Jeffrey Doshna, M.C.R.P.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Community and Regional Planning
Mr. Doshna is an expert in state and local economic development policy,
quantitative and qualitative research methods and
computer applications including Geographic Information
Systems, with substantial research and teaching
experience. He has proficiency in most GIS platforms,
statistical analysis software, and planning support
systems. He is also skilled in qualitative and
quantitative research methods including focus groups,
interviewing, survey design and implementation,
demographic and local economic analyses.
In
addition to teaching Analytical Methods in Planning at
Ambler, he has been involved in funded research —
“Structuring and Sustaining the Relationships that
Support U.S. Microenterprise Programs” — for the
International Labour Organization (ILO). He also
contributed “Enterprise Creation by the Unemployed —
The Role of Microfinance in Industrialized Countries”
for the ILO Action Programme.
Mr. Doshna taught several courses for the Edward J.
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policyat
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, from 1996
to 2002, including
Recent Trends in Economic Development; Methods of Planning Analysis,
and
Computers in Planning and Management.
His funded research from at Rutgers included,
“Microenterprise Development as an Economic Adjustment
Strategy,” prepared for the
United States Economic Development Administration; and
“Transportation Opportunities for Work First New
Jersey Clients,” prepared for New Jersey
Department of Human Services.
He
has been the instructor for the Geomatics
Certificate Program at Rutger’s Cook College
Office of Continuing Professional Education since
1998.
Mr.
Doshna received a Master of City and Regional Planning
from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; and
a B.A. in Economics from Johns Hopkins University.
He is
a member of the American Planning Association and the
Association of American Geographers.
