Stacey S. White Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Teaching and Research Interests
My broad research interests are in the areas of environmental planning and policy. Specific interests include: stormwater management, sustainable communities, public participation, open space protection, and planning pedagogy.
Academic Areas
Education
- Ph.D., Land Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
- M.S., Environmental Studies, University of Montana, 1993
- B.A., Philosophy, Emory University, 1989
Courses Taught
- UBPL 565/765 – Principles of Environmental Planning
- UBPL 538/738 – Environmental Planning Techniques
- UBPL 773 – Environmental Planning Implementation
- UBPL 763 – Professional Practice
Current Activities
Recent publications:
White, Stacey Swearingen and Cliff Ellis. 2007 “Sustainability, the Environment, and New Urbanism: An Assessment and Agenda for Research.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 24, 2: 125-142.
White, Stacey Swearingen and Michael R. Boswell. 2007. “Stormwater Quality and Local Government Innovation.” Journal of the American Planning Association 73, 2: 185-193.
White, Stacey Swearingen and Michael R. Boswell. 2006. “Planning for Water Quality: Implementation of the NPDES Phase II Stormwater Program in California and Kansas.” Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 49, 1: 141-160.
White, Stacey Swearingen and James M. Mayo. 2005. “Environmental Education in Graduate Professional Degrees: The Case of Urban Planning.” Journal of Environmental Education 36, 3: 31-38.
White, Stacey Swearingen and James M. Mayo. 2004. “Learning Expectations in Environmental Planning: Predictions and Interpretations,” Journal of Planning Education and Research 24, 1: 78-88.
White, Stacey Swearingen.2003. “Sustainable campuses and campus planning: experiences from a classroom case study at the University of Kansas,” International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education 4, 4: 344-356.
White, Stacey Swearingen. 2001. "Public Participation and Organizational Change in Wisconsin Land Use Management," Land Use Policy 18, 4: 341-350.
White, Stacey S. 2000. “State Property Rights Laws: Recent Impacts and Future Implications,” Land Use Law and Zoning Digest 52, 7: 3-9
Other activities
I serve as the Director of Academic Programs for the KU Center for Sustainability: http://www.sustainability.ku.edu/.