Name： Edward Blakely   

Current Positions:

Emeritus Professor

Professor Blakely

Fellowships:

Dr. Blakely was a Senior Fulbright Fellow, 1995-86

President of the Pacific Rim Council on Urban Development (1993)

Prizes

A leading scholar in the fields of planning, agriculture, and rural and local economic development

Received the 1990 San Francisco Foundation Award for improving community life in the San Francisco Bay Area

Professional Experience:

Professor and Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley (1986-1994)

Held senior positions at Pacific Telephone Company (1960-65) and as a US foreign service officer (1969-71).

Serves as policy advisor to the mayor of Oakland and advisor to the Los Angeles Public School District

Serves on the Board of Directors of the American Planning Association, the Nature Conservancy, and the Board of Directors of Environmental Science Associates (a private environmental consulting firm)

Assistant Vice President of System wide Administration for the University of California

Publications and Papers:

Dr. Blakely is the author of four books and more than 100 scholarly articles. His publications include: Separate Societies: Poverty and Inequality in US Cities (Temple University Press, 1992); Planning Local.