Dr. P. Anthony Brinkman, AICP
Assistant Professor and
Director, Land Use Planning Program

325C Mackay Science Hall
Reno, NV 89557-0154
(775) 784-4762
(775) 784-1058 facsimile
brinkman@unr.edu
Curriculum Vitae
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Research Statement
Dr. Brinkman is a planning theorist who studies the ethical use of technical data. He has extensive experience using qualitative methods to understand the problem of biased forecasting, in particular as it relates to travel demand. As an interdisciplinarian, Dr. Brinkman borrows liberally from the fields of philosophy, psychology, engineering and economics.

Research Areas of Interest
Planning ethics, transportation and land use planning, planning theory, behavioral economics.

Professional Preparation
University of Wisconsin–Meteorology B.A. 1981
University of Wisconsin–Urban and Regional Planning M.S. 1992
University of California, Berkeley–City and Regional Planning Ph.D. 2003

Courses Taught
GEOG 457/657 Transportation Planning and Policy
GEOG 458/658 Land Use Planning and Policy
GEOG 455/655 Planning Ethics
GEOG 756 Planning Law
GEOG 711 Planning Theory
GEOG 707 Introduction to Planning Methods

Selected Publications

Brinkman, P.A. 2004. “Explaining the Suspect Behaviour of Travel Demand Forecasters. In Urban Transport X: Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21 st Century , edited by C.A. Brebbia and L.C. Wadhwa, 255-64. Southampton, U.K.: WIT Press.

Brinkman, P. Anthony, Judith E. Innes, and Judith Gruber. 2001. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission: Origins and early activities. In Bay Area transportation decision making in the wake of ISTEA: Planning styles in conflict at MTC . Berkeley: University of California Transportation Center.

Goldman, Todd, and P. Anthony Brinkman. 1998. Transportation models in the policymaking process: Uses, misuses, and lessons for the future. Proceedings from a symposium on the problems of transportation analysis and modeling in the world of politics held in Pacific Grove, Calif., March 4-6. Edited by Todd Goldman. Berkeley: Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California at Berkeley.