DR. ZAKHARY MALLETT

Dr. Zakhary Mallett is an Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning at Alabama A&M University, where he leads the department’s transportation concentration.  His scholarship focuses on the transportation-land use interaction, including understanding determinants of travel behavior, location choice, and how these explain urban spatial structure.  He also investigates the efficacy and equity implications of policies that aim to mitigate transportation-land use challenges.  Among other examples, some of his current research focuses on estimating how well transportation investments achieve their intended objectives — for example, whether transit improves access disparities or mitigates environmental harms of driving — and how travelers being insulated from transport costs influences travel and location decisions.

Dr. Mallett possesses a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development from the University of Southern California; Master of City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and bachelor’s degree from Stanford University.  Before joining the faculty of Alabama A&M University, he was the inaugural Strauch Fellow in City and Regional Planning at Cornell University.  And prior to pursuing an academic career, Dr. Mallett served four years as an elected member of the governing board of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District.  You can learn more about Dr. Mallett through his personal website.

education history

Institution and Location	Degree	Field of Study	Year
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA	Ph.D.	Urban Planning and Development	2022
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	MCP	City Planning	2012
Stanford University, Stanford, CA	BA	Urban Studies	2009