Geography & Geology

Education

• Ph.D., Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2008
• MS, Urban Planning, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 2004
• BA, Political Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, 2001

Interests and Expertise

Professor Khan joined the faculty at Eastern Michigan University in Fall 2011. She teaches courses in urban and regional planning, geography, and sustainable development.

Her research is broadly focused on state and local economic development and urban redevelopment processes and policies and her work has been published in the Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Affairs Review, and Economic Development Quarterly. In addition to serving as the Program Coordinator for the Urban and Regional Planning Program, she is a core faculty member in the Master of Public Administration Program in the Department of Political Science and serves as a faculty affiliate in the Environmental Science and Society (ENVI) Program.

Courses

• GEOG 150: Thinking Sustainably 
• URP 215: Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning
• GEOG 320: Geography of the U.S. and Canada
• URP 435: History of Urban Form and Function
• PLSC/URP 580: Local Development Policy