About Joanna Ganning
I use primarily quantitative methods to study the economic development of US communities marginalized by geography or population decline, with a goal of improving quality of life.
PhD in Planning, UIUC
MURP, Virginia Tech
BS, Penn State
Areas of Expertise
economic development, shrinking/legacy citiesSelected Publications
Rubado, Meghan, Thomas Hilde, Joanna Ganning, and Wendy Kellogg. 2025. Interlocal Collaboration for Service Provision and Regional Planning in a Legacy City-Region Context. State and Local Government Review.
Ganning, Joanna P. 2024. What Can Community Benefits Agreements Learn from Allied Policies? Lessons from a Systematic Literature Review. Journal of Planning Literature.
Hilde, Thomas, Joanna Ganning, Wendy Kellogg, and Meghan Rubado. 2024. “Implementing Regionalism in the Context of Urban Decline: A Qualitative Evaluation of Exemplary Collaborative Planning Projects in Northeast Ohio.” Urban Affairs Review.
Ganning, Joanna P. 2023. “Quantifying the Impacts on Central City Vacancy of Suburbanization without Growth.” Growth and Change, 54: 1002-1018.
Ganning, Joanna P. 2024 (2022 online first). “Doctoral Education and the Academic Job Market in Planning.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 44(3): 1063-1077.
Ganning, Joanna P. and Timothy Green. 2021 (June). “The Online Marketplace: Zero-Order City or Source of Social Inequality?” Growth & Change 52: 1251-1270.
Recent Courses Taught
UST 605: Regional Theory and Analysis
UST 250: The City in Film
UST 601: Data Analytics for Social Impact
Associate Professor