Zenia Kotval

About Zenia Kotval

A Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners, Fulbright Scholar and a former Lilly Teaching Fellow, Zenia's scholarship interests are in community-based development, economic policy and planning, the changing structure and characteristics of local economies. She served as a member of the Planning Accreditation Board from 2016-2021.

Selected Publications

• White, Sammis and Zenia Kotval (Editors), Financing Economic Development in the 21st Century. Published by ME Sharpe: Armonk, NY. 2012. ISBN 978-0-7656-2782-7, Mullin, John and Zenia Kotval, “The Next Generation of Nuclear Power Plants and the Role of the Local Planner” Planning Practice and Research. (January 21, 2024). doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2024.2306455
• Kotval-K, Z, Cassi Meitl and Zenia Kotval, “Creating Public Assets from Brownfields: A Comparison of Policies and Practices in the United States and Germany” Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, Vol. 11, # 1 (2017) 60-78.
• Kotval, Zenia et al. A Living Wage Standard: A case study of the US Virgin Islands. Local Economy. Vol. 27 # 5-6 (2012) 622 - 638.

Recent Courses Taught

• Planning Practicum (UP /494/894)
• Capstone course for Urban Planning students, Research Methods for Planners (UP 314/814)
• Course primarily for Urban Planning students
• Economics of Planning and Development (UP 454/854)
• Course primarily for Urban Planning students, European Planning and Practice (UP490/890)
• Summer Study Abroad for planning students