Igor Vojnovic - Teaching
I have taught courses across different disciplines at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including in Urban Studies, Environmental Studies, Geography, Political Science, Urban Planning and Urban Design. I have also led two Education Abroad programs, in Sydney (Australia) and in Rome (Italy). The current classes that I am teaching include:
World System of Cities
Environmental Policy and Practice
Urban Geography
Metropolitan Environments
Global Diversity and Interdependence
Summer Sports Down Under, Australia. Site visit to the Blue Mountains (Australia) on a rainy weekend.
Visiting a class at Sichuan University (Chengdu, China).
Summer Sports Down Under (Sydney, Australia). A room full of students in the Sydney class.
Arts, Culture and Urban Sustainability in Rome (IT). Class dinner at Piazza Sforza Cesarini, Rome.
Campo de’ Fiori, Rome (IT). The heart of our neighborhood in Rome.
Summer Sports Down Under, Australia. Scuba diving with my ISS 310 People and Environment class off Cairns, the Great Barrier Reef.
Arts, Culture and Urban Sustainability in Rome (IT). Our class farewell dinner. Two of our superstar students, Carlton Mamo and Gianna Mendez German, Rome (IT).
Graduate students who I advised:
PhD Students
Zeenat Kotval-K. Ph.D. Geography
Michigan State University, 2013
Employment: Associate Professor, tenured.
School of Planning, Design & Construction, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.
Timothy LeDoux. Ph.D. Geography
Michigan State University, 2013
Employment: Professor, tenured, and Department Chair.
Geography and Regional Planning, Westfield State University. Westfield, MA.
Minting Ye. Ph.D. Geography & GUSP
Michigan State University, 2014
Employment: Data Scientist.
Meta. San Francisco, CA.
Cristina Benton. Ph.D. Geography & GUSP
Michigan State University, 2014
Employment: Senior Consultant & Director, Market and Industry Analysis.
Anderson Economic Group. East Lansing, MI.
Jieun Lee. Ph.D. Geography & GUSP
Michigan State University, 2014
Employment: Associate Professor, tenured.
Geography & GIS, University of Northern Colorado. Greeley, CO.
Ted Grevstad-Nordbrock. Ph.D. Geography
Michigan State University, 2015
Employment: Associate Professor, tenured.
Community and Regional Planning, College of Design. Iowa State University. Ames, IA.
Jeanette Eckert. Ph.D. Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences & GUSP
Michigan State University, 2018
Employment: Associate Director of Research Compliance.
Ohio University. Athens, OH.
Xiaomeng Li. Ph.D. Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences
Michigan State University, 2021
Employment: Lecturer.
School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln, NE.
Jiang, Chang. Ph.D. Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences
Michigan State University, 2022
Employment: Assistant Professor, tenure-track.
Department of Architecture, Shanghai University, Shanghai, CN.
Sahel Izadi. Ph.D. in progress. Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences
Michigan State University
Angelique Willis. Ph.D. in process. Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences
Michigan State University
Masters Students
Nidhi Kalani, M.Sc. (non-thesis) Geography
Michigan State University, 2024
Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of South Florida. Tampa, FL.
Cody Lown. M.Sc. Geography
Michigan State University, 2018
Employment: Teacher.
Ferndale Schools. Ferndale, MI.
Anthony Knapp. M.Sc. Geography
Michigan State University, 2009
Employment: Demographer.
Census Bureau, Population Division. Washington D.C.
Zeenat Kotval-K. M.U.R.P. Urban and Regional Planning
Michigan State University, 2007
Employment: Associate Professor, tenured.
School of Planning, Design & Construction, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI.
Angelo Podagrosi. M.Sc. Geography
Michigan State University, 2006
Employment: Geospatial Analyst.
U.S. Federal Government. Arlington, VA.
Undergraduate Mentor
Kordell Green, 2026
SROP. Urban Environmental Health.
Psychology, Moorehouse College.
Juan Ayala Hernandez, 2026
SROP. Urban Environmental Health.
Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University.
Gianna Mendez German, 2022-2024
Environmental Studies and Sustainability, Michigan State University.
Employment: BMSIS Young Scientist Program 2025. Designing Future Human Habitats on the Moon and Mars. Seattle, Washington.
Student Honors: NASA DEVELOP, 2023.
Rachel McIlvaine, 2014-2016
Honors College, Michigan State University.
Links
Arts, Culture and Urban Sustainability in Rome Education Abroad Program
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