EMPLOYMENT & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professor of City Planning and Urban Studies
Master of City Planning Program, School of Public Administration & Urban Studies
San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA
Director, Program for Media and Urban Affairs, San Diego State University
Pres., UrbisMedia, Ltd., Hong Kong and San Diego, California
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Metropolitan Studies, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University, July 1968.
Master of Regional Planning, Department of City and Regional Planning, School of Architecture, Syracuse Univ., 1966
Bachelor of Social Science, Economics, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, N.Y., 1962
EMPLOYMENT
Instructional:
Professor of Urban Planning, 1976-Present*
Fulbright Visiting Professor, School of Creative Media, City University, Hong Kong, Fall 2000
Fulbright Visiting Professor, School of Creative Media, Lingnan University,Hong Kong, Spring 2000
Visiting Professor of Urbanism and Planning, University of Hong Kong, (Syracuse University DIPA), 1997
Visiting Professor Associe´ of Urbanism, University of Paris, 1989
(Part-time) Prof. of Urban Planning, University of California, San Diego, 1981-82
Associate Professor of Urban Planning, 1971-1975
Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, 1968-1971
*Professor Emeritus as of early retirement in June 2001
Administrative
Director, Program for Media and Urban Affairs, 1983-Present
Director, Sch. of Public Admin. & Urban Studies, 1979-1983
Director, Master of City Planning Program, 1968-1978
Professional:
Planning Consultant, San Diego, California, 1971 -present
Planning Researcher, Planners Collaborative, Syracuse, New York, 1966-1968.
Senior Planner, City of Syracuse, New York, 1964-1965
Planning Intern, City of Rochester, New York, 1963
Consultant to:
State of California Department of Food & Agriculture (scriptwriter), 1991
Baldwin Vista Associates (expert panelist) 1990
Science Applications International Corporation, 1988
Marquis Property Development, San Diego, 1987
The Neighborhood House Association, San Diego, 1984-87
Combined Arts and Education Council of County of San Diego (COMBO), 1986
City of Santee, California, 1985-1986
San Francisco Foundation, 1984
San Francisco State/Local Partnership for the Arts, 1984
San Diego State/Local Partnership for the Arts, 1982-83
Benham-Blair and Associates, Oklahoma City, 1981
Environmental Systems Associates, San Diego, 1975
Multi-Systems Associates, San Diego, California, 1973
Other Professional Activities::
Committee Member, Fulbright Hong Kong Scholar Program, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong America Center, Jan 2002
Research Associate, The Hong Kong - America Center, The Chinese University, Hong Kong, 2000
Patricia Clapp Annual Memorial Scholarship Committee Department of Art, 1986- present
Executive Editor, The San Diego American Planning Association Journal. 1995-96
Article Referee, Journal of the American Planning Association, 1992
San Diego Urban Form Workshop Committee, City Architect's Office City of S.D.,1992 .
Community Producer/Writer of Commentaries on Cities and Urban Life, KPBS-FM, 1986-1991
Emmy Awards, Preliminary Judging Committee, 1984
Emmy Awards, Preliminary Judging Committee, 1983
Jury Member, "Orchids and Onions Awards," American Institute of Architects, 1982
Member, Science Advisory Board of "Synthesis Program Series," KPBS-TV, 1981-82
Co-editor, San Diego Section of the American Inst. of Planners Newsletter, 1977-78
Invited Panelist at American Assembly Conference on Land Use, Claremont, CA, June 19-21, 1975, Claremont Grad School
Co-author of Speech for California Assemblyman John Knox for the American Assembly, Claremont, California, June 19, 1975
Member, Quality of Life Board, City of San Diego, 1973-1975
Vice-Chairman, San Diego County Environmental Development Agency Advisory Board, 1972-1975
Executive Board Member, Navajo Community Planners (City of Sa Diego), 1971-1973
Executive Board, San Diego Section of American Instit. of Planners, 1971-1972
Chairman, California Chapter American Institute of Planners Committee on Transportation, 1970
Board of Directors, SDSU Art Council, 1988-1992
Denis Sanders Memorial Committee, Department of Telecommunications and Film, 1988
"Speaking of the Arts Conference" planning committee, College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, 1987
Recognitions and Awards:
2000 Selected as Fulbright Scholar (United States Information Agency) to LingnaUniversity, New Territories, SAR Hong Kong, and City University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
1999 Invited as special lecturer on American urban studies to U.F.R. d'Etudes Anglophones, Institut d'Anglais Charles V, University of Paris, VII, formonth of November 1999
1991 California Chapter American Planning Association Journalism Award for series of articles for THE SAN DIEGO UNION.
San Diego Press Club Award of Merit for "Best Investigative Reporting (Radio)" for "San Diego Airport: A View from the Cockpit," KPBS-FM, aired October 14, 1989. Re-aired, January 13, 1990.
MPPP Faculty Award, 1988
Appointed as Professeur Associe to the University of Paris VII, by the Minister of National Education, France, 1988
MPPP Faculty Award, 1985
Identified as on of "82 persons to watch in 1982" by San Diego Magazine , 1982