"Ayoung Woo is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at Sejong University. His research interests include housing and community development, subsidized housing, equity issues in planning, sustainable transportation and the built environment, public health, quantitative research methods, applied econometrics, and geographic information systems (GIS)."

EDUCATION:

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, College Station, Texas [August 2010 - May 2014]

Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Sciences, GPA (3.92/4.00)

• Dissertation Title: “Siting of Subsidized Housing in Neighborhoods: Assessing Economic, Neighborhood, and Social Equity Impacts”
  

• Advisor: Dr. Shannon Van Zandt
• Committee Members: Drs. Kenneth Joh, Jesse Saginor, and Dudley Poston

SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea [March 2003 - February 2005]

Master of Urban Planning, GPA (3.87/4.30)

• Thesis Title: “Effects of Social Mix with Public Rental Housing on Neighborhood Housing Prices”
• Winner, Best Thesis Award in Housing-City Dissertation Competition, Citizens for Decent Housing, 2005
• Advisor: Dr. Mack Joong Choi
• Committee Members: Drs. Seong Soo Kim and Sang Cheol Choi

HANYANG UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea [March 1998 - August 2002]

Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning and Engineering, GPA (4.02/4.50)

• Completed the Eight Semester Coursework in Six Semesters (1999-2001)
  

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea [2018-Present]

• Studio 8 / Course Evaluations: 4.9/5.0 (Fall 2018)
  
• Introduction to Housing / Course Evaluations: 4.9/5.0 (Fall 2018)
• Urban Planning: 4.8/5.0 (Spring 2019)
• Planning Methods: 5.0/5.0 (Spring 2019)

Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea [2016-2018]

• Studio 8 / Course Evaluations: 4.5/5.0 (Fall 2017), 4.5/5.0 (Fall 2016)
  
• Introduction to Housing / Course Evaluations: 4.6/5.0 (Fall 2017), 4.7/5.0 (Fall 2016)
• Urban Planning / Course Evaluations: 4.9/5.0 (Spring 2018), 4.5/5.0 (Spring 2017)
• Planning Methods / Course Evaluations: 5.0/5.0 (Spring 2018), 4.5/5.0 (Spring 2017)

Full-time Lecturer, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas [2014 - 2016]

• PLAN 610 Structure and Function of Urban Settlements (Graduate Core) / Course Evaluations: 4.9/5.0 (Fall 2015), 4.7/5.0 (Fall 2014)
  
• URPN 201 The Evolving City (Undergraduate Core) / Course Evaluations: 5.0/5.0 (Spring 2016), 4.8/5.0 (Fall 2015), 4.9/5.0 (Spring 2015), 4.8/5.0 (Fall 2014)
  
• URPN 361 Urban Issues (Undergraduate Elective) / Course Evaluations: 4.8/5.0 (Spring 2016), 4.3/5.0 (Spring 2015)

Research Assistant, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas [2010-2014]

• "Multifamily Housing and Walkable Neighborhoods: Assessing Economic and Social Equity Impacts," funded by the Texas Department of Transportation, 2012-2014
• "Assessing Benefits of Walkability to Single Family Property Values: A Hedonic Study in Austin, Texas," funded by the Texas Department of Transportation, 2012-2013
• "Assessing Economic Benefits of Walkability to Rental Housing Values in Austin, Texas," funded by the Texas Department of Transportation, 2012-2013
  
• "Examining Trends in Walking Travel in Southern California, 2001-2009: Insights from National Household and Regional Travel Surveys," 2010-2012

Teaching Assistant, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas [2010-2014]

• URPN 301 Urban and Regional Planning, URPN 370 Health System Planning, PLAN 604 Planning Method I, and PLAN 673 Design for Sustainable Transportation
  

Researcher, Environmental Planning Institute of Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea [2009-2010]

• "Qualitative Study of Urban Decline of Korean Cities and Urban Renewal of Foreign Countries"
  

Assistant Planner, Cheil Engineering Urban Planning Division, Seoul, Korea [2005-2009]

• "Urban Regeneration Plan of the Singil District, Seoul"

• "Urban Regeneration Plan of the Gwanak District, Seoul"

• "Urban Regeneration Plan of the Sinam District, Daegu City"

• "Urban Regeneration Plan of the Janggyo District, Seoul"

• "Urban Regeneration Plan of the Yongsan District, Seoul"

• "District Unit Plan of the Majang District in Seongdong-gu, Seoul"

• "District Unit Plan of the Sokdal District in Gunpo City, Gyeonggi Province"

• "District Unit Plan of the Okgye District in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province"

• "District Unit Plan for Migration Complex for Residents in Duryu District, Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang Province"

• "Master Plan for Gwangjin-gu (Great Gwangjin Design Project), Seoul"

• "Master Plan for Jonno-gu, Seoul"

• "Master Plan for Gimpo City, Gyeonggi Province"

• "Master Plan for Washington Times Aviation (WTA) Industrial Complex in Gimpo City, Gyeonggi Province"

• "Feasibility Analyses of Development in the South Seashore Tourism Belt in Korea, Jeollanamdo Province"

• "Feasibility Analyses of Urban Planning Facilities and Comprehensive Plan in the Sewoon Commercial District, Seoul"

• "Feasibility Analyses of Urban Development in the Muahn District, Jeollanamdo Province"

• "Feasibility Analyses of Urban Development in the Yongyu-Mui Districts, Incheon City"

Research Assistant, Urban and Regional Planning, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea [2002-2003]

• "The Plan for Renewal the Wangsip-ri District, Seoul.” funded by the Ministry of Construction and Transportation"
  

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES (SSCI/SCI/KCI):

(* denotes corresponding author)

• Woo, A., Yu, C-Y., & Lee, S. (2019), “Neighborhood Walkability for Subsidized Households: Revisiting Neighborhood Environments of Housing Choice Voucher and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Households,” Cities, 89, 243-251. (국제학술논문: SSCI), This paper is the winner of the best presentation prize presented at the 2017 ICAPPS (International Conference of Asia-Pacific Planning Societies) Conference.
  
• Cho, G, Woo, A., & Kim, J. (2019), “Shared Housing as a Potential Resource for Community Building,” Cities, 87, 30-38. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
  
• Woo, A., Cho, G., & Kim, J. (2019), “Would You Share Your Home? The Multifaceted Determinants of Preference for Shared Housing among Young Adults,” Applied Geography, 103, 12-21. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
  
• Yu, C-Y., Woo, A.*, Hawkins, C., & Iman, S. (2018), "The Impacts of Residential Segregation on Obesity," Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 15(11), 834-839. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
  
• Hwang, J., Joh, K., & Woo, A.* (2017), “Social Inequalities in Child Pedestrian Traffic Injuries: Differences in Neighborhood Built Environments near Schools in Austin, TX,” Journal of Transport and Health, 6, 40-49. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
• Yu, C-Y., & Woo, A.* (2017), “From Perception to Action: The Mediating Role of Parental Safety Concerns on Adolescents’ Physical Activity,” Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 14(8), 652-659. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
• Woo, A., & Yu, C-Y. (2017), “Beyond Affordable Shelters: Subsidized Housing and Surrounding Environments for Pedestrian Safety,” Applied Geography, 83, 37-45. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
• Lee, S., Sung, H., & Woo, A. (2017), “The Spatial Variations of Relationship between Built Environment and Pedestrian Volume: Focused on the 2009 Seoul Pedestrian Survey in Korea,” Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 16(1), 147-154. (국제학술논문: A&HCI)
• Woo, A.*, Joh, K., & Van Zandt, S. (2016), “Unpacking the Impacts of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program on Nearby Property Values,” Urban Studies, 53(12), 2488-2510. (국제학술논문: SSCI) 
• Woo, A., & Lee, S. (2016), “Illuminating the Impacts of Brownfield Redevelopments on Neighboring Housing Prices: Case of Cuyahoga County, Ohio in the US,” Environment and Planning A, 48(6), 1107-1132. (국제학술논문: SSCI), This paper is the winner of the Real Estate Valuation manuscript prize presented at the 2015 ARES (American Real Estate Society) Annual Conference.
• Kim, Y., & Woo, A.* (2016), “What's the Score? Walkable Environments and Subsidized Households,” Sustainability, 8(4), 396-415. (국제학술논문: SSCI) 
• Woo, A.*, Joh, K., & Van Zandt, S. (2016), “Impacts of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program on Neighborhood Housing Turnover,” Urban Affairs Review, 52(2), 247-279. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
• Woo, A.*, & Kim, Y. (2016), “Spatial Location of Place-Based Subsidized Households and Uneven Geography of Opportunities: Case of Austin, Texas in the US,” Community Development, 47(1), 45-62. (국제학술논문: SCOPUS)
• Li, W., Joh, K., Lee, C., Kim, J., Park, H., & Woo, A. (2015), “Assessing Benefits of Walkability to Single Family Property Values: A Spatial Hedonic Study in Austin, Texas,” Journal of Planning Education and Research, 35(4), 471-488. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
• Woo, A.*, & Joh, K. (2015), “Beyond Anecdotal Evidence: Do Subsidized Housing Developments Increase Neighborhood Crime?” Applied Geography, 64, 87-96. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
• Kim, Y., & Woo, A. (2015), “Estimating Natural Environmental Characteristics of Subsidized Households: A Case Study of Austin, Texas,” Sustainability, 7(10), 13433-13453. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
• Joh, K., Boarnet, M., Chakrabarti, S., & Woo, A. (2015), “The Walking Renaissance: A Longitudinal Analysis of Walking Travel in the Greater Los Angeles Area, USA,” Sustainability, 7(7), 8985-9011. (국제학술논문: SSCI)
• 우아영* (2015), “미국의 저소득층 주택 개발이 주변 지역 주택가격에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구경향 분석: 실증 연구 방법론에 대한 비판적 고찰,” 부동산학연구, 21(2), 71-82. (국내학술논문: 등재학술지 KCI)
  
• Li, W., Joh, K., Lee, C., Kim, J., Park, H., & Woo, A. (2014), “From Car-Dependent Neighborhoods to Walkers’ Paradise: Estimating Walkability Premiums in the Condominium Housing Market,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2453, 162-170. (국제학술논문: SCI)
• 우아영, 지남석. (2009), “뉴타운 지구지정이 주변지역 아파트 가격에 미치는 영향: 서울시 뉴타운 사업지구를 중심으로,” 대한건축학회논문집(계획계), 25(8), 233-242. (국내학술논문: 등재학술지 KCI)

ACTIVITIES:

이사, 한국부동산분석학회 [2019-현재]

부위원장, 한국부동산분석학회 신진학자교류위원회 [2019-현재]

이사, 한국도시설계학회 [2018-현재]

부위원장, 한국도시설계학회 공간빅데이터 연구위원회 [2018-현재]

위원, 광진구 도시계획위원회 [2018-현재]

이사, 한국주택학회 [2017-현재]

위원, 한국지역개발학회 학술위원회 [2017-현재]

위원, 세종대학교 캠퍼스타운 조성위원회 [2017-현재]

단장, 세종대학교 캠퍼스타운 조성위원회 [2018]

PLAN Advisory Committee, Texas A&M University [2014-2016]

Lecture Series Committee, Texas A&M University [2014-2016]