About

Education

Postdoc in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2008
Ph.D. in Technology, Management & Policy, MIT, 2006
M.S. in Technology & Policy, MIT, 2002
MEng in Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT, 2002
MEng in Civil Engineering, University of Southampton, 1999

Professional Positions

Chair, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning (UEPP), 2026-present
Director, Center for the Future of Work Places and Practices (CFWPP), 2026-present
Affiliated Faculty, Power and Energy Center (PEC), 2026-present
Acting Director, Center for the Future of Work Places and Practices (CFWPP), 2025-2026
Affiliated Faculty, Myers-Lawson School of Construction, 2024-present
Joann Boughman Innovation Fellow, the Universities at Shady Grove (USG), 2024-2026
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech, 2023-present
Associate Director, Center for the Future of Work Places and Practices, 2023-2025
Head of Outreach and Enagement, Center for European and Transatlantic Studies (CEUTS), 2024-present
Affiliated Faculty, Honors College, Virginia Tech, 2022-present
Visiting Professor, University of Florence, summer 2023
Faculy Fellow, F.I.R.E. (Forging Interest in Research and Engagement) Starters Undergraduate Research Program, 2021-2024
Director, SPIA Undergraduate Studies, 2016-2024
Coordinator of VT Graduate Certificate in Global Planning and International Development Studies, 2012-2024
Associate Professor, Virginia Tech, 2016-2023
Associate Director, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), 2020-2023
Committee Communications Coordinator, Transportation Research Board (TRB), Committee on Transportation and Sustainability (ADD40), 2018-2019
Research Subcommittee Chair, TRB, ADD40, 2012-2018
Committee Research Coordinator, TRB, ADD40, 2012-2018
Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, 2009-2016
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, 2006-2008
Graduate Research Assistant, MIT, 2000-2006
Policy Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, U.S. DOT, Summers of 2001 and 2003
Curriculum Development Advisor, Judge Institute of Business, Cambridge University, Summer of 2002
Civil Engineer, Halcrow Group, Swindon, UK 1999-2000

University Service

Member of the Center for the Future of Work Places and Practices Executive Committee, 2023-present
Member of the CLAHS Library Committee, 2022-present
Member of the CLAHS International Initiatives Committeee, 2022-present
Member of the Commission on Outreach and International Affairs (COIA), 2019-2022
Member of the Beyond Boundaries Experiential Learning Committee, 2017-2019
Member of the Global Systems Science (GSS) Stakeholder Committee, 2016-2019
Member of the Dean’s Advisory Committee (DAC), University Libraries, 2014-2019
Chair of the SPIA Undergraduate Degree Task Force, 2015-2017
Member of the Beyond Boundaries Advisory Group, 2016-2017
Member of the Steering Committee for Envisioning Virginia Tech – Beyond Boundaries, 2015-2016
Member of the Student Experience Task Force, SPIA, 2015-2016
Member of the Faculty Senate, 2013-2016
Member of the Faculty Senate Cabinet, 2013-2014
Member of the Commission on Outreach and International Affairs (COIA), 2013-2014
Member of the Africa Committee, 2010-2013
Member of the CAUS Curriculum Committee, 2010-2013

Awards

2021 Leadership and Social Change Residential College (LSCRC) Inclusive Leadership Award, Virginia Tech
2016 Certificate of Appreciation “For Excellent Work on Committee Outreach” (Awarded by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies)
2015 Outstanding Dissertation Advisor Award in Social Sciences, Business, Education, and Humanities, Virginia Tech
2015 Certificate of Appreciation “For Conducting the Baseline Work with Identifying All Committees with a Perspective on Sustainability” (Awarded by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies)
2014 Certificate of Appreciation “For Outstanding Service as Research Coordinator for the Committee on Transportation and Sustainability (ADD40)” (Awarded by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies)
2013 Excellence in Scholarship Award from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS), Virginia Tech
2012 Green Book Festival – Winner – Best Business Book: Technology, Globalization and Sustainable Development: Transforming the Industrial State – Dr. Nicholas A. Ashford and Dr. Ralph P. Hall
Lærebogsprisen, 2010 – Special award for a “strong international textbook project” (National Award – Denmark)
UTC Outstanding Student Award (Regional Award – USA), 2006 [New England UTC]
UTC Research Grant, 2004
CUTC Wootan Award for Research in the Area of Transportation Policy and Planning (National Award – USA), 2003
Student Excellence and Leadership Award, TPP, MIT, 2002
Best Thesis Award, TPP, MIT, 2002
Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability Research Scholarship, MIT, 2002
The Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) QUEST Scholarship (2-year duration), 2000
ICE award for the Best Civil Engineering Graduate in the South of England, 1999
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) International Research Grant, 1999
The Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year Award for Best Civil Engineering Student (National Award – UK), 1998
RAE Leadership Scholarship (3-year duration), 1997 [See a related article by David Ford and I entitled Putting the ‘Gloss on the Graduate’ – Engineering Leadership Awards]
RAE Individual Plans Scholarship, 1996
Halcrow Group University Sponsorship (4-year duration), 1995