Dr. Laxmi
Ramasubramanian, PhD, AICP
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Hunter College CUNY
Associate Professor,
Department of Urban Affairs and Planning (2006 – present)
Assistant Professor,
Department of Urban Affairs and Planning (2004-2006)
The Graduate Center CUNY
Doctoral Faculty, Doctoral
Program in Environmental Psychology at CUNY (2010 – present)
Doctoral Faculty,
Doctoral Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences at CUNY (2006 –
present)
Anna
University, Chennai, India
Visiting
Professor (Overseas), Anna University, Chennai, India (2009 – present)
University
Consortium of Geographic Information Science
Board
of Directors (2009 – 2012)
Transportation
Research Board of the National Academies
Member,
Visualization in Transportation Committee (ABJ95) (2010-2013)
EDUCATION
PhD, Architecture, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1998)
MCP,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1991)
M.
Arch, School of Architecture and Planning, Anna University, Madras, India
(1989)
B.
Arch, Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli, University of Madras, India
(1986)
COURSES TAUGHT AT
HUNTER COLLEGE
·
Introduction
to Urban Planning (required graduate course, Urban Planning program)
·
Introduction
to Urban Design
·
Graphic
Communication for Planners
·
Public
Participation and Geographic Information Science (PPGIS) Seminar
·
Urban
Planning Studio (required graduate course, Urban Planning program)
·
Urban
Affairs Workshop (required graduate course, Urban Affairs program)
·
Macaulay
Honors College Seminar – Future of the City (required undergraduate
course for Honors College students)
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
BOOK
Ramasubramanian,
L (2010). Geographic Information Science and Public Participation.
Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag (175 pages)
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Ramasubramanian,
L (forthcoming). Public Participation GIS implementation and the
transformation of planning practice, in T. Nyerges, R. McMaster, & H.
Couclelis (Eds.), Handbook of GIS & Society, London: Sage
Ramasubramanian,
L & A. Quinn (2006) Visualizing alternative urban futures: Using spatial
multimedia to enhance community participation and policymaking, in M.
Campagna (Ed.) GIS and Sustainable Development. Florida: CRC Press, a
division of Taylor & Francis.
ARTICLES IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Camay,
S, L. Ramasubramanian, B. Derman, E. Bohn, J. Albrecht, W. Milczarski, M. Boile
& S. Theofanis (2009). Ferry Parking and Landside Access Study:
Implementing Public Outreach and Impact Assessment, Transportation Research
Record, 2077, pp. 39-45
Albrecht, J,
Derman, B, & L. Ramasubramanian (2008). Geo-ontology tools –
the missing link, Transactions in GIS, 12 (4), pp. 409-424
Ramasubramanian,
L & A. Gonzalez (2007). Placeworx: A model to foster youth engagement
and empowerment, Children, Youth and Environments Journal, 17 (2),
pp.461-471
Quinn, A & L.
Ramasubramanian (2007). Librarianship & Planning: Information
Technologies Impact on Civic Engagement, Government Information Quarterly,
24 (2007), pp. 595-610
Ramasubramanian,
L. (2004). Knowledge production and use in community-based organizations: The
impacts and influence of information technologies, Cityscape 7 (1),
pp.165-191
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLICATIONS
BASED ON REVIEW OF AN ABSTRACT
Ramasubramanian,
L, & S. McNeil (2006). Visualizing Metra: An Interactive
Visualization Tool, in Proceedings of the 5th International
Visualization in Transportation Symposium and Workshop, Denver, Colorado,
October 23-26, 2006
Gonzalez, A, L. Ramasubramanian, A. Eichelkraut, & A. Ali. (2005) Placeworx:
Youth Participation and Experiences of Community Transformation, 46th
American Collegiate Schools of Planning conference, Kansas City, Missouri,
October 27-30, 2005
Craig,
W., and L. Ramasubramanian. (2004). An Overview of the 3rd Public
Participation GIS Conference, in Proceedings of the 24th
Urban Data Management Symposium, Venice, Italy October 27-29, 2004
Ramasubramanian,
L & A. Ali. (2004). E-Planning with youth: Creating spaces of/for
engagement, paper prepared for the 45th American Collegiate
Schools of Planning conference, Portland, Oregon, October 20-24, 2004
Ramasubramanian,
L and S. McNeil (2004). Visualizing Urban Futures: A Review and Critical
Assessment of Visualization Applications for Transportation Planning and
Research, in Proceedings of the City Futures conference, Chicago,
IL, July 9-10, 2004
Zhai,
D., M. Hammerle, L. Ramasubramanian, L. Dirks, S. Mcneil, and J. Schiedel
(2004). Infrastructure Management for the Chicago Transit Authority Using
Geographic Information Systems and Data Management, in 8th
International Conference on the Application of Advanced Technologies in
Transportation Engineering, May 26-28, 2004
BOOK REVIEWS
Ramasubramanian,
L (2009). Review of Wade, T., and S. Sommer (eds.) A to Z GIS: An
illustrated dictionary of geographic information systems, 2006. Redlands,
CA: ESRI Press in Journal of Planning Literature, 23 (3), 264-265
ACTIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS
Expanding Activity Space: Engaging Low
Income Populations in the Visualization of Travel Behavior and Mobility
Barriers
Principal Investigator
Research Project Director: Mr. Scott
Giering
Research Assistants: Ashley Emerole,
Deborah Stattel
Funding Agency: Federal Transit
Administration, PTP Program, Round IV
http://www.fta.dot.gov/planning/programs/planning_environment_10015.html
Choosing Visualization for
Transportation
Principal Investigator
Collaborator: Robin Christians, Parsons
Brinckerhoff
Research Assistant: Deborah Stattel
Funding Agency: Federal Transit
Administration, PTP Program, Round III
Web Link: http://www.fta.dot.gov/planning/programs/planning_environment_8711.html
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