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About Suzanne Moomaw

Suzanne Morse Moomaw, Chair and Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at UVA, focuses on housing, community, and economic development. She’s the former Director of UVA Press and author of Smart Communities. Moomaw also chairs the Finance Committee of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

Selected Publications

Smart Communities: How Citizens and Leaders Can Build a Brighter Future (Second Edition, Jossey-Bass, 2014).

Bittersweet: Extant Sugar Towns and the New Cuba (University of Virginia Press, 2026).

Co-author, Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for the United States. (Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2016).

Recent Courses Taught

PLAN 3030: Neighborhoods, Communities, and Regions

PLAN 5400: Housing and Community Development

PLAC 4010: Neighborhood Planning Studio

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Suzanne Moomaw

Chair, Urban & Environmental Planning

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Location

Charlottesville, Virginia

Email

swm2x@virginia.edu

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Last Updated: March 29, 2026