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Dr. Bright is presently Coordinator of the Master of Urban Planning program, in the Department
of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree
(magna cum laude) from the University of Arizona with a double major in Government and
Spanish (double major); a Masters degree in City Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of
Design; and a Doctor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M. Dr. Bright has been a professor
for over twenty years; before that she worked in a variety of planning and design positions
for state, federal, regional and local government as well as private consulting. Teaching and
research specializations are land suitability analysis, site planning and design; urban
revitalization, planning for low income neighborhoods, economic development; international
planning; environmental planning, impact assessment and policy analysis; zoning, design and
subdivision regulations. For many years Dr. Bright served as the South-Central Regional
representative to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning governing board; she is a
member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and a charter member of the
American Planning Association. She has given invited lectures in China, Ukraine, many western
European nations, Australia, New Zealand, Guatemala, and at universities and professional
meetings throughout the United States, including the Federal Reserve Board in Washington and
the American Institute of Architects in New York.
Dr. Bright's current research focuses on plan implementation techniques used to preserve and
encourage liveable communities in other nations. She has recently completed studies of the
effects of property tax over-appraisal in low income neighborhoods and the importance of
regional containment in central city health. Her other areas of expertise include economic
development, zoning, environmental planning, and impact assessment.
She is the author of numerous book chapters, journal articles and a book, Reviving America's
Forgotten Neighborhoods: An Investigation of Inner City Revitalization Efforts
(Garland Press/Routledge, 2000), which won the Paul Davidoff Award for "best book in social
justice in the past two years" from ACSP.
Ph.D., (Environmental Design),
Texas A&M University, 1980; M.S., (City
Planning), Harvard, 1975; B.S., (Government & Spanish), University of
Arizona, 1972...[more]
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