MIT World Speakers

Anthony M. Townsend PhD '03

Anthony M. Townsend is a PhD candidate in MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and Lecturer in Public Administration at New York University. He has published numerous research articles and chapters on the impacts of new communications technologies on urban and regional development. He serves as a technology consultant to major information technology companies including Nortel Networks, Quova, and Telegeography, Inc. and is currently conducting cyberdistrict feasibility studies in Jersey City and Newark, New Jersey. Most recently, he co-founded NYCwireless, a volunteer organization that provides free wireless Internet access in public parks in New York City.