Office Hours
By request
Jane Rongerude PhD
Associate Professor, Community and Regional PlanningContact
(515) 294-5289
Campus Office: 0379 Design
Mailing Address
Community and Regional Planning Department
158 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011
Community and Regional Planning Department
158 College of Design
Ames, IA, 50011
Bio
< p > A s f a c u l t y i n t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m m u n i t y a n d R e g i o n a l P l a n n i n g , I t e a c h c l a s s e s i n p l a n n i n g t h e o r y , h o u s i n g , n e i g h b o r h o o d p l a n n i n g a n d r e v i t a l i z a t i o n , a n d s o c i a l j u s t i c e a n d p l a n n i n g . < / p >Research Interests
My research interests focus on the role of housing within urban systems of poverty management. I am especially interested in the institutional and spatial arrangements related to poverty management systems. Within these systems, I investigate how poverty is being dispersed, shifted and reformed within the urban landscape. As a result of these areas of inquiry, I have developed a strong foundation in the areas of housing stability, housing policy, homelessness, neighborhood revitalization, and community development.
Currently, my work in this area focuses on the problem of housing instability. In this space I seek to understand the role of the decisions made by residential rental property owners (RRPOs) as they relates to rental housing outcomes. I investigate RRPO characteristics, portfolio details, and responses to disasters and other market shocks.
Current Projects
1. Systems of poverty management: How do the everyday practices of planners and planning institutions shape the distribution of poverty and opportunity?
Keeping shelters in place: Understanding the relationship between residential landlord decision-making and post-disaster housing security, National Science Foundation # 2139816.
Data Dashboard: https://rentalhousing.design.iastate.edu/
Collaborators:
- Co-PIs: Dan Kuhlmann, PhD (University of Arizona), Elizabeth Mueller, PhD (University of Texas, Austin), and Sam Mindes (ISU)
- Senior Personnel: Jake Wegmann, PhD (University of Texas, Austin)
- Graduate Student Researchers: Taylor Cook (University of Texas, Austin)
Current project: Final year of survey data collection regarding RRPO business practices and responses to market shocks in 9 cities (Des Moines; Minneapolis; Cleveland; New Orleans; Dallas; Austin; Houston; Tampa; and Miami)
2. Voice: How do we create inclusive planning processes and inclusive communities?
Strengthening Stormwater Infrastructure in Marginalized Communities through Social Justice Indicators, Iowa State Strategic Plan Presidential Jump Start Seed Funding. PI: Chris Rehmann, PhD (Dept, of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, ISU)
Improving Understanding of Climate Justice for Vulnerable Groups through Communication and Community Engagement, Iowa State Strategic Plan Presidential jump start seed funding. PI: Yu Wang, PhD (Dept. of Political Science, ISU)
Current project: Evaluating a tool for integrating lived experience into climate-related decision making to increase climate justice outcomes.
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): How do we educate for justice and inclusion?
Investigations related to peer evaluation, bias, and bias mitigation, including the development of an online peer evaluation bias mitigation training for use in Team-Based Learning classrooms.
Collaborators: Jacklin Stonewall, PhD and Michael Dorneich, PhD (Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering, ISU)
Current project: Translating a tool to help improve the fairness of peer assessments into an open educational resource.