Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research
Core Research Faculty
Director
DB 2.306E
Associate Professor, Architecture
Director, Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research, Distinguished Teaching Professor
Lab
Associate Director
DB 2.306A
Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Associate Director, Center for Urban and Regional Planning
Lab
Assistant Professor
DB 4.362E
Assistant Professor, Architecture
Lab
Assistant Professor
DB 2.306B
Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Lab
Assistant Professor
DB 2.306C
Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Lab
Research Collaborators
Bill Barker, FAICP, Adjunct Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Gabriel Díaz Montemayor, MLA, Founding Partner, LABor Studio
William Dupont, FAIA, San Antonio Conservation Society Endowed Professor, Architecture
Roger Enriquez, JD, Associate Professor, Criminology & Criminal Justice
Kristin Flores, City of San Antonio, Neighborhood & Housing Services Department
Marcio Giacomoni, PhD, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering
Albert Han, PhD, Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Matthew Jackson, Director, Small Business Development Center National Information Clearinghouse
Megan McDonald, MHP, Post Oak Preservation Solutions
Laura McKieran, PhD, Associate Professor, Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas Health School of Public Health
Ellis Mumford-Russell, MS Historic Preservation, Post Oak Preservation Solutions
Rhia Pape, City of San Antonio R&D League
Chris Reddick, PhD, Professor, Public Administration
Mark Robinson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Practice in Computer Science
Corey Sparks, PhD, Associate Professor, Demography
Trent Tunks, Architect
Thomas Tunstall, PhD, MBA, Director, Research, Institute of Economic Development
Rebecca Walter, PhD, Robert F. Philip Endowed Professor, Real Estate, University of Washington
Research Assistants
2023-24
Meesha Afkami, MArch
Jacqueline Garcia, MArch
Renee Irwine, MArch
Salomon Mendoza, MSURP
Rashida Noor, MArch
Yaire Padilla, MArch
Allison Pineda, MSURP
Haoming Qin, PhD, Civil Engineering
Sam Rueda, MSURP
2022-23
Luis Escalante, MSURP
Renee Irwine, MArch
Anamika Kumar, MSURP
Het Virparia, MArch
2021-22
John Franklin, MArch
Francisco Gonzalez, MArch
Austin Valadez, MArch
Tiffany Vargas, MArch
2020-21
Austin Champagne, BA, Trinity University McNair Scholars Program
Mauricio Garza, MArch
2019-20
Matthew Gloria, MArch
Diego Sanchez, MArch
Austin Valadez, MArch
2018-2019
Elizabeth Streidel, MArch
Tiffany Vargas, MArch
Ivan Ventura, BSArch
