Curriculum Vitae StevenSpears,PhD 349JessupHal UniversityofIowa SchoolofUrbanandRegionalPlanning Iow a City,Iow a 52242 phone:(319)335-0501 email:steven-spears@ uiowa.edu EDUCATION PhD inplanning,policy& Design September,2013 DepartmentofPlanning,Policy,andDesign,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine Specialization:Design-BehaviorResearch Dissertationtitle:ThePerception-Intention-Adaptation(PIA)Model:a theoreticalfram ew ork for examiningthee5ectofbehavioralintention andneighborhoodperceptionontravelbehavior. MasterofUrbanandRegionalPlanning May,2008 VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity,Richmond,VA Thesistitle:BeyondtheEarlyAdopters:ExaminingthePotentialforCarSharingin Richmond,Virginia PostgraduateDiplomainTransportandPlanning,withDistinction June,2007 SchoolofCityandRegionalPlanning,Cardi5 University,W alesuk BachelorofScienceinMechanicalEngineering December,1991 ClemsonUniversity,Clemson,SC PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE August2014 present AssistantProfessor,UniversityofIowaSchoolofUrbanandRegionalPlanning September2013 July2014 AssistantResearchScientist,InstituteforTransportationStudies,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE(cont.) May2011 September2013 GraduateResearchAssistant,NeighborhoodTravelandActivityStudy(NTAS),Institutefor TransportationStudies,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine January September2010 GraduateResearchAssistant,InstituteforTransportationStudies,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine January2006 -August2006,October2007 August2008 PolicyandPlanningSpecialist I,VirginiaDepartmentofTransportation,Richmond,Virginia January2001 -M ay2005 AeronauticalEngineer/MissionManager,DynCorp/CSCTechnicalServices,NASAW alops FlightFacility,W alopsisland,virginia May2000-December2000 AirportEngineer/Planner,TalbertandBright,Inc.,ChesterCeld,Virginia July1998 -M ay2000 ResearchAssistant,AtmosphericSciencesDepartment,Univ.ofNorthDakota,GrandForks April1995-July1998 AirportEngineer,TalbertandBright,Inc.,Midlothian,Virginia January1993 -April1995 ProjectEngineer I,DeltaAirportConsultants,Richmond,Virginia PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewedJournalArticles DouglasHouston,MarlonBoarnet,GavinFergusonandStevenSpears.2014. CanCompact RailTransitCoridorsTransform theautomobilecity?planningformoresustainabletravelin LosAngeles UrbanStudies(inpress). StevenSpears,DouglasHouston,andMarlonG.Boarnet.2013. Iluminatingtheunseenin transituse:aframeworkforexamining thee5ectofa titudesand perceptionson travel behavior. TransportationResearchPartA:PolicyandPractice.58(12),Pages40-53.DO I: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.10.011
Peer-reviewedJournalArticles(cont.) DeborahSalon,MarlonG.Boarnet,SusanHandy,StevenSpears,andGilTal.2012. How do localactionsa5ectvm T? A criticalreview ofthe em piricalevidence. TransportationResearch PartD:TransportandEnvironment.17(7).Pages495-508.ISSN 1361-9209, 10.1016/j.trd.2012.05.006 BookChapters MarlonG.Boarnet,DouglasHouston,GavinFerguson,andStevenSpears.2011. LandUseand VehicleMilesofTravelintheClimateChangeDebate:GetingSmarterthanYourAverageBear in ClimateChangeandLandPolicies,edited by Yu-Hung Hong and Gregory Ingram,Cam bridge, Massachusets:LincolnInstituteofLandPolicy.ISBN978-1-55844-217. ArticlesinReview andpreparation StevenSpears,DouglasHouston,andMarlonBoarnet.DoTravelE5ectsofNew LightRail ServicePersist?Anexaminationoflonger-term impactsoflosangeles ExpoLineontravel. In preparationforthejournalofplanningeducationandresearch. StevenSpears. ThePerception-Intention-AdaptationM odeloftravelbehaviorchange: ApplicationtotheExpositionLineOpeninginLosAngeles. InpreparationforTheJournalof EnvironmentalPsychology. MarlonBoarnet,StevenSpears,andDouglasHouston. LightRailintheTransformationofLos Angeles:APanelEvaluationoftheImpactoftheExpositionLineonVehicleMilesTraveledand PhysicalActivity. In preparation forthejournalofurbaneconomics. CONFERENCEPAPERS StevenSpears,DouglasHouston,andMarlonBoarnet. Do TravelE5ectsofNew LightRail ServicePersist?Anexaminationoflonger-term impactsoflosangeles ExpoLineontravel behavior. AcceptedforpresentationattheAssociationofColegiateSchoolsofPlanning AnnualConference,2014. StevenSpears,DouglasHouston,andMarlonBoarnet. IluminatingtheUnseenin NeighborhoodTravel:AFrameworkforExaminingtheInKuenceofAtitudes,Norms,and PerceptionsonTravelBehavior. AssociationofColegiateSchoolsofPlanningAnnual Conference,2012.
CONFERENCEPAPERS(cont.) DouglasHouston,MarlonBoarnet,WeiLi,StevenSpears,andDongwooYang. How fartothe bus?transitproximity,busridership,andphysicalactivityinalow incomecommunity. AssociationofColegiateSchoolsofPlanningAnnualConference,2012. UNIVERSITYSEMINARSAND PRESENTATIONS METRANSTransportationCenter,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,"W hichma tersmorefor transituse,accessora titudes?insightsfrom datafrom theexpositionlightrailco ridor."los Angeles,California.October24,2012.h tp:/www.youtube.com/watch? v=ku69zs6slcg&feature=share&list=plff4d4389ac445594 AssociationofColegiateSchoolsofPlanningAnnualConference,PaperPresentation, Iluminating theunseeninneighborhoodtravel:a FrameworkforExaminingtheInKuenceof A titudes,norms,andperceptionsontravelbehavior. Cincinnati,Ohio.Novem ber2,2012. PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIPAND RESEARCH REPORTS MarlonBoarnet,DouglasHouston,andStevenSpears.TheExpositionLightRailLineStudy Before-After Opening TravelImpactsand New ResidentSamplePreliminaryAnalysis.Prepared forthelincoln InstituteofLand Policy,June2013. MarlonBoarnet,DouglasHouston,andStevenSpears.TheExpositionLightRailLineStudy Before-Opening DataCo lectionand PreliminaryAnalysisReport.Prepared forthelincoln Institute ofland Policy,June 2012. CaliforniaSenateBil375-ResearchonImpactsofTransportationandLandUse-Related Policies.Co-authored(withMarlonBoarnetandSusanHandy)CvePolicyBriefsandBackground TechnicalDocumentstoinform theimplementationofcaliforniasenatebil375.theseincluded ParkingPricing,RoadUserPricing,TransitService,VoluntaryTravelReductionPrograms,and Land-UseMix.h tp:/arb.ca.gov/cc/sb375/policies/policies.htm. TEACHING EXPERIENCE UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine,SchoolofSocialEcology Instructor PPD 212 Transportation Planning (graduate)-w inter2014 GuestLecturer PPD 107UrbanandRegionalPlanning(undergraduate)-Spring2013,2014 TeachingAssistant SE13 StatisticalAnalysisinSocialEcology(undergraduate)-W inter2011 TeachingAssistant PPD 202 HistoryofUrbanPlanning(graduate)-Fal2010 GuestLecturer PPD 231TransportationandEnvironmentalHealth(graduate)-Winter2010 TeachingAssistant E8Intro.toEnv.DesignandAnalysis(undergraduate)-W inter2009
AW ARDSAND HONORS UniversityofCaliforniaTransportationCenterStudentoftheYear-2013 UniversityofCaliforniaTransportationCenterFelowship-2009,2011,2013 UCISchoolofSocialEcology-Dean'sDissertationW ritingfelowship-2012 FederalHighwaysAdministration-EisenhowerFelowship-2010 UCIDept.ofPlanning,Policy,andDesign,SummerResearchFelowship-2009 Univ.ofNorthDakotaAtmosphericScienceDept.,OutstandingGraduateStudent1999,2000 ClemsonUniversityPresidentialAlumniScholarship-1987-1989 COMMUNITYAND PROFESSIONALSERVICE Reviewer,InternationalPlanningStudies AccomackCountyVirginiaAirportCommissionChair-2005 AccomackCountyVirginiaAirportCommissionMember-2002-2005