John T. Cooper

John T. Cooper Jr of College Station, TX, is an Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, and Director of the Texas Target Communities Program at Texas A&M University.  He is a former Program Director with MDC, Inc. in Durham, North Carolina, and past planning specialist with the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management.  Cooper holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina as well as a Masters in Urban Planning and a B.A. in economics both from Texas A&M.