Greg Griffin, Ph.D.
Lutcher Brown Fellowship

Unfilled chairs and professorships are used to support recently tenured faculty and help accelerate the success of their research through fellowships. The fellowships are one-year, nonrecurring honorific appointments. Fellows are nominated by academic leadership and selected by the provost through a competitive process.

Greg Griffin, Ph.D.

Lutcher Brown Fellowship

Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning

Greg Griffin’s research analyzes how planners and publics work together with technology to improve transportation, civic engagement, and health. Currently, he is writing a book called Transport Truths, under contract with Bristol University Press. He has more than a decade of experience as a planner in Texas and has been continuously certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners since 2005.

Griffin has over 700 citations to date, and his research has been featured in multiple academic journals including the Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Transport & Health, and Transportation Research Record. He frequently peer-reviews work across several transportation and urban technology journals, and currently serves on the editorial review board for Transport Findings.   

Griffin’s recent research efforts include his work as a co-principal investigator with the UTSA ScooterLab, which was recognized and funded by the National Science Foundation. The lab works to develop a programmable and participatory testbed to study micromobility.

Outside of his research, Griffin is the graduate advisor for the Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning degree, advisor for the Graduate Certificate in Urban and Regional Planning, and also works as internship coordinator. In addition, Griffin mentors students at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels, and he currently serves as faculty advisor for the Urban Planning Student Association at UTSA.

Griffin earned his Ph.D. in community and regional planning from The University of Texas at Austin.