UAP Professors Paul Knox and Ted Koebel have been
unanimously elected members of the Urban Affairs Association’s UAA Honor
Roll. The Honor Roll was created by UAA
to recognize members who have contributed outstanding service over the years to
the association.
“Over the 44 years of its existence, the Urban Affairs
Association (UAA) has relied on the commitment, intellect, and energy of its
service leaders,” the 2012-2013 UAA Governing Board stated in making the
announcement. “Without these
contributions, UAA would not have developed into the strong and dynamic
organization it is today, and the field of urban studies would lack its current
breadth and richness.”
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| Paul Knox, Ph.D. |
Virginia Tech has made significant individual and
institutional contributions to the advancement of the Urban Affairs
Association. The Division of
Environmental and Urban Systems, predecessor of the Urban Affairs and Planning
program, was instrumental in launching the association and the journal, which
was initially published through Virginia Tech.
Professor Emerita of Urban
Affairs and Planning and Dean Emerita of the College of Architecture and Urban
Studies Patricia Edwards and Professor Richard Zody (deceased) were
early editors of the journal.
Knox is a University Distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow
for International Advancement at Virginia Tech.
He previously served as the dean of the College of Architecture and
Urban Studies, Virginia Tech. His service to UAA includes a spell as co-editor
of the Journal of Urban Affairs (1986-1991).
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| Ted Koebel, Ph.D. |
Koebel is a professor and former chair in the Urban Affairs
and Planning program and on the faculty of the Myers-Lawson School of
Construction in Blacksburg,
Va. He also serves as Senior Associate at
Virginia Tech’s Center for Housing Research, a research institute that is the
official housing research center for the Commonwealth and is a college center
in Virginia Tech's College
of Architecture and Urban
Studies. He served as deputy editor and
co-editor of the Journal of Urban Affairs from 1986 to 1992.
Knox and Koebel will be inducted into the Honor Roll at the
Awards and Recognition Luncheon on April 5, during the 2013 UAA conference in San Francisco. Please join us in extending our
congratulations to Dr. Knox and Dr. Koebel on this noteworthy professional recognition.
