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, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University, 1/24 to present.
- Professor, Urban Affairs & Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 7/10 to 12/23.
- Chair, Urban Affairs & Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 7/16 to 7/19.
- Chair, Urban Affairs & Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 7/10 to 7/12.
- Editor, Housing Policy Debate, Virginia Tech, 2010 to 2021.
- 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.
Tom,
Your list of publications is interesting – It also let me know where Larry Frank landed – backstory in the early 1990s when he was in Grad School at the University of Washington he worked for the Puget Sound Regional Planning Council and I worked for a suburban city Lynnwood focusing on long range planning especially transportation focusing on the Comprehensive Plan that was required by the State Growth Management Act – Larry’s job was to review the Comprehensive Plans for consistency with the State Plan and he originally recommended that the State deny the Comp Plan because the Lynwood Plan did not recommend Level of Service C at peak hour for a major state road that went through Lynnwood – me being me pointed out that that road hadn’t been Level of Service C since the pioneers came across in covered wagons (actually true) – he thought about it and changed his recommendation to the State.
On another subject, it’s time to think about FAICP – you are a very strong candidate Tom. Think about it and let me know.
Best,
David
Thanks David. I’ve only been AICP for a couple of years.