Tom Sanchez

Tom Sanchez earned his PhD in City Planning from Georgia Tech and is now a Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech in the National Capital Region (Washington, DC/Northern Virginia). He conducts research in the areas of technology, urban planning, and scholarly impact. His recent books include: Networks in the Knowledge Economy (with Denise Bedford), published in 2021, and Planning Knowledge and Research, published by Routledge in 2018. He has co-authored three other books including Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity (2012), The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity (2007), and The Social Impacts of Urban Containment (2007).