About

Education

• Ph.D.            1996    City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
• M.C.R.P.      1986    City and Regional Planning, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
• B.A.               1984    Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
• A.A.               1981     Natural Sciences, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA

Employment/Appointments

• Professor, Urban Affairs & Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 7/19 to present.
• Chair, Urban Affairs & Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 7/16 to 7/19.
• Professor, Urban Affairs & Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 7/10 to present.
• Chair, Urban Affairs & Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 7/10 to 7/12.
• Editor, Housing Policy Debate, Virginia Tech, 7/10 to present.
• Chair and Associate Professor, Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah, 8/07 to 7/10.
• Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, 2006 to 2014.
• Review Editor, Journal of the American Planning Association, 2004 to 2010.
• Coordinator, Urban Affairs and Planning Program – Alexandria Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 8/06 to 8/07.
• Associate Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 7/02 to 8/07.
• Lecturer, George Washington University, College of Professional Studies, 8/04 to 7/05.
• Fellow, Metropolitan Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 7/02 to 8/07.
• Associate Professor, Portland State University, School of Urban Studies and Planning, 9/01 to 6/02.
• Assistant Professor and Research Associate, Portland State University, Center for Urban Studies, School of Urban Studies and Planning, 12/97 to 9/01.
• Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Department of Community and Regional Planning, 8/95 to 12/97.
• Instructor and Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Graduate City Planning Program, 9/91 to 8/95.
• Project Coordinator, Committee for Olympic Development in Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 6/93 to 9/93.
• Project Coordinator, R.B. McComic, Inc., Laguna Niguel, CA, 3/88 to 12/90.
• Business Consultant, Touche Ross & Co., San Diego, CA, 9/86 to 3/88.
• Community Development Specialist, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing Corp., San Luis Obispo, CA, 3/85 to 9/86.