Heywood Sanders, Ph.D.
Title
Professor
Phone Number 210-458-2538
Email heywood.sanders@utsa.edu
Room DB 4.232
Department Public Administration;
Biography
Heywood Sanders' research work focuses on publicly-funding convention centers and the politics of urban development. His newest publication, Convention Center Follies, levels city leaders' claims that convention centers contribute to economic development. His Brookings Institution white paper, "Space Available: The Realities of Convention Centers as Economic Development Strategy", published in January 2005 continues to cause debate among hotel and tourist industries and government entities. Dr. Sanders testified before the U.S. House of Representatives' Domestic Policy Subcommittee about convention centers and economic development last April. He also served as a co-chair of the Urban Affairs Association annual meeting, held in San Antonio in April 2014, and presented a paper on consultant studies and development politics.
Research Interests
Convention center development; downtown development; urban politics.
Education
Ph.D. Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
B.A. Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland