Associate Professor
Associate Professor, Center for Urban and Regional Planning Research
Contact
- DB 2.306D
- greg.griffin@utsa.edu
- Greg Griffin
Bio
Dr. Greg Griffin is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), focusing on public participation, transportation, and health. A Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellow, Griffin earned a doctorate in Community and Regional Planning at The University of Texas at Austin. Previously, he worked as a researcher and planner with TTI's Planning and Engagement Program, CAMPO, TBG Partners, and Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. He earned AICP certification in 2005, and have maintained it continuously since.
Dr. Griffin’s research involves how planners and publics work together with technology through three related topics of crowdsourcing, urban sensing, and co-production. First, He evaluates the impact of crowdsourcing in urban planning, such as whether online public suggestions for bike share stations influenced their eventual placement. Second, he explores new approaches in urban sensing, including the role of street noise in traffic safety. Finally, Dr. Griffin works contribute to a co-productive planning theory, re-thinking public participation that emphasizes action. Philosophically, he takes inspiration from critical realism and social constructivism, and often use mixed methods approaches to uncover the interactions and impacts of urban planning. His work is published in outlets such as the Journal of the American Planning Association, Transportation Research Record, and in popular outlets including the Chicago Tribune.
