Alanna Coombes
Teaching Assistant Professor
acoombes@unc.edu
309 New East
Alanna Coombes is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC Chapel Hill
Alanna teaches at the intersection of planning and communication. She teaches PLAN 256 Planning the City: Possibilities, Participants and Change; and PLAN 257 Tools for Urbanists – both classes meet the requirements of Communication Beyond Carolina.
With a breadth of experience in city government in the UK and US, Alanna retains interest in public policy making as it affects urban planning and economic development. Her specific interests include: downtown development; transportation and autonomous vehicles; and the interaction of urban planning policy, city politics and public affairs.
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