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ALGERNON AUSTIN
Director of the Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy program
Areas of Expertise
Race, ethnicity, and the economy • Discrimination • Education • Public opinion
Biography
Algernon Austin is a sociologist of racial relations with a specialization on black Americans. Prior to joining the Economic Policy Institute, he was assistant director of research at the Foundation Center and a Senior Fellow at the Demos think tank. From 2001 to 2005, he served on the faculty of Wesleyan University. Austin is the author of Getting It Wrong: How Black Public Intellectuals Are Failing Black America and Achieving Blackness: Race, Black Nationalism, and Afrocentrism in the Twentieth Century. He has published scholarly articles in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Qualitative Sociology, the Journal of African American Studies, and Race, Gender and Class.
Education
Ph.D. Sociology, Northwestern University (2001)
M.A. Sociology, Northwestern University (1995)
B.A. Sociology, Wesleyan University (1990)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Algernon Austin
TONY AVIRGAN
Global Policy Network Organizer
Areas of expertise
Advocacy campaigning • International organizing • Media relations • Environmental, labor, economic justice, and development issues
Biography
Tony Avirgan joined the Economic Policy Institute as organizer of its Global Policy Network in 2000. Formerly he was a communications coordinator of The Development GAP, a non-governmental organization striving to give Southern marginalized groups a voice in economic policy making. Over the course of his career he co-produced and shot several documentary films, and worked as a freelance writer, reporter and film-maker based in Tanzania, covering African liberation struggles and Costa Rica, covering Latin America and the Caribbean. He also worked as editor of Mesoamerica, a monthly publication of political, economic, and environmental news of Central America and Panama.
Education
Pennsylvania State University majoring in Liberal Arts with emphasis on Psychology and Business Administration.
Complete listing of EPI publications by Tony Avirgan
JARED BERNSTEIN
(Former director of EPI's Living Standards program)
December 2008: Jared Bernstein resigned from EPI to serve as Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor for Vice President Joe Biden.
Areas of expertise
Labor markets • Economic Inequality • Poverty • Productivity • Technology • Policy Analysis
Biography
Jared Bernstein joined the Economic Policy Institute in 1992, and in December 2008 joined the Obama Administration as Chief Economist for Vice President Biden. His latest book is Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries), which follows All Together Now: Common Sense for a Fair Economy. His areas of research include income inequality and mobility, trends in employment and earnings, low-wage labor markets and poverty, international comparisons, and the analysis of federal and state economic policies. He is the co-author of eight editions of the book The State of Working America and has published extensively in popular and academic venues, including The New York Times, Washington Post, American Prospect, and Research in Economics and Statistics. He has also been a contributor to the financial news station CNBC.
Education
Ph.D. Social Welfare, Columbia University
Complete listing of EPI publications by Jared Bernstein
JOSH BIVENS
Economist
Areas of expertise
Macroeconomics • Globalization • Social Insurance • Public Investment
Biography
Josh Bivens joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2002. He is the author of Everybody Wins Except for Most of Us: What Economics Teaches About Globalization and has published numerous articles in both academic and popular venues, including USA Today, The Guardian, The American Prospect, Challenge Magazine, and Worth. He is a frequent commentator on economic issues for a variety of media outlets, including NPR, CNN, CNBC, Reuters and the BBC.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, New School for Social Research
B.A., Economics, University of Maryland at College Park
Complete listing of EPI publications by Josh Bivens
CHRISTIAN DORSEY
Director of External and Government Affairs
Areas of Expertise
Community development • Housing • Race and the economy • Public policy
Biography
Christian Dorsey joined EPI in 2008. Christian's work at EPI is to build grassroots awareness of economic policy matters with a goal of educating and mobilizing communities to advocate more effectively on their behalf and to advance EPI's signature policy initiative, the Agenda for Shared Prosperity. Prior to joining EPI, Christian served as chief executive officer for non-profit organizations promoting children's literacy, prejudice reduction and affordable housing. His commentaries have appeared in a variety of media including The Washington Post and he is a frequent voice on television and radio.
Education
B.S., International Relations, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Complete listing of EPI publications by Christian Dorsey
KATHRYN EDWARDS
Research Assistant
Areas of Expertise
State-level Economic Policy • Inequality • Employment • Young Adult Economic Issues
Kathryn Edwards joined the Economic Policy Institute in September 2008 to work for the Economic Analysis Research Network (EARN), a network of state and regional multi-issue research, policy, and advocacy organizations. Prior to EPI, she taught English in Eastern Europe and wrote for a satire magazine. Her areas of interest include state economic development, tax and budget policy, and public investment.
Education
B.A. Economics, The University of Texas at Austin
Complete listing of EPI publications by Kathryn Edwards
ROSS EISENBREY
Vice President
Areas of expertise
Labor and employment law • Occupational safety and health • Pension policy
Biography
Ross Eisenbrey is a lawyer and former commissioner of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Prior to joining EPI in 2002, he worked for many years as a staff attorney in the U.S. House of Representatives, as legislative director for Rep. William Ford, and as a committee counsel in the U.S. Senate. He served as policy director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from 1999 until 2001.
Education
University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 1978
Middlebury College, B.A. 1974
Complete listing of EPI publications by Ross Eisenbrey
JEFF FAUX
Founding president and distinguished fellow
Areas of expertise
Political economy • International economics • Macroeconomics • Labor markets • Unions
Biography
Jeff Faux founded the Economic Policy Institute in 1986, and made it into the country's leading think tank on the political and economic issues that face working Americans. In 2003, he stepped down as EPI's president, and is now the Institute's Distinguished Fellow. Faux has studied, taught and published on a wide variety of economic and political issues from the global economy to neighborhood community development, from monetary policy to political strategy. He is the author or co-author of five books, the latest being, The Global Class War (Wiley, 2006). He has now started a new book on America's future.
Faux worked as an economist in the Departments of State, Labor and Commerce, a manager in the finance industry, a blueberry farmer, and a member of a municipal planning board in the State of Maine. He's been an advisor to governments, trade unions, businesses, political campaigns, and community organizations. He's lectured in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, sits on the boards of several of non-profit institutions and magazines, has written articles for numerous newspapers, magazines and journals, has testified before Congress, and has appeared many times on television and radio.
Education
Queens College, George Washington University, and Harvard University
Honorary Degree, University of New England
Complete listing of EPI publications by Jeff Faux
KAI FILION
Policy Analyst
Areas of expertise
Labor markets • Health care • Inequality
Biography
Kai Filion joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2008. Before that, he worked as a research assistant and student at the University of New Hampshire, spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica, and three years as an electronic technician. His goal is to create economic analyses that are meaningful and comprehensible, and which promote income equality.
Education
B.S. Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley
M.A. Economics, University of New Hampshire
Complete listing of EPI publications by Kai Filion
JODY FRANKLIN
Director of Communications
Areas of Expertise
Public Relations • Strategic Communications • Public Policy
Biography
Jody Franklin joined EPI in the summer of 2009 as Director of Communications. Franklin manages EPI's media relations, publications, and Web publishing teams, overseeing the dissemination and promotion of the institute's research and providing overall strategic counsel to EPI's senior team. Franklin served as Chief-of-Staff for Hillary Clinton during the 1992 Clinton for President Campaign, directing Clinton's political, media and scheduling operations, as well as serving on the senior staff of the campaign. More recently, she spent five years as public relations director for Share Our Strength, a national anti-poverty organization. Franklin also served as Chief-of-Staff in the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor under Secretary Robert Reich and collaborated with SEIU president Andy Stern on his book, A Country that Works.
Education
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, M.A. in Public Policy & Management, 1986
Wellesley College, B.A., 1983
MARY GABLE
Policy Analyst
Areas of Expertise
Poverty • Social services and welfare policy analysis • Community-based research • Advocacy • Child care policy
Biography
Mary Gable joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2006. She coordinates activities of state and local organizations through the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) and analyzes public policies affecting low-income people. She previously directed programs serving people in poverty nationwide and conducted an independent evaluation of New Jersey's welfare program. Her areas of interest include poverty, social services and welfare policy, child care, low-wage work, and homelessness.
Education
M.P.A., Social Services and Welfare Policy/Gender and Public Policy, Columbia University
B.A., Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Complete listing of EPI publications by Mary Gable
ELISE GOULD
Director of Health Policy Research
Areas of expertise
Employer-sponsored health insurance • Health reform
Biography
Elise Gould joined the Economic Policy Institute in September 2003. Her research areas include employer-sponsored health insurance, the employer tax exclusion, the burden of health costs, income inequality and health, and retiree coverage. She has authored a chapter on health in The State of Working America 2008/09, co-authored a book on health insurance coverage in retirement, published in venues such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Challenge Magazine, and Tax Notes, and academic journals including Health Economics, Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Risk Management & Insurance Review, and International Journal of Health Services. She has been quoted by a variety of news sources including Bloomberg , NPR, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, and her opinions have appeared on the op-ed pages of USA Today and the Detroit News.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.P. Aff., Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin
B.A., Sociology, Wesleyan University
Complete listing of EPI publications by Elise Gould
ANDREW GREEN
Research Assistant
Areas of Expertise
Labor markets • Income Inequality • Social Insurance
Biography
Andy Green joined the Economic Policy Institute in May 2009. Prior to joining EPI, he researched biofuel policy at the German Marshall Fund and taught English in Germany. His areas of interest include income and wealth inequality, labor markets and the minimum wage.
Education
B.A. University of Rochester
Complete listing of EPI publications by Andrew Green
DOUGLAS HALL
Director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN)
Areas of Expertise
Child poverty • State economic development policy • Tax incidence
Doug Hall became Director of EPI's Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) in July 2009, after being an active member of EARN for ten years. Hall most recently served as director of operations and research for the Connecticut EARN partner, Connecticut Voices for Children, where he played a leading role in work related to family economic security and state tax and budget issues. He is the author or co-author of dozens of reports, including eight State of Working Connecticut reports. His work has been extensively cited by statewide media, and he has contributed several op-ed pieces for publication in newspapers such as the Hartford Courant and the Kentucky Post. He has also appeared as an expert on public affairs shows on Connecticut television stations such as NBC30, Fox 61, and CPTV, and on KET in Kentucky.
Education
Ph.D. Political Studies, Queen’s University (1998)
M.A. Public Policy and Administration, McMaster University (1989)
B.A.(Hon.) Public Policy and Administration, York University (1988)
ALEXANDER HERTEL-FERNANDEZ
Research Assistant
Areas of Expertise
Health Policy • Social Insurance • Young Adult Economic Issues
Biography
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez joined the Economic Policy Institute in June 2008 to work on issues of health reform and social policy. Prior to joining EPI, Hertel-Fernandez served as a Senior Fellow for Social Insurance with the Roosevelt Institution and was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship. He has published research on public health and the political economy of social insurance in Social Policy & Administration, the Journal of Aging and Social Policy, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, and Health Affairs. He is also a contributor to the Social Science Research Council's "Privatization of Risk" project.
Education
B.A. Northwestern University, 2008
Complete listing of EPI publications by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez
JOHN IRONS
Research and Policy Director
Areas of Expertise
Macroeconomics • Public Economics • Tax and Budget Policy
Biography
John Irons joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2007. His areas of research include the U.S. economy and economic policy, with an emphasis on federal tax and budget policy. He previously worked as the Director of Tax and Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress (2004-2007) and as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Economics at Amherst College (1999-2003). He has also worked for the Brookings Institution (1995) and at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (1992-1994). His academic publications have appeared in several journals including the Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, and the Review of Financial Economics. He is also co-editor of Testing Exogeneity, published by Oxford University Press. He has won several awards for his economics Web sites, including top-5 awards from The Economist and Forbes. He currently serves on the Committee on Electronic Publishing for the American Economic Association, and on the Board of Governors of the National Economists Club.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, MIT
B.A. Economics, Swarthmore College
Complete listing of EPI publications by John Irons
LAWRENCE MISHEL
President
Areas of expertise
Income distribution and poverty • Labor markets • Industrial relations • Technology and productivity • Education • Wages • Unions and collective bargaining
Biography
Lawrence Mishel came to the Economic Policy Institute in 1987. As EPI's first research director, then as vice president, and now president, he has played a significant role in building EPI's research capabilities and reputation. He has researched, written, and spoken widely on the economy and economic policy as it affects middle- and low-income families. He is principal author of a major research volume, The State of Working America (published every even-numbered year since 1988) which provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. labor market and living standards.
A nationally recognized economist, Mishel is frequently called on to testify and provide economic briefings to members of Congress and appears regularly as a commentator on the economy in print and broadcast media. He recently published a paper outlining a plan to stimulate the economy, which was widely adopted by policy makers in Washington and beyond.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Wisconsin
M.A. Economics, American University
B.S. Pennsylvania State University
Complete listing of EPI publications by Lawrence Mishel
MONIQUE M. MORRISSEY
Economist
Areas of expertise
Labor markets • Retirement security • Executive compensation • Unions and collective bargaining • Financial markets
Biography
Monique Morrissey joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2006. She previously worked at the AFL-CIO Office of Investment and the Financial Markets Center. Her areas of interest include retirement security, executive compensation, the Federal Reserve, and financial markets.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, American University
B.A. Political Science and History, Swarthmore College
Complete listing of EPI publications by Monique Morrissey
ANDREA ORR
Web Editor
Areas of expertise
Economics • Business and finance • Technology • Health care
Biography
Andrea Orr joined the Economic Policy Institute in April 2009. She is a journalist and author who has reported extensively on economics, business and finance, technology, health care and other topics. A former bureau chief for Reuters' Silicon Valley office, she chronicled the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, and the widespread business failures and lost personal savings that ensued. She has also written about alternative energy, sustainable development, social media and the entertainment industry; and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Deal, People magazine and other publications. Areas of interest include health care reform, shared prosperity, economic bubbles and exploring the ways economic policy impacts lives.
Education
B.A. Wells College, Major in English and Minor in Economics
Complete listing of EPI publications by Andrea Orr
ETHAN POLLACK
Policy Analyst
Areas of Expertise
Tax and Budget Policy • Energy • Infrastructure
Biography
Ethan Pollack joined the Economic Policy Institute in July 2008. Prior to joining EPI, he worked at the Office of Management and Budget and the George Washington Institute of Public Policy. His areas of interest include public investment, fiscal policy, transportation, and budget and tax policy. His work has been used in numerous publications, and he has appeared as a guest on CNN, Fox News, BBC World News, Canada TV, Russia Today, and WNYC.
Education
M.P.P. The George Washington University
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles
Complete listing of EPI publications by Ethan Pollack
RICHARD ROTHSTEIN
Research Associate
Biography
Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute. From 1999 to 2002 he was the national education columnist of The New York Times. He is the author of Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right (Teachers College Press and EPI, 2008) and Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap (Teachers College Press 2004). He is also the author of The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement (1998). Other recent books include The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement (co-authored in 2005); and All Else Equal. Are Public and Private Schools Different? (co-authored in 2003).
Complete listing of EPI publications by Richard Rothstein
JOYDEEP ROY
Economist
Areas of expertise
Economics of education • Education policy • Public and Labor Economics
Biography
Joydeep Roy joined the Economic Policy Institute after receiving his Ph.D. from Princeton University. His areas of interest include economics of education, education policy, and related fields in public and labor economics, including socioeconomic segregation.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, Princeton University
Complete listing of EPI publications by Joydeep Roy
ROBERT E. SCOTT
Senior International Economist and Director of International Programs
Areas of expertise
International economics • Trade agreements • Global finance • Economic impacts of foreign investment and "insourcing" • Industry studies
Biography
Dr. Scott joined the Economic Policy Institute as an international economist in 1996. Before that, he was an assistant professor with the College of Business and Management of the University of Maryland at College Park. His areas of research include international economics and trade agreements and their impacts on working people in the U.S. and other countries, the economic impacts of foreign investment, and the macroeconomic effects of trade and capital flows. His research has been published in The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, The International Review of Applied Economics, and The Stanford Law and Policy Review, and he has written editorial pieces for The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, USA Today, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Times, and other newspapers.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 1989
B.S. Engineering, Washington University (St. Louis), 1975
Complete listing of EPI publications by Robert Scott
HEIDI SHIERHOLZ
Economist
Areas of expertise
Labor markets • Economic inequality • Minimum wage
Biography
Heidi Shierholz joined the Economic Policy Institute in 2007. Her areas of research include trends in employment, unemployment, and compensation, income and wealth inequality, the low-wage labor market, the minimum wage, and the gender wage gap. She previously worked as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan
M.A., Economics, University of Michigan
M.S., Statistics, Iowa State University
B.A., Mathematics, Grinnell College
Complete listing of EPI publications by Heidi Shierholz
ANNA TURNER
Research Assistant
Areas of expertise
International economics • Labor markets
Biography
Anna Turner joined the Economic Policy Institute in May 2009. Prior to joining EPI, she researched child labor policy at the Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs and worked as a production assistant for MTV China. Her areas of interest include tax and budget policy, globalization, and macroeconomics.
Education
B.Sc. Economics, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Complete listing of EPI publications by Anna Turner
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COMPLETE LIST OF EPI RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Sylvia Allegretto, University of California, Berkeley
Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University
Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Rosemary Batt, Cornell University
Dale Belman, Michigan State University
Peter Berg, Michigan State University
Robert Blecker, American University
Martin Carnoy, Stanford University
Robert Cherry, Brooklyn College
Sean P. Corcoran, New York University
Jane D'Arista, Financial Markets Center
Janice Fine, University of Massachusetts
Sarah Gammage, Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Sociales para el Desarrollo Sostenible
Teresa Ghilarducci, University of Notre Dame
Amy Glasmeier, Pennsylvania State University
Lonnie Golden, Penn State University Abington College
Usha C.V. Haley, Ash Institute, Harvard Kennedy School
Doug Harris, Florida State University
Ron Hira, Rochester Institute of Technology
Jeffrey H. Keefe, Rutgers University
Lisa Lynch, Tufts University
Robert Lynch, Washington College
Ann Markusen, The Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota
Joseph Persky, University of Illinois, Chicago
Jennifer King Rice, University of Maryland
Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Richard Rothstein, Economic Policy Institute
John Schmitt, Global Policy Network
Elliott Sclar, Columbia University
Paula Voos, University of Wisconsin
Mildred Warner, Cornell University
Christian Weller, Center for American Progress
Jeffrey Wenger, University of Georgia
Wim Wiewel, Center for Urban Economics
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Sylvia Allegretto
Economist
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
University of California, Berkeley
Areas of expertise
Income inequality • Family budgets • Unions • Collective bargaining
Biography
Sylvia Allegretto is currently an economist at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley. She co-authored two editions of The State of Working America while working as an economist at the Economic Policy Institute. She joined EPI in 2003 after receiving her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is also co-author of two EPI studies, How does teacher pay compare? and The Teaching Penalty: Teacher Pay Losing Ground. Dr. Allegretto's research insterests include economic inequality, unemployment duration, family budgets, low-wage labor markets, the minimum wage, and the sub-minimum wage recieved by tipped workers.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder (2003)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Sylvia Allegretto
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Eileen Appelbaum
Research associate
Rutgers University, (732) 932-4614
Areas of expertise
Labor markets • Service sector employment • Women in the labor market • Part-time and contingent work arrangements • High-performance work systems • Internal labor markets • International comparison of trends in employment and industrial structure in the industrialized economies
Biography
Dr. Appelbaum is an Economic Policy Institute research associate. Formerly she was professor of economics at Temple University and spent several summers as a guest research fellow in the labor markets and employment section of the Wissenschaftszentrum in Berlin (WZB). In 1995 Dr. Appelbaum was elected to the Executive Board of the Industrial Relations Research Association, and in 1996 was appointed to a four-year term on the Advisory Council of the WZB. She is currently a professor and director of the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Complete listing of EPI publications by Eileen Appelbaum
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Dean Baker
Research associate
Center for Economic and Policy Research
Areas of expertise
Macroeconomics • Budget and taxes• Social Security • Inflation and interest rates • Trade
Biography
Dean Baker formerly was an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University. He is currently a co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) in Washington, D.C.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Michigan (1988)
M.A. Economics, University of Denver (1983)
B.A. History, Swarthmore College (1981)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Dean Baker
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Rosemary Batt
Research associate
Cornell University
Areas of expertise
Strategic human resource management • Service sector productivity and competitiveness • Work organization and teams • Labor market analysis
Biography
Rosemary Batt is associate professor of human resource studies at the Industrial and Labor Relations School, Cornell University. She has written extensively on service management strategies and the restructuring of the telecommunications services industry. She has published numerous book chapters and articles in such journals as Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and the British Journal of Industrial Relations. She is co-author of The New American Workplace: Transforming Work Systems in the United States, Cornell University Press.
Education
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.A. Cornell University
Complete listing of EPI publications by Rosemary Batt
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Dale Belman
Research associate
Michigan State University
Areas of expertise
Collective bargaining • Labor market regulation • Public sector labor relations and compensation • Construction and trucking industries
Biography
Dale Belman, an Economic Policy Institute research associate, has written for popular and academic publications on collective bargaining, labor relations and compensation in the public sector, government regulation of labor markets and the economics of education. He currently teaches in the School of Labor and Industrial Relations at Michigan State University.
Education
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison (1985)
M.A. University of Wisconsin Madison (1983)
B.A. Bowdoin College (1977)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Dale Belman
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Peter Berg
Research associate
Michigan State University, (517) 432-4771
Areas of expertise
Organizational change in the United States and Germany • High-performance work systems • Comparative industrial relations • Worker training
Biography
Peter Berg, an EPI research associate, is currently a principal investigator and project director of the Cross Industry Employee-Employer Survey Project and engaged in research on high-performance work systems in the apparel, steel, and electronic instrument industries. In addition to his research on new work systems in the United States, Dr. Berg has conducted research on the organization of work and training practices in German firms, as well as the German vocational training system.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Notre Dame
Complete listing of EPI publications by Peter Berg
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Robert A. Blecker
Research associate
American University
Areas of expertise
International capital mobility • Macroeconomics • Trade policy • Economic theory and history of thought
Biography
Robert A. Blecker, a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute, is also a professor of economics at American University.
Education
Ph.D. Stanford University (1987)
M.A. Stanford University (1983)
B.A. Yale University (1978)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Robert Blecker
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Martin Carnoy
Research associate
Stanford University
Areas of expertise
Historical and comparative international educational systems • Educational reform • Accountability in schools • School vouchers
Biography
Martin Carnoy is a labor economist with a special interest in the relation between the economy and the educational system. Currently Dr. Carnoy is working on the research project on accountability in schools at the Center for Policy Research in Education, launching new projects on educational reform in Latin America; researching on vouchers in Chile, and writing a book for the International Institute of Educational Planning on Globalization and Educational Reform. He is the author of The Different Worlds of Urban and Suburban School Districts (with Jane Hannaway), Sustaining Flexibility: Work, Family, and Community in the Information Age, School Vouchers: Examining the Evidence, and other publications. Dr. Carnoy serves on the board of the Comparative and International Educational Society and is the Chair of the Social Studies & Educational Practice Committee at the Stanford School of Education.
Education
B.S., Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1960)
M.A., Economics, University of Chicago (1961)
Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago (1964)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Martin Carnoy
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Robert Cherry
Research associate
Brooklyn College
Areas of expertise
Labor economics • Economics of discrimination • Poverty
Biography
Robert Cherry, an Economic Policy Institute research associate, has written for popular and academic publications on gender and race inequality, the labor market impact of the business cycle, and tax policies to universalize the earned income tax credit.
Education
Ph.D. University of Kansas (1969)
M.A. Purdue University (1967)
B.A. Cornell University (1965)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Robert Cherry
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Sean P. Corcoran
Research associate
New York University
Areas of expertise
State and local public finance • Labor economics • Economics of education • Applied microeconometrics
Biography
Sean P. Corcoran (Ph.D Economics, University of Maryland, 2003) is an assistant professor of educational economics at the Steinhardt School of Education, New York University, and an affiliated faculty of the NYU Wagner School of Public Service and Institute for Education and Social Policy. His research interests include state and local public finance, labor economics, the economics of education, and applied microeconometrics. Professor Corcoran is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., is the principal investigator for major grants related to the political economy of school finance from both the Spencer and Russell Sage Foundations, and was recently a 2005-06 visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. In 2004 he was the recipient of the Jean Flanigan Dissertation Award from the American Education Finance Association. His recent publications can be found in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the Journal of Urban Economics, and the American Economic Review.
Education
Ph.D Economics, University of Maryland, 2003
Complete listing of EPI publications by Sean Corcoran
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Jane D'Arista
Research associate
Financial Markets Center
Areas of expertise
Flow of funds • Capital flows • Monetary and financial architecture • Financial regulation
Biography
Jane D'Arista, an Economic Policy Institute research associate, has written on the history of U.S. monetary policy and financial regulation, international and domestic monetary systems, and capital flows to emerging economies. From 1988 to 1999 she taught international finance at Boston University School of Law. Before that, she served for 20 years as a staff economist for the U.S. Congress.
Education
B.A. Barnard College (1954)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Jane D'Arista
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Janice Fine
Research Associate and Principal Investigator
EPI National Immigrant Worker Center Study
Areas of Expertise
American politics • Industrial relations • U.S. and international labor movements • Community and faith-based organizing • Civic and economic participation among the working poor
Biography
Janice Fine is a political scientist with an interest in new forms of economic and political organization among low-wage workers. Currently, Dr. Fine is working on a national study of immigrant worker centers and is writing a book on community-based worker organizing strategies. Fine has written for academic and popular publications on community organizing, the labor movement, and the influence of money in American politics. She has received fellowships from the Open Society Institute and the MIT Industrial Performance Center and has taught at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. In addition, Fine has worked as a community, labor, and electoral organizer for 23 years. From 1994 to 2002, she was the Organizing Director at Northeast Action, the hub of a regional network of statewide progressive electoral coalitions and citizen action groups across New York and New England. Fine also has written an extensive grassroots organizing curriculum and used it to train hundreds of community leaders and organizers.
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston
Complete listing of EPI publications by Janice Fine
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Sarah Gammage
Research associate
Centro de Estudios Ambientales y Sociales para el Desarrollo Sostenible
Areas of expertise
Environmental economics • Poverty and inequality • Gender and development • Latin America
Biography
Sarah Gammage, a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute, works primarily with the Global Policy Network. Her research includes examining the effects of macroeconomic policy and globalization on women in Latin America; exploring the impact of migration, internal displacement, and refugee status on the intergenerational transmission of poverty; and analyzing the implications of trade agreements for gender and social policy in developing countries. Over the last 10 years, she has worked with a number of development organizations including the United Nations Development Programme, the International Center for Research on Women, Women's EDGE, and the International Institute for Environment and Development. She is the board chair of the Ecumenical Program in Central America and serves on the Latin American Committee of the American Friends Service Committee.
Education
Ph.D., Institute of Social Studies (2003)
M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science (1991)
B.S., London School of Economics and Political Science (1988)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Sarah Gammage
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Teresa Ghilarducci
Research associate
University of Notre Dame
Areas of expertise
Labor economics • Economics of aging • Private pensions
Biography
Teresa Ghilarducci has published in peer-reviewed academic journals and in the popular press on pension security and labor market policy, including Social Security, labor market structures, and the minimum wage. She testifies regularly in Congress. Her MIT Press book, Labor's Capital: The Economics and Politics of Private Pensions traced the origins, distributional consequences, and policy reform ideas for the private pension system. It won an American Publishers Association award for best economics and business books of 1992. She has been on the Board of Trustees of one of the nation's largest state pension funds and was a presidential appointee (for three terms) to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Dr. Ghilarducci is now writing The Attack on Retirement for Princeton University Press.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of California Berkeley (1984)
B.A. Economics, University of California Berkeley (1978)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Teresa Ghilarducci
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Amy K. Glasmeier
Research associate
Pennsylvania State University
Areas of expertise
International trade • Poverty • Economic development • Telecommunications • Rural development • Spatial analysis
Biography
Amy K. Glasmeier is professor of geography and regional planning at Pennsylvania State University. She has authored several books on subjects such as high-technology industries growth, and sustainable development problems of rural areas. Glasmeier has worked all over the world, including Japan, Hong Kong, Latin America, and Europe. She currently works with the OECD, numerous federal agencies, and international development organizations in constructing development policies to alleviate poverty and uneven economic opportunity. In 1996 She was appointed the John D. Whisman Appalachian Scholar, and worked closely with the Appalachian Regional Commission, a federal agency responsible for economic development efforts in one of the nation's most challenged regions.
Complete listing of EPI publications by Amy Glasmeier
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Lonnie Golden
Research associate
Penn State University Abington College
Areas of expertise
Labor economics • Labor markets • Hours of work
Biography
Lonnie Golden, an Economic Policy Institute research associate, has published research for academic journals and authored books on the topics of working hours, flexible scheduling, working time regulation, contingent employment, labor demand and labor supply.
Education
Ph.D. University of Illinois (1985)
M.A. University of Illinois (1982)
B.A. University of Illinois (1979)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Lonnie Golden
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Usha C.V. Haley
Research Associate
Kennedy School at Harvard University
Areas of expertise
FDI and Trade with China, India, Southeast Asia and Mexico • Business environments in Emerging Markets • Business-government relations • Sanctions, subsidies and non-tariff barriers
Biography
Usha C. V. Haley writes and lectures on international business and Chinese business strategy, and is an Asia Programs Fellow with the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the Kennedy School at Harvard University. She has been a Professor of Business at the University of New Haven, New Jersey Institute of Technology and several other universities. She is the author of New Asian Emperors: the Business Strategies of the Overseas Chinese, The Chinese Tao of Business: the Logic of Successful Business Strategy and other books, publications and articles. Dr. Haley has testified on her research before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission and the Committee on Ways and Means, and presented her research before the US International Trade Commission and other agencies.
Education
Ph.D. New York University
M.Phil. New York University
M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A. Ephinstone College, Bombay, India
Complete listing of EPI publications by Usha Haley
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Areas of expertise
Charter schools and vouchers • School accountability • Teacher quality • School finance • Training and labor markets
Biography
Doug Harris, an EPI research associate, is assistant professor for education and economics at Florida State University. He began working with EPI in 2001 and is currently working on projects related to teacher labor markets, school accountability and performance measurement, tuition tax credits, and trends in workforce skills.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, Michigan State University
M.A. Public Policy, University of Wisconsin -- Madison
Complete listing of EPI publications by Doug Harris
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Ron Hira
Research associate
Rochester Institute of Technology
Areas of expertise
Offshoring • High-Skilled Immigration • Innovation & Competitiveness
Biography
Ron Hira, an Economic Policy Institute research associate, is an assistant professor of public policy at Rochester Institute of Technology. His recent book, Outsourcing America, examines the economic and policy implications of the offshoring of high-skilled jobs. It was a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin awards in the best business book category. Hira has testified before Congress on offshoring and is frequently interviewed by the media about his work, which intersects high-skilled labor markets, immigration, globalization, and competitiveness policy. He serves as vice president for career activities for IEEE-USA, the largest engineering professional society in America, and is a licensed professional engineer.
Education
Ph.D., Public Policy, George Mason University (2002)
M.S., Electrical Engineering, George Mason University (1992)
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University (1988)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Ron Hira
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Jeffrey H. Keefe
Director of Telecommunications Policy Programs
Rutgers University
Areas of expertise
Labor and Employment Relations • Labor Markets • Employment and Earnings Inequality • Telecommunications Industrial Organization and Public Policy
Biography
Jeffrey Keefe is an associate professor in the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. He is also director of the Telecommunications Program at the Economic Policy Institute. His research has been published in the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations, and the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. He recently concluded the second study of Telecommunications Employment and Human Resources Practices funded by the Sloan Foundation.
Education
Ph.D Cornell University 1987
B.A. Villanova University 1971
Complete listing of EPI publications by Jeffrey H. Keefe
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Lisa M. Lynch
Research associate
Fletcher School, Tufts University
Areas of expertise
Labor Economics • International human resource management • Applied econometrics
Biography
Lisa M. Lynch is Academic Dean and the William L. Clayton Professor of International Economic Affairs at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Economic Policy Institute. A former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, Professor Lynch has published more than 50 papers and books on issues such as the impact of technological change and workplace practices (especially training) on productivity and wages, determinants of youth unemployment, and the school-to-work transition.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, London School of Economics, 1983
M.S., Economics, London School of Economics, 1979
B.A., Economics and political science, Wellesley College, 1978
Complete listing of EPI publications by Lisa Lynch
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Robert G. Lynch
Research Associate
Washington College
Areas of Expertise
Public Finance • State and local economic development • Tax policy • Early childhood education • Social Security • Income inequality and poverty
Biography
Robert Lynch is the Everett E. Nuttle professor of Economics at Washington College. His current research assesses the impact of public investment in early childhood education on government budgets, the economy, and crime. His most recent publication in this area is Enriching children, Enriching the Nation: Public Investment in High-Quality Prekindergarten (2007). He has also authored several works that have evaluated the adequacy and effectiveness of state and local government economic policies, reviewed government economic growth strategies, and analyzed the efficiency, fairness, and stability of state and local tax systems.
Education
Ph.D, Economics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook 1984
M.A., Economics, SUNY Stony Brook (1981)
B.A., International and Development Economics, Georgetown University (1979)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Robert Lynch
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Ann Markusen
Research associate
The Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota
Areas of expertise
Regional and urban economics and planning • Industrial organization • Privatization • Military industrial complex • Economic development
Biography
Ann Markusen, an Economic Policy Institute Research Associate, has written both scholarly and popular books and articles on regional and industrial development. Markusen's books include From Defense to Development: International Perspectives on Realizing the Peace Dividend (Routledge, 2003); America's Peace Dividend: Essays on the Achievements of the 1990s and the Challenges Ahead (Columbia International Affairs On-line, 2000). In addition to more than 100 journal articles and book chapters, Markusen has contributed numerous op eds and shorter articles to publications such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, International Herald Tribune, Foreign Policy, World Policy Journal, and The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. She served as Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York (1995-2002), on the Presidential Commission on Arms Trade Offsets (2000-01), as President of the North American Regional Science Association (2000) and as Chair of the AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (1998-2000). Her research posts include serving as a Brookings Institution Economic Policy Fellow, a Fulbright Lecturer in Brazil, a Public Policy Institute of California Visiting Fellow, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Dortmund, Germany.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University
M.A., Economics, Michigan State University
B.A., Georgetown University
Complete listing of EPI publications by Ann Markusen
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Joseph Persky
Research associate
University of Illinois, Chicago
Areas of expertise
Urban and regional economics • Income distribution
Biography
Joseph Persky, an Economic Policy Institute research associate, has written extensively on the distributional implications of urban and regional economic growth. He has worked closely with several states and cities in their efforts to evaluate state and local economic development projects. Most recently he has participated in a series of reports to measure the impact of the Chicago living wage ordinance and the proposed increase in the Illinois minimum wage. He also has a long-standing interest in the economy of the southern United States.
Education
Ph.D. (Economics) Harvard University (1971)
B.A. Harvard University (1966)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Joseph Persky
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Jennifer King Rice
Research associate
University of Maryland
Areas of expertise
Education policy • Education productivity • Cost analysis applications to education • Educational reforms for at-risk students
Biography
Jennifer King Rice, an Economic Policy Institute research associate, is an associate professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland. Her research draws on the discipline of economics to explore education policy questions concerning the efficiency, equity, and adequacy of U.S. public education. As a National Academy of Education/Spencer postdoctoral fellow, her current work focuses on teachers as a critical resource in the education process. She is working on projects with the Economic Policy Institute and The Finance Project to study the costs of enhancing teacher quality through promising recruitment, retention, and professional development strategies. Her research has been published in numerous journals including Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Economics of Education Review, Educational Policy, Education Administration Quarterly, and The Journal of Education Finance as well as multiple edited volumes. She is co-editor (with Chris Roellke) of a book series, "Research in Education Fiscal Policy and Practice." She has shared her work with numerous local, state, and national policy organizations, has served on multiple national panels, and is currently a member of the board of directors of the American Education Finance Association. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Maryland, she was a researcher at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington, D.C.
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University (1995)
M.S., Cornell University (1993)
B.S., Marquette University (1990)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Jennifer King Rice
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Joel Rogers
Research associate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Areas of expertise
American politics • Economic development • Training • Comparative industrial relations
Biography
Joel Rogers has written for popular and academic publications on American politics, economic development, and labor relations. He is the founder and director of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS), one of the first state-based policy and experimental organizations with an agenda closely matching that of EPI. Rogers helped found the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN), and serves on the EARN advisory board.
Education
Ph.D. Princeton University (1984)
M.A. Princeton University (1978)
J.D. Yale Law School (1976)
B.A. Yale College (1972)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Joel Rogers
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Richard Rothstein
Research associate
See above
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John Schmitt
Research associate
Global Policy Network
Areas of expertise
Wage inequality • Minimum wage • Unemployment • Economic development • International labor market comparisons
Biography
John Schmitt is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute. He has written for popular and academic publications on wage inequality, the minimum wage, education, and comparative economic performance. Schmitt has also traveled, studied, and worked extensively in Latin America, most recently in El Salvador, where he worked with the United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Education
Ph.D. (1993) and M.Sc. (1989) in economics, London School of Economics
B.A. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (1984)
Complete listing of EPI publications by John Schmitt
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Elliott D. Sclar
Research associate
Columbia University
Areas of expertise
Urban Development • Transportation • Privatization
Biography
Elliott D. Sclar is Professor of urban planning and public affairs at Columbia University. He holds senior academic appointments in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and the School of International and Public Affairs. He has been on the Columbia University faculty since 1978 and is currently the director of graduate programs in urban planning. He has been on the Columbia faculty since 1978. His latest book "You Don't Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization," has won two major academic prizes, the Louis Brownlow Award for the Best Book of 2000 from the National Academy of Public Administration and the 2001 Charles Levine Prize from the International Political Science Association for a major contribution to the public policy literature. He is presently the coordinator of a global task force established in conjunction with the UN's Millennium Development Goals. The task force's mission is to devise global strategies to improve the lives of at least 100 million people living in urban poverty by the year 2020.
Education
Ph.D., Tafts University (1972)
M.A., Tafts University (1966)
B.A., Hofstra University (1963)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Elliott Sclar
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Paula B. Voos
Research associate
Rutgers University
Areas of expertise
Collective bargaining • Labor economics
Biography
Paula B. Voos, an Economic Policy Institute research associate, holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and is the author of numerous books and journal articles. She is president of the Industrial Relations Research Association for 2003. She formerly served on the Commission on the Future of Worker Management Relations (the Dunlop Commission) which made recommendations on labor law reform in 1994. Her current research involves representation for supervisory and managerial employees and the determinants of union and nonunion wage differences.
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University (1982)
M.A. in Economics, Portland State University (1976)
B.A. in English, Whitman College (1971)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Paula Voos
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Mildred Warner
Research associate
Cornell University
Areas of expertise
Community and economic development • State and local government policy
Biography
Mildred Warner is an associate professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University. She was associate director of Cornell's Community and Rural Development Institute for nearly a decade, and assistant program officer for the Ford Foundation's Rural Poverty and Resource Program prior to that. Her research is focused on devolution and privatization of local government service delivery and models for linking economic development and social service provision. She is author of many refereed articles and book chapters and has received major research grants from the USDA National Research Initiative and Hatch program to look at the impacts of devolution and privatization on local government service delivery, and from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services and several foundations to explore the regional economic impacts of child care.
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University (1997)
M.S., Cornell University (1985)
B.A., Oberlin College (1979)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Mildred Warner
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Christian E. Weller
Research Associate
Center for American Progress
Areas of Expertise
Global finance • Macro economics • Social Security • Corporate financing • Financial markets • Money and banking
Biography
Before joining the Center for American Progress in December of 2003, Christian Weller was a macro economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Massachusetts (Amherst), 1998
M.A. Economics, University of Massachusetts (Amherst), 1993
Intermediate Exam (B.A.) Economics, University of Konstanz (Germany), 1991
Complete listing of EPI publications by Christian Weller
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Jeffrey Wenger
Research Associate
University of Georgia
Areas of expertise
Contingent and nonstandard employment • Unemployment insurance • Workers' compensation • State employment policy • Minimum wage
Biography
Jeffrey Wenger is an assistant professor at the School of Policy and International Affairs of University of Georgia. Before joining the university he was labor economist with the Economic Policy Institute. His research has focused on the development of state-level labor policies, particularly unemployment insurance policy and minimum wage and contingent employment legislation.
Education
Ph.D. Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
B.A. Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Complete listing of EPI publications by Jeffrey Wenger
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Wim Wiewel
Research associate
University of Illinois at Chicago
Areas of expertise
Suburban sprawl • Neighborhood development • City revitalization • University-community partnership
Biography
Wim Wiewel is currently the dean of the College of Business Administration and a professor of managerial studies and urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Previous to his current position, Wim Wiewel was dean of UIC's College of Urban Planning Public Affairs, where he planned the university's Great Cities program, and ran its Center for Urban Economic Development. His recent books include Suburban Sprawl: Private Decisions and Public Policy and When Corporations Leave Town: The Costs and Benefits of Metropolitan Job Sprawl (both with Joseph Persky).
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, Northwestern University (1984)
M.A. and B.A. in Sociology and Urban Planning, University of Amsterdam (1973 and 1976)
Complete listing of EPI publications by Wim Wiewel
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