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Nancey Leigh

GaTech Instructor

ngleigh@design.gatech.edu

Compensation history

YearTitleCategoryOrganizationSalaryTravel
FY2025LIMITED TERM FACULTY RETIREETeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$16,745$3,729
FY2024PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$197,551$1,832
FY2023PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$236,605$3,257
FY2022PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$236,605$567
FY2021PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$236,605—
FY2020PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$231,630$1,928
FY2019PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$223,099$9,846
FY2018PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$214,151$20,315
FY2017PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$208,914$7,495
FY2016PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$200,616$5,963
FY2015PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$190,080$5,658

Federal grants acquired

Public NIH + NSF awards where this person is the lead/contact PI, FY2020–2020. A defensible lower bound — co-PI, non-federal, and unmatched awards are not counted.

Total federal
$750K
NIH
$0
NSF
$750K
Awards
1
$675K$705K$735K$765K$795K$825KFY2020

Research output

Scholarly record from OpenAlex, publishing since 1988. Author matched by name; metrics are indicative. ORCID 0000-0002-5344-9536.

h-index
21
Citations
2.3K
Works
75
Works FY15–25
28
Publications and citations by year
053.6107.2160.8214.426803581013CitationsWorks201520162017201820192020202220242025
Works (bars, right axis)Citations received (line, left axis)

Career history

Prior positions and education from ORCID (self-reported). Academic history is well covered; corporate and founder roles are often omitted, so their absence isn’t evidence they don’t exist.

1994–Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology · City and Regional Planningacademic

Georgia Tech teaching

194 classes taught26 distinct coursesSpring 2006 – Spring 2026
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Compiled from public records and matched by name — grant, research, and teaching figures are indicative and may be incomplete or, rarely, misattributed, and do not reflect a person’s worth. See methodology. Report a correction.