Robert Pfaff

About Robert Pfaff

I am a researcher with a specialization on transportation, and community development. My work utilizes qualitative methods, surveys, and participatory action research. I am a current Innovation+Entrepreneurship Fellow in the College of Design at Iowa State, and a former Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Research Fellow at the US DOT.

Areas of Expertise

Transportation and Infrastructure Planning, Community Development, Regional Planning, Anti-racism Planning, Planning History or History

Selected Publications

Pfaff, Robert W., Stephanie Ryberg-Webster, “Reflections on Community-Engaged Projects in the Rustbelt” in Routledge Handbook of University-Community Partnerships in Planning Education, ed. Megan E. Heim LaFrombois and Jay Mittal, Routledge Press, 2024.

Recent Courses Taught

CRP 4450/5450 - Transportation Planning and Policy
CRP 4370 - Public Participation in Planning
COMDV 5040 - Creating Community Change

COMDV 5020 - Theories and Constructs of Community Change,
CRP 4360 - Community Economic Development
CRP 5610 - Planning Theory