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About Patricia Machemer

Trish Machemer is an associate professor in landscape architecture and urban & regional planning. Her research focuses on participatory design and planning, with a special interest in children’s participation. Machemer's scholarship includes studies on teaching and learning. She explores the use of geographic information systems in both practice and teaching.

Selected Publications

  • Maaita, Marah, Zeenat Kotval-K, Patricia Machemer, and Linda Nubani. Impact of COVID-19 on health disparities between migrant and non-migrant households: the case of Dearborn, Michigan. Ethnicity & Health 28, no. 8 (2023): 1178-1194.
  • Bartholomew, Keith, Amanda M. Beer, Peter Butler, Linda Corkery, Pat Crawford, Lynne M. Dearborn, Susan Erickson et al. \Service-Learning in Design and Planning. 
  • Van Winkle, Taylor, Zeenat Kotval-K, Patricia Machemer, and Zenia Kotval. Health and the Urban Environment: A Bibliometric Mapping of Knowledge Structure and Trends. Sustainability 14, no. 19 (2022): 12320.

Recent Courses Taught

  • UP 823: Planning Process and Development Review
  • UP424: Geographic Information Systems
  • ISS (Integrative Studies Social Sci) 310: People and Environment
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Patricia Machemer

Associate Professor

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Location

East Lansing, Michigan

Email

machemer@msu.edu

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Last Updated: July 28, 2026