Tom Sanchez

About Tom Sanchez

Thomas W. Sanchez, PhD, AICP, is a Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University. His research and teaching focus on planning methods, technology, and scholarly impact. Sanchez serves as the APA Education Committee Chair and a member of APA’s AI Foresight Community.

Areas of Expertise

Technology, Society and Analytical Methods, Transportation and Infrastructure Planning

Selected Publications

Bedford, Denise and Thomas W. Sanchez. 2021. Knowledge Networks, UK: Emerald Publishing., Sanchez, Thomas W. 2018. Planning Knowledge and Research, New York, NY: Routledge.
Brenman, Marc and Thomas W. Sanchez. 2012. Planning as if People Matter: Governing for Social Equity, Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
Sanchez, Thomas W. and Marc Brenman. 2007. The Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity, Chicago: American Planning Association.

Recent Courses Taught

URPN 201 - The Evolving City
Introduction to the history of urban and regional planning and how the evolving forms of cities and regions pose opportunities and challenges for planners; understanding key social, economic, political, technological forces that shape city form and function and ramifications for urban and regional planning., PLAN 670 - Urban Public Transportation Planning
Planning, operations, fiscal, management and legal aspects of urban, rural and regional public transportation modes; preparation of transportation systems program elements.