Kyle Ezell, EdD FAICP

Kyle Ezell

  • Professor of Practice

Knowlton Hall
275 W Woodruff Ave
(614) 580-8564

Kyle Ezell, EdD, FAICP CUD, is a professional practice professor in the City and Regional Planning Section of the Knowlton School within the College of Engineering at Ohio State University. 

Dr. Ezell served as the inaugural chair of Knowlton School's Bachelor of City and Regional Planning program, writing, implementing, and administering the new curriculum of the (now mature) program. Ezell was appointed a Senior Affiliate for the Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning. Dr. Ezell received the Ohio State University's Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, OSU's Service Learning Award, the College of Engineering's Outstanding Teaching Award, and was inducted into the university's Academy of Teaching. His students received the national AICP Student Project Award, the APA County Planning Division Plan Award, and the APA Ohio Planning Student Project Award

A fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners and an AICP Certified Urban Designer, Dr. Ezell's decades of planning practice inform his client-based studio course, land development course, and PhD teaching practicum. Dr. Ezell led over 50 implemented plans and projects, elected to APA Ohio's Board of Trustees, served as Ohio's Professional Development Officer, and elected to Secretary for APA Tennessee. Practice acknowledgments include the AICP National Award for Implementation, Small Town Special Plan Award (APA Small Town/Rural Division), the Award for Excellence (APA Economic Development Division), APA Ohio's Focused Planning Project Award, and The Ohio American Society of Landscape Architecture's Merit Award. 

Dr. Ezell publishes a range of topics, including Visualize Your Teaching: Understand Your Style and Increase Your Impact (Routledge) and Three Essential Questions for Better Planning (American Planning Association). Ezell's previous books on downtowns include Get Urban: The Complete Guide to City Living (Capitol Books) and Retire Downtown (Andrews McMeel).

Dr. Ezell holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a Master of Arts from South Dakota State University, and a Doctor of Education from Maryville University of Saint Louis.