Stephen M. Wheeler, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California, Davis, and Chair of the university’s Community Development Graduate Group. He has written widely on urban sustainability, climate change planning, regional planning, and urban morphology. He is the author of The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (with Timothy Beatley; Third Edition 2014); Planning for Sustainability: Creating Livable, Equitable, and Ecological Communities (Second Edition 2013); Climate Change and Social Ecology (2012); and Reimagining Sustainable Cities (with Christina Rosan; forthcoming from U.C. Press in 2021). His awards include the 2015 Academic Leadership Award from the California Climate and Agriculture Network (CalCAN), the 2009 William R. and June Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban and Regional Planning, and a Switzer Fellowship for environmental leadership.