Wendy A Kellogg

Biography

Wendy A. Kellogg is a Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Studies. Dr. Kellogg earned her Ph.D. (City and Regional Planning) at Cornell University in 1993. Her major fields of research interest are local government environmental protection, urban and regional sustainability, neighborhood sustainability, and Great Lakes water quality and land use issues. She has published analyses of Great Lakes water quality planning programs and citizen participation in neighborhood-based environmental planning. Her research projects have included an environmental history and inventory of a neighborhood in central Cleveland, Ohio, the role of local decision makers in coastal and watershed protection, and the role of training programs in shaping local decision maker behavior toward coastal management. She currently is conducting research on collaborative environmental planning processes, including governance systems in the Chagrin River Valley in Northeast Ohio. Dr. Kellogg was a USEPA-funded Fellow at the CSU Program on Risk Analysis in 2000-2001. Dr. Kellogg was a member of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission Blue Ribbon Taskforce on Balanced Growth in the Lake Erie Basin in 2001-2004 and has continued her work with the Balanced Growth program in a research and technical advisory role. She currently represents Cleveland State on the Cleveland Water Alliance. Dr. Kellogg teaches courses in urban planning, environmental planning, environmental policy, and urban studies. Dr. Kellogg was Chair of the Department of Urban Studies from 2007-2012, Associate Dean of Research at the Levin College from 2012-2016, and is again Chair of the Department of Urban Studies beginning in 2016.

Research Interest

Most current research interests include collaborative governance and decision making, urban resilience, public planning and management networks, and regional sustainability. I am currently leading a project to write a book on organizational and social aspects of a broad transition to sustainable development and sustainable cities and regions. My chapter in this book focuses on the collaborative governance network that has emerged in the Chagrin River Valley in NE Ohio. I also recently participated on a research project for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources focused on water conservation guidelines for the Great Lakes Compact.