Arthur C. “Chris” Nelson

UA college names Nelson associate dean

Arthur C. (“Chris”) Nelson has been named to a new position of associate dean for research by the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA).

The college conducts research in areas including water management, heritage conservation, building and site energy performance and solutions, affordable housing, and the role of the built and green environment on health and wellbeing.

Nelson has also been named professor of planning and real eEstate development in the School of Planning and Landscape Architecture.

He brings 30 years of academic work, and has generated more than $10 million in grants and contracts from federal agencies, state and local government, foundations, think-tanks, nonprofit organizations and private firms.

He created and managed Georgia Tech’s land development certificate program, founded Virginia Tech’s program in Urban Affairs and Planning, as well as co-directed the Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech, and founded the Metropolitan Research Center at the University of Utah.

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