Faculty Associate

 



 

 

Kimberley Knowles-Yáñez, Ph. D.
Liberal Studies

kyanez@csusm.edu

 


 

Kimberley (Kim) Knowles-Yáñez holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign and a Master's in Regional Planning from Washington State University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning in the Liberal Studies Department at California Sate University San Marcos. Previously, she was a Research Associate at the Center for Environmental Studies and Adjunct Professor in the School of Planning & Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University, where she conducted land use planning research for the NSF-funded Central Arizona Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project.

 

Her areas of research interest include land use and community planning, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and children's issues. At Cal State San Marcos, Professor Yáñez has developed interdisciplinary courses on San Diego County and children & the environment. Prior to her graduates studies, she was a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Ecuador.