Alumnus Dave Feehan has written two journal articles for the Journal of Urban Renewal and Regeneration in London--one about the Downtown Des Moines transformation and the other about the Des Moines Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Feehan also serves on the editorial board of the American Downtown Revitalization Review. Recently, he has been co-supervising a new research project with Merrie Benasutti, Coordinator of Community Partnerships, Office for Public Engagement, University of Minnesota.