CLIFF ELLIS

Associate Professor

Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture

121 Lee Hall Phone: (864) 656-2477

Clemson University Fax: (864) 656-7519

Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0511 E-mail: cliffoe@clemson.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, City and Regional Planning, 1990

M.P.C.D. University of Colorado at Denver, Planning and Community Development, 1982

B.A. Colorado College, magna cum laude in History/Philosophy, 1973

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Clemson University, Associate Professor, 2006-present

University of Kansas, Associate Professor, 2005-2006; Assistant Professor, 2002-2005

University at Albany, SUNY, Assistant Professor, 1994-2002

Columbia University, Assistant Professor, 1991-93

Florida Atlantic University, Visiting Assistant Professor, 1990-91

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Urban Design Site Planning

History of City Planning History of Urban Form

Land Use Planning Growth Management

Planning Theory Metropolitan and Regional Planning

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

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, no. 2 (Summer): 125-42.

Ellis, Cliff. 2005. “Planning Methods and Good City Form.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 22, no. 2 (Summer): 138-47.

Ellis, Cliff. 2005. “Norman Bel Geddes and Lewis Mumford: The Highway, the City, and the Future.” Planning Perspectives 20, no. 1 (January): 51-68.

Deitrick, Sabina, and Cliff Ellis. 2004. “New Urbanism in the Inner City: A Case Study of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.” Journal of the American Planning Association 70, no. 3 (Autumn): 426-42.

Talen, Emily, and Cliff Ellis. 2004. “Cities as Art: Exploring the Possibility of an Aesthetic Dimension in Planning.” Planning Theory & Practice 5, no. 1 (March): 11-32.

Ellis, Cliff. 2002. “The New Urbanism: Critiques and Rebuttals.” Journal of Urban Design.7, no. 3 (October): 263-93.

Talen, Emily, and Cliff Ellis. 2002. “Beyond Relativism: Reclaiming the Search for Good City Form.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 22, no. 1 (Fall): 36-49.

Ellis, Cliff. 2001, “Interstate Highways, Regional Planning, and the Reshaping of Metropolitan America.” Planning Practice & Research 16, no. 3/4: 247-69.

Pivo, Gary, Cliff Ellis, Michael Leaf, and Gerald Magutu. 1990. “Physical Planning Thought: Retrospect and Prospect.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 7, no. 1 (Spring): 53-70.

Original Book Chapters (Not Reprints of Articles)

Ellis, Cliff. 1996. “Professional Conflict over Urban Form: The Case of Urban Freeways, 1930-1970.” In Planning the Twentieth-Century American City, ed. Mary Corbin Sies and Christopher Silver, 262-79. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Ellis, Cliff. 1995. “The American Experience: Parkways and Urban Freeways.” Translated into Spanish as “La Experiencia Americana: Vías-Parque y Autopistas Urbanas, 1930-1970.” In Carreteras y Paisaje, 75-87. Madrid: Dirección General de Carreteras, Consejería de Transportes, Comunidad de Madrid.

Community Planning Report, National Award

2003 American Institute of Certified Planners Award, Outstanding Student Project in the Category “Best Example of Contribution to Contemporary Issues,” Planning and Design Recommendations for the West Side Neighborhood of Saratoga Springs, New York. University at Albany, State University of New York.

RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS

2006 “The Real and the Unreal in Urban Design: Exploring the Authenticity of New Urbanism.” Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Ft. Worth, Texas.

2005 “Political Contours of the New Urbanism: Urban Form, Citizenship, and the Public Realm.” Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Kansas City, Missouri.

2005 “Sustainability, the Environment and New Urbanism: An Assessment and Agenda for Research.” Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2003-2007 Referee for Journal of Urban Design

2004-2007 Referee for Journal of Planning Education and Research

2003-2007 Referee for Journal of Planning History

2004-2006 Referee for Journal of the American Planning Association

2005 Referee for Places

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Institute of Certified Planners American Planning Association

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Congress for the New Urbanism

Urban Land Institute

Society for American City and Regional Planning History

121 Lee Hall, Box 340511
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0511

Phone (864) 656-3926
Fax (864) 656-7519

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