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.