Rate My Professor Joseph Schofer

Schofer has earned major awards including the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from the Transportation Research Board in 2011, the Thomas B. Deen Lecturer from the Transportation Research Board in 2014, National Associate of the National Research Council, Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator from the Institute of Transportation Engineers in 2003, McCormick School of Engineering Advisor of the Year in 2002, and Burlington Northern Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1987. His key publications include chairing the committee for Tackling the Road Safety Crisis: Saving Lives Through Research and Action (National Academies Press, 2024), Resilience of U.S. Rail Intermodal Freight during the Covid-19 Pandemic (Research in Transportation Business and Management, 2022), Mobility 2050: A Vision for Transportation Infrastructure (2016), and How Well Did U.S. Rail and Intermodal Freight Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic versus the Great Recession (Transportation Research Record, 2023). He chairs the Standing Committee on Data for Decision Making of the Transportation Research Board, serves on the Chicago Transit Authority Capital Advisory Committee, Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council, and Transportation Committee of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, and has hosted the podcast The Infrastructure Show since 2009, interviewing infrastructure experts. Schofer has mentored numerous students who lead in the transportation profession.