Skip to main content Dr. Willard M Fields III
- Professor at Political Science, College of Liberal Arts
Service Activities
Ongoing
- Editor, Built Environment.
February 2024 - Present.
- Member, Sustainability Studies Faculty Council.
June 2023 - Present.
- Editor, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (TRIP) Special Issue on Urban Cycling.
June 2021 - Present.
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy.
August 2019 - Present.
- Member, Personnel Committee.
August 2017 - Present.
- Member, Service Learning Faculty Fellow.
May 2017 - Present.
- Member, MPA Scholarship Committee.
March 2017 - Present.
- Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Advisory Committee.
October 1, 2015 - Present.
2025
- Member, Faculty Hiring Committee.
November 2024 - April 2025.
2024
- Speaker, City of Hutto.
February 2024 - March 2024.
- Editor, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (TRIP).
August 2021 - March 2024.
2023
- Organizer, ISTEP/CCA Webinar Committee.
December 2022 - December 2023.
- Organizer, ISTEP Sustainable Transportation Knowledge-Transfer Professional Gathering.
March 2023 - July 2023.
- Member, Community Health and Economic Resilience Research Faculty Fellowship.
June 2022 - May 2023.
2022
- Member, MPA Comprehensive Exam Requirements Committee.
March 2022 - August 2022.
- Member, MPA Comprehensive Exam Rules Committee.
March 2022 - August 2022.
- Member, NASPA Globalization badge.
March 2022 - June 2022.
- Interim Program Director Master Political Science, Interim Program Director Master Political Science.
January 2022 - May 2022.
2021
- Editorial Review Board Member, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (TRIP) as a member of its Editorial Advisory Board.
August 2019 - August 2021.
- Other, Board Member: American Society for Public Administration Section for Transportation Policy and Administration.
February 1, 2012 - August 2021.
- Member, Sustainability Badge Initiative.
March 2021 - July 2021.
- Member, Sustainability Council.
January 2021 - May 2021.
2020
- Reviewer / Referee, Serve as stakeholder advisor for the Childhood Obesity Intervention Cost-Effectiveness Study.
2012 - 2020.
- Reviewer / Referee, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
February 2020 - November 2020.
- Reviewer / Referee, Transport Research Part D.
August 2020 - September 2020.
- Reviewer / Referee, Landscape Research.
July 2020 - August 2020.
2019
- Chair, MPA Scolarship Committee.
February 2019 - December 2019.
- Member, Comprehensive Exam Committee.
September 2019.
- Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Urbanism.
July 2019.
- Reviewer / Referee, Public Works Management and Policy.
May 2019 - July 2019.
- Reviewer / Referee, Transportation Research Part D.
August 2018 - July 2019.
- Reviewer / Referee, Southeastern Geographer.
February 2019.
2018
- Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.
September 2018 - October 2018.
- Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Urbanism.
June 2018 - July 2018.
- Graduate Advisor.
August 15, 2016 - May 2018.
- Reviewer / Referee, Routledge.
January 2018 - February 2018.
2017
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer Reviewed Conference Abstracts for Active Living Research Annual Conference.
September 2017.
- Peer Reviewed for the Journal of Urbanism.
July 2017.
2016
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer Reviewed 3 papers for the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
September 2016 - October 2016.
- Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Transport and Health.
August 2016 - October 2016.
- Graduate Advisor, Master of Public Administration Urban Policy Career Support Area Advisor.
September 1, 2015 - August 15, 2016.
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer Reviewed for Frontiers in Public Health.
May 2016 - July 2016.
- Graduate Advisor, Serve as Graduate Mentor for Timothy Winkler for the Sustainability Masters Program.
August 1, 2015 - May 1, 2016.
2015
- Worked with the MPA Program Coordinator to establish the study abroad program through the Consortium for Transatlantic Studies and Scholarship.
2014 - 2015.
- Served as a member of the Paper/Program Subcommittee.
2012 - 2015.
- Member, Member of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies- Bicycling Committee.
2006 - 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee.
October 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer Reviewed for Southeastern Geographer.
October 1, 2015.
- Peer Reviewed 3 papers for the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
September 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer Reviewed 3 papers for the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
August 1, 2015 - September 1, 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer reviewed for the Journal of Urban Affairs.
August 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer reviewed for the Journal of Urban Affairs.
July 1, 2015 - August 1, 2015.
- Organizer, Directed the International Sustainable Transportation Engagement Program in the Netherlands and Romania.
October 1, 2014 - July 1, 2015.
- Peer Reviewed for Housing Policy Debate.
June 2015.
- Peer Reviewed for Environment and Behavior.
June 2015.
- Peer Reviewed for Landscape Research.
June 2015.
- Worked with the MPA Program Coordinator to establish the study abroad program through the Consortium for Transatlantic Studies and Scholarship.
September 2013 - June 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer Reviewed for Environment and Behavior.
May 1, 2015 - June 1, 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer Reviewed for Housing Policy Debate.
May 1, 2015 - June 1, 2015.
- Other, Director of the Center for Research, Public Policy, and Training.
August 1, 2013 - June 1, 2015.
- Member, Member City of Austin Technical Advisory Group Community Climate Task Force.
March 1, 2014 - March 1, 2015.
- Reviewer / Referee, Peer Reviewed for Landscape Research.
January 1, 2015 - February 1, 2015.
- Member, Member Transportation Research Board Paper/Program Subcommittee.
January 1, 2012 - February 1, 2015.
- Member, Member of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies- Bicycling Committee.
October 1, 2006 - February 1, 2015.
- Peer Reviewed for Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability.
January 2015.
2014
- Served on Geography student Ric Hartman’s thesis committee.
2014.
- Served on the MPA program committee.
2014.
- Participated in the PhD in Public Administration Stakeholder meetings.
2014.
- Peer Reviewed for Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice.
November 2014.
- Peer Reviewed for the Public Works Management and Policy.
August 2014.
- Peer Reviewed for the 2016 Winelands Conference Stellenbosch.
August 2014.
2013
- Served on Geography student Meghan Kennison’s thesis committee.
2013.
- Produced BPA Program Analysis.
2013.
- Organizer, Surviving the Sophomore Slump: Thriving Strategies for Liberal Arts Majors.
April 10, 2013.
2012
- Hosted and Moderated the “Great Streets for Small Towns: Central Texas Transportation Policy Symposium.
2012.
2010
- Board Member, City Works.
2007 - 2010.
1925
- ARP Committee Service.
1925.
