Hobson Bryan, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Geography
Urban and Regional Planning, University of Alabama

Hobson Bryan is a professor in the Department of Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, at the University of Alabama. He is Immediate Past President of the International Association for Impact Assessment, a 2,500-member organization of consultants, academics, and decision officials from 112 countries. His teaching, research, and consulting interests center on environmental policy, natural resource issues, environmental and social impact assessment. Dr. Bryan served as Program Leader for Social Impact Assessment for the U.S. Forest Service, developed a national training program for that agency, and aided in the development of social impact assessment guidelines and policy for the New Zealand Commission for the Environment as a Senior Fulbright Research Fellow. His international training courses in social impact assessment, organizational analysis, and strategic planning span over twenty years of work. Dr. Bryan is a co-author of the text, Social Assessment: Theory, Process & Techniques (Taylor Baines, 1995) and has authored dozens of articles on this and related topics.