Profile

Department

Schl of Earth Enviro and Sustain

Role: Faculty
Campus: Springfield

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Missouri State University
Schl of Earth Enviro and Sustain
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

Details

Education

  • PhD Planning, Design and the Built Environment, 2017, Clemson University
  • MS Resource Management, 2014, Central Washington University
  • BS Human Geography, 2001, Northern Michigan University

Teaching

  • GEO 705 Graduate Seminar
  • GRY 100 World Regional Geography
  • GRY 322 Urban Geography
  • GRY 325 Rural Geography
  • PLN 100 Introduction to Urban Studies
  • PLN 370 Fundamentals of Planning
  • PLN 571 Land Use Planning
  • PLN 572 Community Planning Practicum

Research and professional interests

Selected Publications

Evans, K. 2026. “Why Create a Land Bank? A Qualitative Exploration of Four Communities in Missouri.” Hum Ecol 54, 62 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-026-00719-9

Kpeebi, Y., Evans, K. 2026. “Quasi-Formal Housing” in the United States: Rethinking Tiny House Villages as a Response to Housing Insecurity.” Journal of Planning Education & Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X251401517

Kpeebi, Y., Evans, K. 2025. “Geography of Tiny House Villages for the Homeless (Revisited): Implications for Planning and Policy in the United States.” Journal of Housing and the Built Environ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-025-10197-y

Kpeebi, Y., & Evans, K. 2025. “The Grants Pass v. Johnson Ruling: Decriminalizing Homelessness Is the First Step in Solving America’s Housing Crisis.” Journal of the American Planning Association, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2025.2463969

Kpeebi, Y., Evans, K. 2025. “Understanding the Spatial Distribution of Tiny House Villages for the Homeless and the Contextual Factors Underlying their Establishment in the United States”. GeoJournal 90, 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-024-11271

Evans, K. 2024.  “Home is Where the Tiny House Is? Re-framing Downsized Livings Potential.” In Transforming Issues in Housing Design. Edited by Kutay Guler.  73-85.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

Research Interests

  • Housing Affordability
  • Tiny house movement
  • Rural planning

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