Rob Greenbaum
Curriculum Vitae

April 2024

John Glenn College of Public Affairs
The Ohio State University
350E Page Hall
1810 College Road
Columbus, OH  43210-1336

Phone: (614) 292-9578
Fax: (614) 292-2548
E-mail: greenbaum.3@osu.edu
https://glenn.osu.edu/rob-greenbaum

Associate Vice Provost for Academic Programs, 2022-present
Office of Academic Affairs, The Ohio State University

Associate Dean for Curriculum, 2015–present
Associate Director for Curriculum, 2014–2015
Professor, 2017–present
Associate Professor, 2005–2017
Director of Doctoral Studies, 2008–2009, 2012–2014
Director of Graduate Studies, 2009–2012
Assistant Professor, 1999–2005
John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University

Associate Director, 2007 – 2018
Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, The Ohio State University

Research Fellow, May – July 2002
International Center for Economic Research, Turin, Italy

Current Professional Affiliations:
Center for Real Estate, Ohio State University
Criminal Justice Research Center, Ohio State University
Institute in Population Research, Ohio State University
Sustainability Institute, Ohio State University

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Ph.D., Public Policy and Management, Heinz College, 1999

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
B.A., Economics, 1992

Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK 
Occasional Scholar (second year economics tripos), Christ’s College, 1990–1991

Urban and regional economic development, economic resilience, evaluation, spatial analysis, GIS, employment policy, housing, crime, applied microeconomics, public finance, applied econometrics

Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program Fellow (2019-2020)
Health Policy Institute of Ohio award for best 2009 published applied Ohio health policy paper
Donald Robertson Memorial Prize for the best paper published in Urban Studies in 2004
Mary Marvel Outstanding Teaching Award, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, 2011,2006, 2001
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Dissertation Award (First place), 1999
Barry Moriarty Graduate Student Paper Award (First place), Southern Regional Science Association, 1999
Homer Hoyt Institute Annual Dissertation Award (Second place), American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, 1999
Adolf Sturmthal Memorial Prize (Bard College economics award), 1992
The David and Rosalie Rose Scholar (Bard College economics award), 1990-91
Bard College Excellence and Equal Cost Scholar, 1988-92
Robert Byrd Scholar, 1988-89

Dormady, Noah C., Robert T. Greenbaum, and Kim A. Young, 2021 “An Experimental Investigation of Resilience Decision-Making in Repeated Disasters,” Environment Systems and Decisions, 41(4): 556-576.

DiTommaso, Adrienne and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2021 “An Examination of the Relationship between Local Tax Incentives and Diversification of the Local Economic Base,” Economic Development Quarterly, 35(2): 108-124.

Dormady, Noah C., Robert T. Greenbaum, and Kim A. Young, 2021 “The Value of Information on Resilience Decision Making in Repeated Disaster Environments,” Natural Hazards Review, 22(1) DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000415.

Bondonio, Daniele and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2018 “Natural Disasters and Relief Assistance: Empirical Evidence on the Resilience of U.S. Counties using Dynamic Propensity Score Matching,” Journal of Regional Science, 58(3): 659-680.

Young, Kim A., Robert T. Greenbaum, and Noah C. Dormady, 2017, “Sex, Gender, and Disasters: Experimental Evidence on the Decision to Invest in Resilience,” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 24: 439-450.

Brown, Lathania and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2017, “The Role of Industrial Diversity in Economic Resilience: An Empirical Examination across 35 Years,” Urban Studies, 54(6): 1347-1366.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Jim Landers, 2014, “The Tiff over TIF:  A Review of the Literature Examining the Effectiveness of Tax Increment Financing,” National Tax Journal, 67(3): 655-674.

Russell, Blair D., Stephanie Moulton, and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2014, “Take-up of Mortgage Assistance for Distressed Homeowners: The Role of Geographic Accessibility,” Journal of Housing Economics, 24: 57-74.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Stephanie Moulton, 2014, “Studying Patterns in Housing and Urban Development,” in Steven Payson, ed., Public Economics in the United States: How the Federal Government Analyzes and Influences the Economy, Vol 3, Praeger Publishers, 1060-1080.

Bondonio, Daniele and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2014, “Revitalizing Regional Economies through Enterprise Support Policies:  An Impact Evaluation of Multiple Instruments,” European Urban and Regional Studies, 21(1): 79-103.

Boggess, Lyndsay N., Robert T. Greenbaum, and George E. Tita, 2013, “Does Crime Drive Housing Sales? Evidence from Los Angeles,” Journal of Crime and Justice, 36(3): 299-318.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Daniele Bondonio, 2011, “Incentivizing Economic Development:  An Empirical Examination of the Use of Grants and Loans,” South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business, 7(2): 191-213.

Greenbaum, Robert T., Blair D. Russell, and Tricia L. Petras, 2010, “Measuring the Distribution of Economic Development Tax Incentive Intensity,” Economic Development Quarterly, 24(2): 154-168.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Jim Landers, 2009, “Why are State Policy Makers Still Proponents of Enterprise Zones?  What Explains Their Action in the Face of a Preponderance of the Research?” International Regional Science Review, 32(4): 466-479.

Hipp, John R., George E. Tita, and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2009, “Drive-bys and Trade-ups: Examining the Directionality of the Crime and Residential Instability Relationship,” Social Forces. 87(4): 1777-1812.

Desai, Anand, Robert T. Greenbaum, and Yushim Kim, 2009, “Incorporating Policy Criteria into Spatial Analysis,” The American Review of Public Administration, 39(1): 23-42.

Tita, George E. and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2009, “Crime, Neighborhoods and Units of Analysis:  Putting Space in its Place,” in David Weisburd, Wim Bernasco and Gerben J.N. Bruinsma, eds., Putting Crime in its Place:  Units of Analysis in Spatial Crime Research, pp. 145-170, New York: Springer.

Greenbaum, Robert, Laura Dugan, and Gary LaFree, 2007, “The Impact of Terrorism on Italian Employment and Business Activity,” Urban Studies, 44(5/6): 1093-1108.

Bondonio, Daniele and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2007, “Do Tax Incentives Affect Local Economic Growth?  What Mean Impacts Miss in the Analysis of Enterprise Zone Policies,” Regional Science and Urban Economics, 37(1):  121-136.

Tita, George E., Tricia L. Petras, and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2006, “Crime and Residential Choice:  A Neighborhood Level Analysis of the Impact of Crime on Housing Prices,” Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 22(4):  299-317.

Bondonio, Daniele and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2006, “Do Business Investment Incentives Promote Employment in Declining Areas? Evidence from EU Objective 2 Regions,” European Urban and Regional Studies, 13(3):  225-244.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Andy Hultquist, 2006, “The Economic Impact of Terrorist Incidents on the Italian Tourism Industry,” Urban Affairs Review, 42(1): 113-130.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Anand Desai, 2005, "Viewing Spatial Consequences of Budgetary Policy Changes," Public Budgeting & Finance, 25(2): 43-60.

Babcock, Linda, John Engberg, and Robert Greenbaum, 2005, “Wage Spillovers in Public Sector Contract Negotiations: The Importance of Social Comparisons,” Regional Science and Urban Economics 35(4): 395-416.

Greenbaum, Robert T., 2004, “Siting it Right: Do States Target Economic Distress When Designating Enterprise Zones?” Economic Development Quarterly 18(1): 67-80.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Daniele Bondonio, 2004, “Losing Focus:  A Comparative Evaluation of Spatially Targeted Economic Revitalization Programs in the US and the EU,” Regional Studies, 38(3): 319-334.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and John B. Engberg, 2004, “The Impact of State Enterprise Zones on Urban Manufacturing Establishments,” Journal of Policy Analysis & Management, 23(2): 315-339.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and George E. Tita, 2004, “The Impact of Violence Surges on Neighborhood Business Activity,” Urban Studies, 41(13): 2495-2514.

Greenbaum, Robert T. 2002, “A Spatial Study of Teachers’ Salaries in Pennsylvania School Districts,” Journal of Labor Research 23(1): 69-86.

Greenbaum, Robert and John Engberg, 2002, “An Evaluation of State Enterprise Zone Policies: Measuring the Impact on Urban Housing Market Outcomes,” in F. Stevens Redburn and Terry F. Buss, eds., Public Policies for Distressed Communities Revisited, pp. 33-63, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Greenbaum, Robert and John Engberg, 2000, “An Evaluation of State Enterprise Zone Policies,” Policy Studies Review 17(2/3): 29-46.

Engberg, John and Robert Greenbaum, 1999, “State Enterprise Zones and Local Housing Markets,” Journal of Housing Research 10(2): 163-187.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Lathania Brown, July 8, 2016, “Economic Diversity and Community Resilience,” Ohio State University Discovery Themes Blog. (https://discovery.osu.edu/economic-diversity-and-community-resilience).

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Lathania Brown, April 2016, “Economic Diversity is a drag when times are good but a lift when times are bad," The LSE Centre's daily blog on American Politics and Policy. (http://bit.ly/23ZQT2v).

Greenbaum, Robert T., 2010, “Geographically Targeted Economic Development Policy and Youth Violence,” in Richard Rosenfeld, Keena Quinet, and Crystal Garcia, eds, Contemporary Issues in Criminological Theory and Research:   The Role of Social Institutions.  Papers from the American Society of Criminology 2010 Conference, pp. 261-265.

Greenbaum, Robert T., Tricia L. Petras, and Andy Hultquist, 2007, "An Examination of the Impact of Governmental Disaster Relief Incentives on Business Location and Employment Decisions," 2007 Proceedings of the One Hundredth Annual Conference on Taxation.  National Tax Association, pp. 427-436.

Hultquist, Andy and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2004, Book review: Peters, Alan H. and Peter S. Fisher (2002), State Enterprise Zones: Have They Worked? (Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research) in Urban Studies, 41(3): 709-710.

Greenbaum, Robert T., 2002, Book review: Farley, Reynolds, Sheldon Danziger, and Harry J. Holzer (2000), Detroit Divided (New York: Russell Sage Foundation) and Sjoquist, David L. (ed.) (2000), The Atlanta Paradox (New York: Russell Sage Foundation) in Journal of Economic Literature, 40(3): 946-948.

Greenbaum, Robert T., 2001, “Selecting the Right Site:  Where Do States Locate Place-Based Economic Development Programs?” 2000 Proceedings of the Ninety-Third Annual Conference on Taxation.  National Tax Association, pp. 74-82.

Engberg, John and Robert Greenbaum, 2000, “Do State Enterprise Zones Stimulate Local Housing Markets?” Housing Facts and Findings, 2(2): 3-5.

Robert T. Greenbaum, Lathania Brown, Martin Luby, Hillary Darville, May 2015, “The Economic Resilience of Coastal Communities:  Survey Results from Interviews with Local Leaders,” Ohio Sea Grant Program.

Anand Desai, Robert Greenbaum, William Hayes, Renhao Cui, Michelle Saksena, March 2013, “Expanding Medicaid in Ohio:  County-level analysis,” Health Policy Institute of Ohio.

Anand Desai, Robert Greenbaum, William Hayes, Renhao Cui, Michelle Saksena, April 2013, “Expanding Medicaid in Ohio:  County-level analysis part 2:  Local economic impact on employment and general sales tax revenues,” Health Policy Institute of Ohio.

Daniele Bondonio and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2010, “Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of Enterprise Support Policies:  An Empirical Application to EU Co-Sponsored, National and Regional Programs” Working Paper, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, July 2010.

Robert Greenbaum and Blair Russell, July 2008, “Economic Development Policy in Ohio:  How Does Ohio Target its Investments?”

Robert Greenbaum, Tricia Petras, and Blair Russell, July 2008, “Restoring Prosperity to Ohio:  Revitalizing Ohio’s Core Cities through Refocused Economic Development Incentives”

Robert Greenbaum, Reena Uppal, Timothy Curry, and David Wirick, July 2008, “Assessment of the Gross Impact of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Nationwide Arena on the Greater Columbus Area”

Robert Greenbaum, Reena Uppal, and David Wirick, July 2008, “Assessment of the Gross Economic Impact of the Arena District on Greater Columbus”

Daniele Bondonio and Robert Greenbaum, 2005, “Decomposing the Impacts:  Lessons from a Multistate Analysis of Enterprise Zone Programs,” Working Paper No. 2005-3, John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy and the School of Public Policy and Management, The Ohio State University, June 2005.

Anand Desai, Yushim Kim, and Robert Greenbaum, 2005, “Estimating Local Effects of Medicaid Expenditure Changes,” Research Report No. 2005-3, John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy and the School of Public Policy and Management, The Ohio State University, June 2005.

Edward J. Malecki, Robert T. Greenbaum, and Andy M. Hultquist, 2005, “The Nonprofit Sector in the Franklin County Economy,” Research Report No. 2005-2, John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy and the School of Public Policy and Management, The Ohio State University, April 2005.

Bondonio, Daniele and Robert T. Greenbaum, 2004, “The Employment Impact of Business Investment Incentives in Declining Areas:  An Evaluation of the EU “Objective 2 Area” Programs,” Working Paper No. 22/2004, International Center for Economic Research, Turin, Italy.

Greenbaum, Robert and Anand Desai, April 2003, “Uneven Burden: Economic Analysis of Medicaid Expenditure Changes in Ohio,” School of Public Policy and Management, The Ohio State University, April 2003.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and Daniele Bondonio, 2003, "A comparative evaluation of spatially targeted economic revitalization programs in the European Union and the United States," Working Paper No. 3/2003, International Center for Economic Research, Turin, Italy.

“The Information Technology Industry in the State of Ohio and its Regions – 1989 to 2000,” (Columbus Region section), Report prepared for Ohio’s IT Alliance by The Ohio Economic Development Information Network, October 2001.

Greenbaum, Robert T., 2001, “Selecting the Right Site:  Where Do States Locate Place-Based Economic Development Programs?”  Working paper, Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, Washington University in St. Louis.

Engberg, John B. and Robert T. Greenbaum, 1999, “The Impact of State Enterprise Zones on Urban Housing Markets,” Working paper No. 1999-16, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon, 1999.

Greenbaum, Robert T. and John B. Engberg, 1998, “The Impact of State Urban Enterprise Zones on Business Outcomes,” Working paper No. 98-20, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.

Greenbaum, Robert T., 1994, “Plant Deaths and Transfigurations:  The Survival and Adaptation of Manufacturing Establishments,” unpublished mimeograph.

“Mandela Washington Fellows Institute for Young African Leaders,” IREX, Co-PI, 2017, $161,881

“Energy and Water Infrastructure Planning under Extreme Events,” Sustainable and Resilient Economy Discovery Theme Seed Grant, PI Guzin Bayraksan, Co-PI with three others, 2016, $43,034

“Mandela Washington Fellows Institute for Young African Leaders,” IREX, PI, 2016, $149,993 

“Measuring Sustainability, Resilience and Well-Being: A Proposed Research Workshop To Integrate Concepts and Develop Practical Tools and Measures of Sustainable and Resilient Communities in Central Ohio,” Sustainable and Resilient Economy Discovery Theme Seed Grant, PI Jeremy Brooks, Co-PI with four others, 2016, $17,713

“An Experimental Analysis of Middle Market Resilience:  Gender, Frequency & Information,” National Center for the Middle Market, Co-PI with Noah Dormady, 2014, $68,782.

“Medicaid Expansion,” Health Policy Institute of Ohio, Co-PI with Anand Desai, 2013, $8,000

“Economic Resilience of Coastal Communities,” Ohio Sea Grant College Program/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, PI, 2013, $57,824

“An Examination of Where and How Ohio Targets its Economic Development Incentives,” Brookings Institution, 2008, PI, $14,000

“Assessment of the Gross Impact of the Columbus Blue Jackets on the Greater Columbus Area,” Columbus Blue Jackets; Nationwide Arena, LLC; Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority, Co-PI with David Wirick,  2008, $45,000

“Advances in Modeling Economic Resilience:  Impact of Government Disaster Relief Incentives on Business Location & Employment,” Department of Homeland Security Integrated Network of Centers (INC) Grant, PI, 2007-2008, $59,297

“An Examination of the Economic Impact of Terrorist Incidents on the Hospitality Industry in Italy,” Mershon Center Faculty Grant, Ohio State University, PI, 2005-2006, $9,808

“Analysis of the Non-Profit Sector in the Columbus Economy,” The Columbus Foundation, Co-PI with Edward Malecki, 2004, $16,500

“Violent Crime and Housing Markets,” National Consortium on Violence Research, Co-PI with George Tita, 2003, $6,650

“Analysis of the Economic Implications of Changes in Medicaid Expenditures on Ohio Counties,” The Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Co-PI with Anand Desai, 2003, $28,150

"The Spatial Effects of Local Public Goods," Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, Ohio State University, PI, 2002, $31,266

“The Impact of Violence on Neighborhood Business Activity and Residential Choice,” Criminal Justice Research Center, Ohio State University Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, PI, 2001, $6,999

“A Study of Intra-Metropolitan Employment Trends and Policy Impacts,” Ohio State University Seed Grant, PI, 2000, $9,915

“The Impact of Violence on Neighborhood Business Activity,” National Consortium of Violence Research (NCOVR), Co-PI with George Tita, 1999, $4,925

“An Evaluation of State Enterprise Zone Policies:  Measuring the Impact on Business Decisions and Housing Market Outcomes,” National Community Development Policy Analysis Network, PI, 1997, $10,000

2023 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (presenter and chair)

2022 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration Annual Conference, Chicago, IL (presenter)

2021 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Austin, TX (chair)

2021 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration Annual Conference, Online (presenter)

Martin School of Public Policy and Administration’s Student Policy Association, University of Kentucky (online), March 12, 2021 (invited speaker)

2020 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration Annual Conference, Online (presenter)

2019 American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (presenter)

2019 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Denver, CO (coauthor and discussant)

2019 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA (presenter)

2019 Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, Washington, DC (presenter, discussant, and coauthor)

2018 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Washington, DC (presenter)

2017 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Chicago, IL (coauthor)

2017 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration Annual Conference, Washington, DC (panelist)

Institute for Population Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, January 24, 2017 (presenter)

2016 Natural Hazard Workshop, Broomfield, CO (invited panelist)

2016 Midwest Public Affairs Conference, Columbus, OH (conference chair, presenter, and coauthor)

School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, May 30, 2016 (invited lecture)

International Seminar, Evaluating the Impact of European Structural Funds:  Is the Transfer Intensity Effective?, Sapienz, University of Rome, Italy, November 27, 2015 (discussant)

2015 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Miami, FL (coauthor)

John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 16, 2015 (invited lecture)

2014 North American Regional Science Meetings, Bethesda, MD (presenter, coauthor, and discussant)

Maryland Health Enterprise Zones:  Using Incentives to Drive Local Progress Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 19, 2014 (invited presenter)

2014 Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, San Antonio, TX (presenter, coauthor, and discussant)

2013 American Reseal Estate and Urban Economics Association International Conference, Jerusalem, Israel (presenter and discussant)

2012 American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL (presenter)

2012 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Baltimore, MD (coauthor)

Northeast Indiana Central Labor Council Forum, Fort Wayne, IN, December 14, 2011 (invited presenter)

2011 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Washington, DC (session chair)

2011 Building Solutions to Poverty:  Methods and Metrics for Identifying Success Conference, Columbus, OH (presenter)

Indiana General Assembly Interim Study Committee on Economic Development, Indianapolis, IN (remote from Columbus, OH), October 17, 2011 (presenter)

South Carolina Journal of International Law & Business 2011 Symposium, Columbia, SC, February 25, 2011 (presenter)

2010 American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA (response essay presenter)

Public Comment provision before the Ohio Office of the Secretary of State, Columbus, OH, October 19, 2010 (presenter)

Testimony before the Toledo City Council hearing of the Economic Development Committee, Toledo, OH, September 30, 2010 (presenter)

2010 European Urban and Regional Studies Conference, Vienna, Austria (coauthor)

John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, April 14, 2010 (invited lecture)

2009 Ohio Health Data and Research Conference, Columbus, OH (presenter)

2009 Regional Science Association International Annual North American Meetings, San Francisco, CA (presenter, discussant, and coauthor)

Department of City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, November 13, 2009 (invited lecture)

2009 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Washington, DC (session chair)

2008 American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, St. Louis, MO (presenter and session chair)

2008 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA (presenter)

2008 Federation of Tax Administrators Revenue Estimation and Tax Conference, Portland, ME (presenter)

2008 Ohio Summit, Restoring Our Prosperity:  The State Role in Revitalizing Ohio’s Core Communities, Columbus, OH, September 10, 2008 (presenter)

Swank Advisory Council on Rural-Urban Policy Research and Education, Columbus, OH, May 20, 2008 (invited lecture)

2007 National Tax Association Annual Conference on Taxation, Columbus, OH (presenter and discussant)

2007 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Washington, DC (presenter)

2007 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Bologna, Italy (presenter and coauthor)

Criminal Justice Research Center and the Institute for Excellence in Justice Seminar, Columbus, OH, June 1, 2007 (discussant)

2006 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Madison, WI (discussant)

2006 National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) Center Summer Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, June 27, 2006 (presenter)

2006 National Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR) Summer Conference, La Romana, Dominican Republic, June 20, 2006 (co-presenter)

Department of Public Policy and Public Choice, Università del Piemonte Orienatale, Torino, Italy, February 16, 2006 (invited lecture)

School of Public Policy and Management, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 3, 2006 (invited lecture)

2005 Regional Science Association International Annual North American Meetings, Las Vegas, NV (presenter)

2005 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Washington, DC (presenter)

Applied Economics Seminar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, October 18, 2005 (invited lecture)

2005 National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) Center Summer Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, June 8, 2005 (presenter)

2005 Criminology and Economics Summer Workshop, University of Maryland, Elkridge, MD, June 7, 2005 (presenter)

Ohio Rural Health Coalition Statewide Rural Health Conference, Columbus, OH, June 3, 2005 (presenter)

Testimony before the Ohio House Human Services Subcommittee, Columbus, OH, March 4, 2005 (co-presenter)

Department of City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 11, 2005 (invited lecture)

2005 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, PA (discussant and coauthor)

Criminal Justice Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, December 3, 2004 (invited lecture)

2004 American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Nashville, TN (presenter)

2004 Regional Science Association International Annual North American Meetings, Seattle, WA (coauthor)

2004 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Atlanta, GA (coauthor)

Ohio Primary Care Association Annual Conference, Granville, OH, May 19, 2004 (presenter)

School of Public Policy and Management, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, December 5, 2003 (presenter)

Ohio Grantmakers Forum, Columbus, OH, November 14, 2003 (co-presenter)

2003 American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Denver, CO (coauthor (2 papers))

Testimony before the Ohio House Urban Services Subcommittee, Columbus, OH, March 13, 2003 (co-presenter)

Report to Medical Care Advisory Committee, Columbus, OH, March 19, 2003 (co-presenter)

2003 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meetings, Washington, DC (presenter)

Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, December 6, 2002 (presenter)

2002 American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL (presenter)

2002 Ohio Criminal Justice Research Conference, Columbus, OH (presenter)

2002 Southern Regional Science Association Annual Meetings, Arlington, VA (presenter)

2001 American Society of Criminology Annual Meetings, Atlanta, GA (presenter)

2001 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA. (discussant and presenter)

2000 National Tax Association Annual Conference on Taxation, Santa Fe, NM (presenter)

2000 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, Seattle, WA (presenter)

2000 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meetings, Boston, MA (presenter)

1999 Southern Regional Science Association Meetings, Richmond, VA (presenter)

1998 Southern Economics Meetings, Baltimore, MD (presenter)

Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Bureau of the Census, November 19, 1998 (invited lecture)

1998 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Research Conference, New York, NY (presenter)

1998 Joint ERES/AREUEA International Real Estate Conference Doctoral Session, Maastricht, The Netherlands (presenter)

1997 Enterprise Zone Workshop, Harrisburg, PA (co-presenter)

1997 Allied Social Science Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA (presenter)

Instructor:

• Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State University: 1999-present
  • Doctoral Research Colloquium, Doctoral First Year Seminar, Economic Development, Economics of Public Policy and Management, Multivariate Regression Analysis, Policy/Management Capstone, Public Finance, State and Local Government Finance
• Heinz College, School of Public Policy & Management, Carnegie Mellon University: 1997-1999
  • Introduction to PC SAS (workshops), Introduction to Statistics for Public Policy Analysis, Manipulation of Large Data Sets

Teaching Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University:

• Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University: 1997
  • Statistics II (econometrics) (Head TA)
• Heinz College, School of Public Policy & Management, Carnegie Mellon University: 1994-1999
  • Applied Economic Analysis (MS), Applied Econometrics I (MS), Applied Econometrics II (MS), Data Analysis for Managers (MPM), Economic Principles of Policy Analysis (MPM), Intermediate Economic Analysis (MS), Microeconomics and Health Economics (Tutor), Urban and Regional Economic Development (MS), Introduction to Econometric Theory (Ph.D.)

Other Instruction:

• InfoLink (Technology training program for underprivileged urban high school students), 1999
  • Instructor, Internet and World Wide Web

Doctoral Dissertation Committees:

• Adrienne DiTommaso, Member, Defended July 2023
• Stephanie Casey Pierce, Member, Defended August 2020
• Alfredo Roa-Henriquez, Member, Defended August 2019
• Yung Chun, Member, Defended August 2019
• Kristin Harlow, Member, Defended November 2018
• Lathania Butler, Chair, Defended July 2017
• Kimberly Young, Member, Defended March 2017
• Hyungjo Hur, Member, Defended February 2017
• Stephen Roll, Member, Defended April 2016
• Akheil Singla, Member, Defended June 2015
• Blair Russell, Chair, Defended August 2013
• Ian Blount, Member, Defended April 2013
• Ketra Rice, Member, Defended April 2013
• Carlianne Patrick, Member, Defended July 2012
• Amy Elliot, Member, Defended May 2007
• Andy Hultquist, Chair, Defended May 2007
• Tricia Petras, Chair, Defended May 2007
• Yushim Kim, Member, Defended November 2006
• Yijia Jing, Member, Defended July 2005

Master’s Thesis Committee

• Noah Frey, Member, Defended October 2022

Master’s Policy Paper Advisor:

Lory Winland, Defended December 2008; Likun Cao, Defended May 2008; Jessica Levy, Defended March 2007; Amy Wodarek, Defended March 2007; Crystal Hall, Defended March 2006; Mark Ryan, Defended March 2006; Alexandra Shklar, Defended March 2005; Suzette Thagard, Defended March 2005; Christina Siracusa, Defended  March 2004; Brandy Ethridge, Defended August 2003; Lindsey Muschkat, Defended March 2003

Post-Doctoral Advising:

• Seokjim Jeong, University of Texas at Arlington, CJRC Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute, 2013
• Kate Ivanova, Ohio State University, National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism Post-Doctoral Award, 2011-2012
• Maria Velez, University of New Mexico, CJRC Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute, 2010, 2011
• Robert Grantham, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, CJRC Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute, 2007
• Carmen Solis, John Jay College, CJRC Crime and Justice Summer Research Institute, 2006

University Committees:

• Member, GenAI Working Group (2024)
• Member, Search Committee for University Registrar (2023)
• Member, Workforce Hub Working Group (2023-2024)
• Member, IT Pathway Working Group (2023-2024)
• Member, Sustainability Education Visioning Committee (SEVC) (2023)
• Member, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies (HOPES) Oversight Committee (2022-present)
• Member, Master of Engineering Management (MEM) Graduate Studies Committee (2021-present)
• Member, Internal Advisory Committee for the EmPOWERment National Science Foundation Research Traineeship Program (2020-present)
• Chair, Academic Programs Advisory Committee (2020-2021)
  • Member, Academic Programs Advisory Committee (2014-present)
  • Member, Workforce Development Group (2019-2022)
  • Chair, Emergency Grading Policy Change Subcommittee (2020)
  • Member, Certificates Subcommittee (2015-2016)
• Member, Enterprise Project Faculty Advisory committee (2019-2021)
• Member, Master Global Engineering Leadership (MGEL)/Master of Engineering Management (MEM) Graduate Studies Committee (2016-present)
• Member, Urban Mission Committee (2015-2021)
• Member, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis Oversight Committee (2007-2013, 2015-present)
• Member, Search Committee for Executive Director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (2018)
• Chair, Graduate Council, Graduate School (2016-2017)
  • Member, Graduate Council, Graduate School (2014-2016)
  • Member, Graduate Council Graduate Certificates Subcommittee (2015-2016)
• Academic Director, Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (2016)
  • Academic Co-director, Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (2017)      
• Member, Ohio State Investigation Committee (2016)
• Member, Criminal Justice Research Center Oversight Committee (2015-2018)
• Member, Discovery Themes Sustainable and Resilient Economy Leadership Team (2015-2018)
• Member, Search Committee for City & Regional Planning Risk and Resilience Faculty (2015-2016)
• Member, Search Committee for Director, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis (2008-2009)
• Member, Advisory Board of Sport and Citizenship Initiative (2005-2007)
• Alternate Member, Arts & Sciences Faculty Senate (2003-2006)

College Committees:

• Member, Search Committee for Criminal Justice Faculty Position (2022)
  • Chair, Technology Resources Committee (2020-2022)
• Member, Technology Resources Committee (2002-2009, 2022-present)
• Member, Search Committee for Chief Administrative Officer (2020-2021)
• Member, Return to Page Hall Taskforce (2020)
  • Chair, Glenn College Sesquicentennial Student Scholar Selection Committee (2018-2019)
  • Chair, Search Committee for Governance and Regulation Faculty Position (2017)
• Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2016-present)
  • Ex officio member (2014-2016)
• Member, Unit Heads Committee (2013-present)
• Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee (2001-2007, 2011-present)
  • Chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee (2009-2011)
  • Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee-Working Professional Degree Subcommittee (2017-present)
  • Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee-Technology Subcommittee (2014-2016)
• Member, Doctoral Studies Subcommittee (2006-2008, 2009-2012, 2014-present)
  • Chair, Doctoral Studies Subcommittee (2008-2009, 2012-2014)
• Member, Search Committee for Public Budgeting & Finance Faculty Position (2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2016-2017)
• Member, Eligible Faculty (Various tenure and promotion subcommittees) (2005-2015)
  • Ex Officio Member (2015-present)
• Member, Certificate Working Group (2016)
• Member, Building Emergency Action Plan Team (2015)
• Chair, Targeted Discovery Theme Faculty Interview Committee, (2015)
• Member, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and Committee (2014-2016)
• Member, Accreditation Coordinating Committee, (2014-2015)
• Member, Pattern of Administration Review Committee (2014-2015)
• Member, Branding and Marketing Working Group (2014-2015)
• Chair, Robert Backoff Research Award Committee (2012-2014)
  • Member, Robert Backoff Research Award Committee (2000-2001, 2005-2006, 2007-2012)
• Liaison, College of Education, Physical Activity and Educational Services (2012-2014)
• Liaison, Dual Degree Partner City and Regional Planning (2009-2014)
• Member, Policy/Management Paper Award Committee (1999-2000, 2003-2004, 2008-2013)
• Member, Strategic Planning Coordinating Committee (2011-2013)
• Coordinator, Orientation Boot Camp (2009-2013)
• Member, Budget Advisory Committee (2011-2012)
• Liaison, Joint Degree Partner Arts Policy (2009-2012)
• Chair, Glenn School Task Group (Local Government) (2008)
• Member, Glenn School Task Groups (MPA, PhD, Ohio Citizens, Private Organizations,Undergraduate) (2007-2008)
• Member, Search Committee for Food Policy Faculty Position (2011-2012)
• Member, Semester Conversion Task Group (2010)
• Member, Search Committee for Director, John Glenn School of Public Affairs (2006)
• Member, College of Social and Behavioral Science Review Committee for Promotion and Tenure (2005-2006)
• Member, Essay Competition Selection Committee (2000-2003)
• Member, Workshop Speaker Selection Committee (2001-2002)

• Co-Chair, National Security & Homeland Security, 2022 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference Program Committee, November 17-19, 2022, Washington, DC
• Member, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Undergraduate Education Interest Group (UEIG)
• Co-Chair, National Security & Homeland Security, 2021 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Conference Program Committee, March 27-29, 2022, Austin, TX
• Member, Board of Directors, Community Research Partners/Thoughtwell (2013-2019)
  • Served on the Finance Committee and as Board Secretary
• Chair, 2016 Midwest Public Affairs Conference, Columbus, OH, June 3-5, 2016
• Member, Greater Ohio’s Restoring Prosperity Policy Team, 2007-2008
• Member, City of Columbus Economic Advisory Committee, 2001
• Advisor to economic development officials in Ontario, Canada, 2001

Referee:

Annals of Regional Science; Applied Geography; Contemporary Economic Policy; Crime & Delinquency; Criminal Justice: The International Journal of Policy and Practice; Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society; Economic Development Quarterly; Economics Letters; Economics of Disasters and Climate Change; Entrepreneurship and Regional Development; Forum for Social Economics; Growth and Change; Housing Policy Debate; Industrial & Labor Relations Review; International Journal of Conflict and Violence; International Journal of Development Issues; International Regional Science Review; Italian Journal of Regional Science; Journal of Cleaner Production; Journal of Criminology; Journal of Economic Surveys; Journal of Housing Research; Journal of Planning Literature; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency; Journal of Quantitative Criminology; Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy; Journal of Regional Science; Journal of Urban Affairs; Journal of Urban Economics; Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences; Moravian Geographical  Reports; National Tax Journal; Papers in Regional Science; Public Administration Review; Public Management Review; Rationality and Society Journal; Real Estate Economics; Regional Science and Urban Economics; Review of Policy Research; Social Forces; Social Problems; Rural Sociology; Urban Affairs Review; Urban Studies; World Development

Reviewer:

• Israel Science Foundation, 2018
• Palgrave (textbook), 2017
• Routledge (book prospectus), 2017
• Routledge (book), 2013
• Palgrave Macmillan (book prospectus), 2012
• Sage Publications (book prospectus), 2011, 2013
• Blackwell Publishing (textbook), 2007
• Springer (manuscript reviews), 2007
• University of California, Irvine (course review), 2006
• Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, 2003, 2004, 2005
• National Science Foundation, 2001

Consultant:

• “Evaluation of Real Property Tax Abatements in Franklin County, Ohio,” manuscript review for Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2017
• “Updates for Measures of Economic Development in the Arena District,” project with Stephen Buser and Bill LaFayette for Nationwide Realty Investors, 2016
• “Choose Ohio First,” assisted in evaluation of this scholarship program for the Ohio Board of Regents, 2011-2012
• “What’s Next:  How Should Ohio Refocus its Economic Development Incentives to Revitalize its Older Industrial Cities?” white paper for the Brookings Institution, 2008
• “Economic Development Impacts of Terrorist Incidents,” project for the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), 2005-2009
• “Analysis of the Economic Implications of Changes in Medicaid Expenditures on Ohio Counties,” project for The Health Policy Institute of Ohio, 2005
• "Strategic Economic Assessment of the Mon Valley Initiative," project for the Center for Economic Development at Carnegie Mellon University, 1998

American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
National Tax Association