bio: Ms. Makarewicz is a doctoral candidate and researcher in City & Regional Planning at UC, Berkeley. Her dissertation examines the relationship between the urban environment and parents time, energy and resources for engagement with their children's learning. She is on a research team studying travel and residential mobility in the Bay Area. She has worked on TOD, suburban revitalization and energy efficiency as a researcher and planner with CNT in Chicago and the Center for TOD, and as a planner with the City of Chicago.
Education: She earned a BBA from the University of Michigan in 1994, a MUPP from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2001, and expects to finish her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley in May 2013.
Key Publications: Haas, P., C. Makarewicz, A. Benedict, and S. Bernstein. “Estimating Transportation Costs for Households by the Characteristics of the Neighborhood and Household.” Transportation Research Record, 2009. Makarewicz, Carrie. “Vouchers, magnets, and charters: analyzing the effects of school and housing choices on the mode choice to school.” forthcoming. Center for Transit-Oriented Development. The Affordability Index: A New Tool for Measuring the True Affordability of a Housing Choice. Washington DC: Brookings Institution’s Urban Markets Initiative, 2006.
Other Publications: Makarewicz, Carrie, Albert Benedict and ChaNell Marshall. Communicating the Benefits of TOD: The City of Evanston's Transit Oriented Redevelopment. Washington DC: US Environmental Protection Agency. Peter M. Haas, Carrie Makarewicz, Thomas W. Sanchez, Casey Dawkins, and Albert Benedict. Housing and Transportation Cost Trade-offs and Burdens of Working Families in 28 Metros. Washington DC: Center for Housing Policy.
Past Assignments: American Planning Association (2006, 2007); American Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012); PolicyLink National Equity Conference (2005); Urban Affairs Association Conference (2012, 2013); Transportation Research Board Conference (2013, 2007, 2006); World Conference on Transport Research, Lisbon (2010)
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