EDUCATION

Ph.D. in City & Regional Planning (12/2012)
University of California, Berkeley

Master of City Planning (M.C.P.—Urban Design) (12/2002)
University of California, Berkeley
Master of Architecture (M. Arch—Social and Cultural Factors in Design) (12/2002)
University of California, Berkeley

Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch with highest honors) (03/1998)
Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India

SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, University of Colorado Denver (01/2019 - )
• Assistant Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Alberta (07/2014 - 12/2018)
• Research Data Analyst, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley (06/2013 – 12/2013)
• Lecturer, Transportation Studio, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley (01/2013 – 05/2013)
• Research Assistant, Institute of Urban and Regional Development  / Global Metropolitan Studies, UC Berkeley  (07/2007 – 12/2011)
• Business Development Manager, Shirgaokar & Associates, Architects & Planners, Baroda, India (07/2005 – 06/2007)
• ​Associate Development Engineer / Research Specialist, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley, CA (07/2003 – 06/2005)

SERVICE

Service to: D – Department; C – College; U – University; P – Profession; S – Scholarly community
 
At the University of Colorado Denver
2019-22           D         DURP Faculty Planning Group
2020-22           D         DURP representative for the State Authorization Professional Licensure
2020-21           D         Departmental Search Committee for the Environmental Planning position
 
2019-22           C          Ph.D. Admissions Committee
2021                 C          EVOLVE Seed Grant Selection Committee
2019                 C          Ph.D. Program Task Force
 
2021-22           U         Learning, Educational Technology, Teaching and Scholarship (LETTS)
                                    (College representative on Faculty Assembly subcommittee)
2021-22           U         Search Committee for the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research
2021-22           U         Transportation Engineering Faculty search (non-voting member), Department of Civil Engineering
2021-22           U         Media expert for transportation at CU Denver
2021                 U         Peer Reviewer for Presidential Initiative on Urban and Place-Based Research grants
 
2022-23           P          Co-chair of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee of the American Planning Association (APA), Colorado
2019-22           P          Faculty Representative on the Board of the American Planning Association (APA), Colorado
2020                 P          Denver Smart Cycling Study – Project Advisory Committee
 
2021                S          Session facilitator “Travel Options and Equity” at the 61st Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning,                                             October 22
2021                S          Track co-Chair for Best Thesis Award at the World Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) 2021 conference
2021                S          Session moderator “New Mobilities: Ridehailing” at the World Society for Transport and Land Use Research (WSTLUR) 2021                                                          Conference, August 9
2017-19           S          Member: TRB Subcommittee on Mainstreaming Global Research and Multi-faceted Data Collection on Gender Issues in                                                              Transportation ABE70 (2)
2017                S          Session organizer “Examining the contours of racial equity and planning: Where might planning practice intersect movements such                                         as Black Lives Matter (#blm)?” at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Denver, October                                           14
2016                S          Session moderator “Transport, mobility, and political economies of sustainability” at the American Association of Geographers’                                                    Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 31
2013-21          S          Peer Reviewer for multiple journals (see further down)
 
At the University of Alberta (School of Urban and Regional Planning – SURP)
2017-18           D         Undergraduate URP advisor
2016-18           D         MSc URP program admissions committee
2016-17           D         URP program website
2016-17           D         URP studio management
2015-16           D         Space planning committee
2014-15           D         Undergraduate URP admissions committee

Peer reviewing activity

​Journals: Applied Geography; Bridging Transportation Researchers; Canadian Geographer; Case Studies on Transport Policy; Cities; GeoForum; Geography Compass; International Journal of Sustainable Transportation; Journal of International Development; Journal of Planning Education and Research; Journal of the American Planning Association; Journal of Transport Geography; Journal of Transportation and Land Use (/WCTR); Journal of Urban Planning and Development; Land Use Policy; Sustainability; Sustainable Cities and Society; Technology Forecasting and Social Change; Transport Policy; Transport Reviews; Transportation; Transportation in Developing Economies; Transportation Research Record (/TRB); Transportation Research: Part A Policy and Practice; Transportation Research: Part D Transport and Environment; Travel Behavior and Society; Urban Planning; Urban Research and Practice; Urban Studies

Granting Agencies: Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC) UTC Region 8; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; STRIDE (Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center); XJTLU Research Development Fund; EVOLVE Seed Grant (CAP, University of Colorado Denver); Presidential Initiative on Urban and Place-Based Research grant (University of Colorado Denver)

Invited Talks and Organized Events
  1. Invited to discuss research paper “I’ll have to drive there: How daily time constraints impact women’s car use differently than men’s”, with transportation-focused doctoral students at Cornell University and Rutgers University, December 10, 2021 (jointly organized by Dr. Nicholas Klein and Dr. Kelcie Ralph)
  2. Roundtable discussant for “Moving Forward Age-friendly Transportation in the U.S. in a Technology Era”, at the 61st Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, October 23, 2021
  3. Panelist for “Lives, Numbers, and Transformations: GIS Empowering all Peoples” organized by the Facility for Advanced Spatial Technology, University of Colorado Denver, May 3, 2021
  4. Panelist for “Feminist Spaces: How to Plan & Design Denver for Women” organized by the APAS-WTS Colorado student chapter, Denver, November 12, 2020
  5. Roundtable discussant for “Gaps in learning for GIS Practitioners” at the GIS in the Rockies Conference, Denver, October 7, 2020
  6. Roundtable discussant “Preparing Students to Become GIS Practitioners in a Fast-paced Field” at the GIS in the Rockies Conference, September 17, 2019
  7. Invited talk “Investigating Equity in Transportation Planning: Lessons from Talking to Older Adults + Modeling Gender-specific Differences” at the College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver, May 3, 2018 (Note: I was at the University of Alberta at this time)
  8. Invited talk on “Winter city cycling: What works and how can it be made better?” at the Geography and Planning Students’ Society (GAAPS) annual symposium Urban Week, Edmonton, March 22, 2018
  9. Talk on research methods “Contrasting methods for investigating policy questions: When to use qualitative and quantitative approaches?” at the Graduate Students’ society of Earth Atmospheric Sciences (ATLAS) weekly symposium, Edmonton, January 19, 2018
  10. Invited talk on qualitative research methods for graduate transportation engineering students “How different are Indian women and men on time budgets and safety? Implications for transportation research” at the Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, November 30, 2017 (organized by Dr. Abdul Pinjari)
  11. Session organizer “Examining the contours of racial equity and planning: Where might planning practice intersect movements such as Black Lives Matter (#blm)?” at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Denver, October 14, 2017
  12. Invited panelist on area of expertise (Transportation Planning and Policy) “International planning education: Refresh your syllabus” at the 57th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Denver, October 14, 2017
  13. Invited talk on the use of cartography in social science research for non-geographers “Using geospatial techniques for urban planning and policy analysis” at the Research Innovation Space in Education, University of Alberta, March 17, 2017 (available at https://bluejeans.com/playback/s/iiOj3emOy8ronl1IhCqOCapzBkgV9npR0OMA45V2QBMNpHFuP7QX2Oa2aN7x43Jr, accessed October 1, 2019)
  14. Invited talk on research methods for graduate transportation engineering students “Contrasting methods for investigating consumer demand for transportation policy: When to use qualitative and quantitative approaches?” at the Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering, University of Alberta, Institute of Transportation Engineers (Student Chapter), February 2, 2017
  15. Chaired organized session “Transport, mobility, and political economies of sustainability” at the American Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 31, 2016

Media Engagement​
  1. “Can the US still build – and think – big? The Lowcountry may hold clues.”, expert interview in The Christian Science Monitor on H.R.3684 - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, November 15, 2021 (available at https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2021/1115/Can-the-US-still-build-and-think-big-The-Lowcountry-may-hold-clues, accessed January 7, 2022)
  2. “The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill & Colorado”, expert interview in The Sentry, September 13, 2021 (available at http://cu-sentry.com/2021/09/22/the-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-colorado/, accessed January 7, 2022)
  3. Paper with Nobler, E* (PhD student) resulted in a news article in the University Newspaper with the aim of sharing the findings with a broader audience. https://news.ucdenver.edu/a-recent-study-by-manish-shirgaokar-murp-faculty-and-erin-nobler-cap-phd-student/ (accessed January 7, 2022)
  4. Annually conducted Geographic Information Systems poster session on municipal planning issues, based on GIS course each Winter term, hosted by City of Edmonton and attended by City employees and industry partners. Various senior municipal policymakers including the mayor and city councillors attended this event. Attendance grew from 40 in 2014 to over 125 in 2018. When I last taught the course at U Alberta in 2018, just like every previous year, various media outlets covered the projects. (e.g., http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmontons-top-10-neighbourhoods-might-be-unexpected-gems-u-of-a-students, accessed January 7, 2022)
  5. “Tailored education could increase use of city’s bike lanes”, interviewed for folio article on applied research conducted by faculty, November 24, 2017 (available at https://www.folio.ca/tailored-education-could-increase-use-of-citys-bike-lanes/, accessed January 7, 2022)
  6. “How to engage Edmontonians this civic election”, invited to talk about transit policy in Edmonton at a non-profit interVivos aiming at informing citizens through non-partisan views of various civic issues. Interviewed by Global News for television, September 19, 2017 (available at https://globalnews.ca/news/3754626/how-to-engage-edmontonians-this-civic-election/, accessed January 7, 2022)
  7. “Money garnered by speed tickets worth the cost”, expert interview in Edmonton Examiner on a proposal to increase speeds on freeways, May 23, 2017 (available at http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2017/05/23/money-garnered-by-speed-tickets-worth-the-cost, accessed April 20, 2018)
  8. “MaaS Effect - The private vehicle is looking costly, wasteful, dirty and plain old passé as more people take advantage of the “mobility-as-a-service” ecosystem. Is it time to welcome our new transportation overlords?”, expert interview for Alberta School of Business, March 14, 2017 (available at https://www.ualberta.ca/business/alumni/ualberta-business-magazine/2017-spring/features/maas-effect, accessed January 8, 2019)
  9. “Better bike infrastructure would make Edmonton safer for pedestrians and cyclists: pedestrians”, expert interview in Metro News on research conducted in Edmonton regarding bicycling in winter, December 9, 2016 (available at https://ssl.eas.ualberta.ca/sitecore/download/file/papers/paper_244.pdf, accessed January 7, 2022)
  10. “If we build it, will they bike?”, interview in University of Alberta News on applied research conducted by faculty, October 13, 2016 (available at https://ssl.eas.ualberta.ca/sitecore/download/file/papers/paper_229.pdf, accessed January 7, 2022)
  11. “The case for investing billions in Edmonton bus rapid transit”, expert interview in Edmonton Journal on capital intensive investments, April 26, 2016 (available at http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/david-staples-the-case-for-investing-billions-in-edmonton-bus-rapid-transit, accessed January 7, 2022)
  12. “Intermodal transit hub needed for passengers, too”, opinion in Edmonton Journal on a major transit planning issue in Edmonton, November 3, 2014 (available at http://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/opinion-intermodal-transit-hub-needed-for-passengers-too, accessed January 7, 2022)

HONORS: SCHOLARLY AND ACADEMIC

2017                            Emerging Scholar Award: Regional Development & Planning Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers, Boston, MA
1998                            Shrimati Hansaben Mehta Gold Medal in Architecture, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
1998                            Professor M B Dave Gold Medal in Architecture, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
1998                            Rupal K. Engineer Memorial Gold Medal, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda
1997                            Shrimati Hari Ichhaben Kamdar merit medal/certificate, Institution of Engineers, India

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2014-21           Certified Member, American Planning Association, AICP
2017-22           Research Associate, Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State University, CA
2016-22           Member, World Society of Transportation and Land Use Research (WSTLUR)
​2016-19           Affiliate Member, Transportation Research Board
2015-18           Member, American Association of Geographers