William J. Drummond

Associate Professor, City Planning Program, and Director, Geographic Information Systems Applications Laboratory and Spatial Analysis Technologies Center
 

EDUCATION AND HONORS

Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Doctor of Philosophy, December 1989. Dissertation title: The Design of Information Systems for Public Issues: An Impact Fee Prototype Case Study. Graduate School Awards, September 1982 to May 1986.

Th.M. Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. Master of Theology with Honors, May 1980. Emphasis in Biblical languages (Hellenistic Greek, Classical Hebrew) and Biblical theology. Charles F. Meyers Fellowship.

M.Div. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Master of Divinity summa cum laude, May 1979. President's Award, Phi Alpha Chi honorary society.

A.B. Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Bachelor of Arts (History), summa cum laude, May 1975. Phi Beta Kappa.

MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

• Geographic information systems

• Economic development applications of geographic information systems

• Social service planning with geographic information systems

• Growth management, land use policy and planning

• Statistical analysis of land and housing markets

• Planning analytical methods

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate City Planning Program, Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor September 1994 to present.
Graduate course teaching responsibilities:

• Urban Economics. Urban location theory, urban spatial structures, and urban economic analysis methods. Winter 1987

• Introductory Quantitative Methods. Introduction to microcomputing operating systems, spreadsheet, database management system, and GIS software. Annual course: Fall 1993 to Fall 1995

• Intermediate Quantitative Methods. Microcomputing introduction and basic statistical methods. Annual course: Fall Winter 1987 to Winter 1995.

• Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Basic theory, methods, applications, and implementation of public sector GIS. Annual course: Spring 1987 to Winter 1993.

• Information Systems for Planning and Public Policy. Advanced operating system, spreadsheet, and database management system applications development for planning and public policy. Annual course: Winter 1987 to Winter 1993.

• Advanced Urban Applications of Geographic Information Systems. UNIX workstation GIS development of urban GIS applications. Annual course: Spring 1993 to Spring 1995.

• Land Use Forecasting and Allocation. Methods for estimation and allocation of land for comprehensive urban land use planning. Annual course: Winter 1988 to Winter 1995.

Assistant City Planning Program, Georgia Institute of Technology. Professor September 1989 to August 1995.

Instructor City Planning Program, Georgia Institute of Technology. September 1987 to September 1989.

Lecturer Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Course modules taught included microcomputer skills and statistical analysis. January 1986 to May 1987.

Instructor Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Instructor in Hellenistic Greek. September 1977 to May 1979.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS

• "Extending the Revolution: Teaching Land Use Planning in a GIS Environment." Journal of Planning Education and Research. Summer 1994, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 280-291.

• "Address Matching: GIS Technology for Mapping Human Activity Patterns." Journal of the American Planning Association. Spring 1995, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 240-251.

• "GIS as a Visualization Tool for Economic Development." Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems. Vol 17. no. 6, pp. 469-479.

• "The Development of GIS-Based Small Area Social Indicators." Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management. Vol. 1, pp. 185-209. July 1993.

• "Population Projection Models" (with David S. Sawicki). Spreadsheet Models for Urban and Regional Analysis. Edited by Richard K. Brail and Richard E. Klosterman. Rutgers Center for Urban Policy Research. February 1993.

• "Computerized Information Management in a System-Poor Environment: Lessons from the Design and Implementation of a Computer System for the Sudanese Planning Ministry" (with Craig Calhoun and Dale Whittington). Third World Planning Review, November 1987.

• Land Data Systems: Defining a Research and Dissemination Agenda (edited with Scott A. Bollens). Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Monograph 86-6, September 1986.

• "An Examination of EPA's Regulatory Impact Analysis of Environmental Standards for Uranium Mill Tailings" (with Dale Whittington). Environmental Impact Assessment Review, September 1986.