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James M.. Mayo
 jimmayo@ku.edu
Office:  317 Marvin Hall
Phone:  785.864.3350
Fax:  785.864.5301

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James M.. Mayo Ph.D.
Chair of Urban Planning, Professor

  • Teaching and Research Interests
  • Urban Design, the American Landscape, and the Political-Economy of Space
  • ARCH/UBPL 662 20th Century American Landscape
  • UBPL 741 Quantitative Methods I
  • UBPL 766 Urban Design Implementation

    • Academic Areas

    • Urban Planning
    Areas of Expertise

    • Urban Design, the American Landscape, and Politics and Design
    Education

    • B. Arch., M.U.P. Texas A&M University, 1966, 1968
    • Ph.D., Oklahoma State, 1974
    Quote

    Students studying planning should think beyond the skills they need for a job. They should attempt to advance their theoretical and philosophical inquiry as to the questions one should ask about what constitutes good planning. Otherwise, students can easily prepare themselves to become mere technicians without the insight that planners need to help create a vision for their communities.

    Current Activities

    Preparing a book on the history of the American commercial strip. Investigating the relationships between time and landscape.


    Awards

    • ACSA Creative Achievement Award, Best Article in the Journal of Architectural Education
    • Jack and Nancy Bradley Teaching Award
    Books

    • The American Country Club: Its Origins and Development. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1998. 
    • The American Grocery Store: The Business Evolution of an Architectural Space. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993. 
    • War Memorials as Political Landscape: The American Experience and Beyond. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1988. 
    Articles

    • “Learning Expectations in Environmental Planning: Predictions and Interpretations.” (With Stacey S. White) Journal of Planning Education and Research 24(1, 2004): 78-88.

      http://jpe.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/24/1/78

    • “The Ideologies of Artur Glikson.” Journal of Architectural and Planning Research. 21(2, 2004): 99-101.
    • Marxism, Architectural Aesthetics, and Practical Ethics.” The Structuralist. 41/42(2002): 74-82.
    • Justice Issues in Project Approval: The American Experience.” Planning Forum. 7(2001): 4-19.

      http://www.ar.utexas.edu/planning/forum/vol7pdfs/v7mayo_web.pdf

    • 42 other journal articles and 4 book chapters.