Charles Kaylor
Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: 329 Gladfelter Hall
Telephone: 215-204-1435
Email: ckaylor@temple.edu
Areas of Expertise:
GIS, information technology, e-government, the digital divide, community planning
Education:
PhD candidate, University of Michigan, Urban and Regional Planning
M.U.P., University of Michigan, Urban and Regional Planning, 2001
M.A., Duke University, Political Science, 1995
B.A., Carleton College, 1989
Research:
Mr. Kaylor’s research focuses on the spatially uneven distribution of broadband infrastructure that threatens to create a technological underclass. He has worked on a state-wide project in Kentucky that demonstrates how local community engagement can play a crucial role in infrastructure development, studying information technology as a complement to the principles and techniques of smart growth. He has been assessing local adoption of web-based services by local governments since 2000, tracking changes in broadband deployment, shifts in adoption and utilization patterns, and changes in land use and urban form.
Selected Publications:
Kaylor, C. 2007. Broadband for All: An Evaluation of the Prescription for Innovation. Report prepared for ConnectKentucky.
Kaylor, C. 2005. “The State of Local E-Government and E-Democracy: Benchmarking the Progress of US Cities at Providing Online Opportunities for Citizen Engagement,” in J. Cowley and M. Manta Montoy. Eds., E-Government: Key Citizen Participation Issues and Applications for Local Governments. Columbus, OH: John Glenn Institute of Public Service and Public Policy.
Kaylor, C. 2001. “Gauging E-government: A Report on Implementing Services among American Cities,” Government Information Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 4.
Selected Conference Presentations:
“Bypassed by Broadband: Community Planning for Infrastructure,” presented at Joint Conference of the American Collegiate Schools of Planning and Association of European Schools of Planning, July 2008.
“Probing the Assumptions of the Technology-Based Economic Development Nexus – An Assessment of Telecommunications Infrastructure Planning,” presented at ACSP Annual Conference, 2006.
“Metro Boston Local Governance and Technology: Benchmarking the Progress of Localities,” presented to the MetroWest Growth Management Committee of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Sudbury, MA. July 2004.