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Economics Research Group
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle #310469
Denton, TX 76203-5017
CURRICULUM VITAE
MICHAEL C. CARROLL
April 2016
Contact Information
Research Concentrations
Regional Economic Development Theory, Regional Policy, Political Economy, Regional
Development Strategies
Current Academic Positions
Director, Economics Research Group, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203.
September 2015 to present.
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
76203. September 2015 to present.
Editor-in-Chief, Regional Science Policy and Practice, the policy journal of the Regional
Science Association International, Published by Wiley-Blackwell, ISSN: 1757-7802.
2007 – present.
Associate Editor, Economic Development Quarterly, Sage Publications, ISSN:0891-2424, 2006
to present.
Treasurer, Ohio Association of Economist and Political Scientists. 2013 to present.
Editorial Board, Papers in Regional Science, ISSN: 1056-8190, January 2009 to present.
Editorial Board, The Industrial Geographer, ISSN: 1540-1669, November 2005 to present.
Board of Directors: The Education Association of University Centers. February 2009 to present.
Board of Directors: Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists. 2002 to present.
http://economicsresearch.unt.edu
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+1 940.565.4658 (fax)
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Academic Advisory Boards, Regional Science Association International, (Ex-officio) (2008 – to
present); North American Regional Science Council (Ex officio) (2008-present); Ohio
Association of Economists and Political Scientists, Executive committee and board
member (2005 to present); Mentor Panel, International Geographical Union’s
Commission on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces (2008 to present); International
Advisory Committee, 3rd Global Conference on Economic Geography, Soul 2011;
Scientific Committee, RSAI 9th World Congress, Timisoara, Romania, 2012; Scientific
Committee, RSAI 10th World Congress, Bangkok, Thailand 2014. Scientific Committee,
11th World Congress of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), Istanbul,
Turkey 2016.
Previous Academic Experience:
Director, Center for Regional Development, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green,
Ohio 43403. July 2005 to August 2015.
Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling
Green, Ohio 43403. August 2015.
Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403. March 2007 to May 2014.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403. August 2001 to March 2007.
Senior Research Fellow, West Virginia Research League. The West Virginia Research League
specializes in regional economic development and public policy research. Charleston,
West Virginia (1996 to 2006)
President, Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists, October 2007 to October
2008.
Vice President, Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists, October 2006 to
October 2007.
Secretary, Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists. November 2002 to
November 2005.
Board of Directors, Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists, November 2002 to
2006.
Host, PBS-WBGU The Northwest Ohio Journal. Hosted episodes on economic development
issues. January 2006 to 2011.
Conference Committee, International Workshop on Accelerated Radical Innovation:
Global Technology Cluster Development Challenges. Toledo, Ohio (March 2005).
Task Force, Scholarship of Engagement. Bowling Green State University. 2004-2005.
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Chair, Association for Evolutionary Economics, Veblens-Commons Award Committee, 2004 &
2005.
Center for Policy Analysis & Public Service, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green,
Ohio, 43403. August 2001 to July 2005.
Visiting Scholar, University of Toledo, summer 2003
Editorial Board, Journal of Economic Issues. (January 1999 to 2002)
Guest Editor, Applied Geography, Special issue on local economic development, Volume 32,
Issue 1, January 2012, Elsevier ISSN: 0143-6228.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, West Virginia State College, Institute, West
Virginia 25112. (August 1996 to1997, August 1998 to August 2001.)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Accounting & Business, Muskingum College,
New Concord, Ohio 43762. (August 1997 to August 1998.)
Committee of Referees, Encyclopedia of Political Economy, Routledge, London. (1996 to 1998)
Temporary Instructor, Department of Economics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
Colorado. (1993 to1996.)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, Colorado. (1991 to 1993.)
Previous Corporate Boards and Community Organizations
Community Advisory Boards, Urban Affairs Center, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio (2005
to 2015); Business Development Committee, Downtown BG, 2008 to 2015.; Solar
Innovation HUB Governance Committee, (2010 to 2015); Co-Chair of the Innovation
Committee for the Ohio Hubs of Innovation (2010 to 2015); Economic Development
Visioning Committee, BGSU and the City of Bowling Green. Board of Trustees
Member, Bowling Green Community Development Foundation (2013 to 2015)
Co-Chair, Economic Practitioners’ Working Group. The practitioners group is a working
committee which meets weekly and includes representatives from local development
organizations, City of Toledo, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, and the Toledo
Chamber. Toledo, Ohio (2003 to 2006)
Workforce Investment Board, Information Committee, Toledo, Ohio (January 2005 to May
2006)
Board of Directors, Research and Development Corporation. Charleston, West Virginia (1999 to
2001)
Private Sector Experience:
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Corporate Controller, Gray America Corp., Dayton, Ohio. Controller for a group of five
consolidated steel companies. Managed all financial, accounting, tax and legal functions
for the consolidated group. Responsibilities included public and private bond issues,
acquisition financing and management of short-term investment portfolio. (1987-1990)
President, Gracemore Corporation., Kettering, Ohio. Gracemore Corporation is a subsidiary of
DLH Corp. (1984)
Operations Manager, Universal Manufacturing Corp. Camden, Ohio. Managed all
manufacturing and engineering divisions for parent and consolidated subsidiaries.
Negotiated all labor union contracts [AFL-CIO] and supervised all labor arbitrations.
(1983-1987)
Director of Systems and Procedures, DLH Corp., Dayton, Ohio. Implemented and supervised
all inter and intra-corporation policies for parent, consolidated and non-consolidated
subsidiaries. (1982-1983)
Education
Colorado State University Ph.D. 1997
(Economics)
Wright State University M.S. 1990
(Applied and Social Economics)
Wright State University B.S. 1982
(Business Economics)
Publications
Books:
Local Economic Development: Analysis, Practices, and Globalization. 2nd edition. Thousand
Oaks, CA and London: Sage Publications, July 2008. ISBN-13: 978-1412964838 (Co-
authored)
A Future of Capitalism: The Economic Vision of Robert Heilbroner. London: Macmillan Press
and New York: St. Martin's, 1998. (ISBN: 0-333-67363-8)
Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters:
‘“The Great Recession of 2007-2009,” Economic Development Quarterly (co-authored), May
2013, 27:87-89.
“Role of Social Capital in the Formation of Industrial Clusters, “Handbook of Industry Studies
and Economic Geography, edited by Phil McCann, Geoff Hewings and Frank Giarratani,
Edward Elgar, 2013. Co-authored (978 1 84376 961 3) Pp. 341-354.
“Online Flood Information System: REST-based Web Service”, International Journal of Applied
Geospatial Research. Forthcoming. (Co-Authored) 2013.
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“The Economics of Space: Estimating the Economic Significance of a NASA Testing Facility”
Robert Stimson and Kingsley Haynes (Eds.) Applied Geography and Spatial Analysis,
Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN: 978 1 78100 712 9, October 2012.
“The Cognitive Limits to Economic Cluster Formation,” Urbani izziv, Volume 23, Supplement 1,
July 2012, ISSN: 1855-8399, Pp. S53-S62. (co-Authored)
“Local Economic Development and the Academy,” Applied Geography, Volume 32, Issue 1,
January 2012, Pp. 51-53. (Co-authored)
“Towards a Theory of Targeting: A Wage Subsidy Model,” Applied Geography, Volume 32,
Issue 1, January 2012, Pp. 61-65. (Co-Authored)
“Exploratory Space-Time Analysis of Local Economic Development” Applied Geography.
Volume 31, Issue 3, July 2011, Pp. 1049-1058. (Co-authored)
“The Warn Notice Toolbox: Open-source Geo-visualization of Large Layoff Events Data,” EI
indexed proceeding paper of The 19th International Conference on GeoInformatics ,
2011, (co-authored) DOI:10.1109/GeoInformatics.2011.5981136.
“'Beyond the Anguish of Affluence”, in Ed O'Boyle’s Looking Beyond the Individualism and
Homo Economicus of Neoclassical Economics, Marquette University Press, 2011, (co-
authored) ISBN: 9780874620665. Pp. 25-38.
“Karl Polanyi”, in George Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan (Eds.) The Concise Blackwell
Encyclopedia of Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, ISBN: 978-1-4051-8352-9. February, 2011.
(co-authored)
“Thomas Kuhn and Scientific Paradigms” in George Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan (Eds.) The
Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, ISBN: 978-1-4051-
8352-9, February, 2011. (co-authored)
“The Instrumental Political Economy of Adolph Lowe” in K. Puttaswamaiah’s Growth of
Economics in the Twentieth Century: Theories & Practices, Isle Publishing Company,
(ISBN 978-0-9823895-2-2) , 2009 Pp. 69-80. (Co-authored) (Re-Printed article)
“The Social Economics of Neoliberal Globalization,” Forum for Social Economics, April 2009
Vol. Issue 1, Pp. 38:1–18. (Co-authored) Awarded the Springer Best Paper Award for
2010.
“Potential Cluster Regions: the Case of the Floriculture Industry. In Prasad, B.V.S. and Kapoor,
Srikant (eds.) Commercial Floriculture: Global and Indian Dynamics. Hyderabad: The
Icfai University Press, 111-122. 2008. (Re-printed article)
"Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the U.S. Floriculture Industry," Industrial
Geographer, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pp. 2-19, 2009. (Co-authored)
“Value-chains: Identity, Tradition, and Ohio’s flori(culture) Industry,” Applied Geography,
ISSN: 0143-6228 . July 2009, Pp. 346-357. (Co-authored)
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“GIS and Economic Development” In Jay Gatrell’s ed. Geo-Technologies and the Environment:
Socio- Economic and Demographic Applications Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer,
2009. ISBN: 1402096410 (Co-authored)
“Impact of Polygon Geometry on the Identification of Economic Clusters,” Letters in Spatial and
Resource Sciences, 2009, Vol. 2, Pp. 31-44. (Co-authored)
“The Pragmatist Legacy in American Institutionalism” Contemporary Pragmatism. December
2008, Vol. 5, No. 2. Pp. 69-80. ISSN 1572-3429, (Co-authored)
“Social Capital: A Local Development Tool” Economic Development Journal, Summer, Vol. 7,
No. 3 Pp. 42-49. 2008. (Co-authored)
“The Cognitive Limits to Economic Cluster Formation,” in the Proceedings of the Commission
on the Dynamics of Economic Spaces, International Geographical Union, 2008, ISBN-
13: 978-84-691-5380-2. (co-authored)
“Location Quotients versus Spatial Autocorrelation In Identifying Potential Cluster Regions.”
Annals of Regional Science. Vol. 42 No. 2 June 2008 Pp. 449-463. (Co-authored)
“Cluster Regions: A Social Network Perspective” Economic Development Quarterly, November
2008 Pp. 345-352. (Co-authored)
“A Methodology for the Implementation of a New Industrial Cluster,” Proceedings of the RSAI
World Congress 2008. ISBN: 978-85-61588-00-1
“Creating Trust Through Branding: The Case of Northwest Ohio’s Greenhouse Cluster,” Stringer,
C. and Le Heron, R. (editors) Agri-food Commodity Chains and Globalising Networks.
London: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-7546-7336-1. 2008 Pp. 175-187. (Co-
authored)
“Social Capital and Local Economic Development,” in Theories of Local Economic
Development: Linking Theory to Practice, Ed. James Rowe. ISBN: 970-0-7546-7305-7
Ashgate. (Co-authored) Pp. 269-285. January 2009.
“Identification of Economic Clusters Using Local Indexes of Spatial Autocorrelation” in Tamasy,
C. and Taylor, M. (eds) Globalising Worlds and New Economic Configurations -
Geographical Perspectives. London: Ashgate Publishing. 2008, ISBN: 0 7546 7377 4
(Co-authored)
“Galbraith and Robinson’s Second Crisis of Economic Theory,” Journal of Economic Issues,
March 2008 Vol. XLII No.1, Pp. 5-11 (Co-authored)
“Critical Steps in the Cluster Building Process” Economic Development Journal. Fall 2007
Volume 6, No. 4 Pp. 44-52. (Co-authored)
“Potential Cluster Regions: The Case of the Floriculture Industry,” Papers of the Applied
Geography Conferences. Vol. 30, Pp. 59-66, October 2007. (Co-authored)
“Inner-City Neighborhoods and Metropolitan Development,” Economic Development Quarterly.
Vol. 21 No. 3, Pp. 263-277. August 2007. (Co-authored)
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“Identification of Economic Clusters Using ArcGIS Spatial Statistics,” Proceeding of ESRI
International User Conference. June 2007 (Co-authored)
“Karl Polanyi On The Limitations of Formalism In Economics,” Research in Economic
Anthropology, Vol. 25, Pp. 243-270, 2007. (Co-authored)
“The Role of GIS in Economic Impact Studies” Papers of the Applied Geography Conference,
Vol. 29, Pp. 400-407, October 2006. (Co-authored)
“Robert L. Heilbroner,” Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol. 7. New York: Scribner.
Pp. 235-237, October 2006. (ISBN: 0-684-31499-1)
“Collaborating to Compete: The Case of the Northwest Ohio Greenhouse Industry,” Enterprising
Worlds: A Geographic Perspective on Economics, Environment & Ethics. Dordrecht, The
Netherlands: Springer. Pp. 41-56, October 2006. (ISBN: 1-4020-5225-1) (Co-authored).
“Structuring a Successful Greenhouse Cluster in Northwest Ohio,” Economic Development
Journal, Fall 2006, Vol. 5, No. 4 Pp.42-49. (Co-authored)
“Estimating the Economic Impact of Universities: The Case of Bowling Green State University,”
The Industrial Geographer, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Pp. 1-12, 2006. (Co-authored)
“Robert Heilbroner,” Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. Thoemmes Press. May 2005
(ISBN: 1-84371-037-4)
“Ohio’s High-Tech Industry: Measuring The Magnitude of Tech-Led Development” Journal of
Economics and Politics, Vol. 17, 2005 Pp. 45-53.
“Using Cluster-based Economic Development to Enhance the Economic Competitiveness of
Northwest Ohio’s Greenhouse Industry,” Papers of Applied Geography Conferences,
Vol. 28, Pp. 308-319. October 2005. (Co-authored)
“Governance and the Legitimacy of Corporate Power: A Path for Convergence of Heterodox
Economics?,” Journal of Economic Issues, June, 2004, Pp. 363 – 370. (Co-authored)
“The State of Northwest Ohio’s Economy,” State of the Region: Northwest Ohio Perspectives,
Center for Policy Analysis & Public Service. April, 2004, Pp.16-34.
“Dollar Appreciation and Layoffs in Ohio Manufacturing: Time Series Evidence,” Journal of
Economics and Politics. Vol. 16, No. 1, Pp.113-120, October 2003. (Co-authored)
“Social Capital, Karl Polanyi, and American Social and Institutional Economics” Journal of
Economic Issues. June 2003, Pp. 395-404. (Co-authored)
"The Instrumental Political Economy of Adolph Lowe." International Journal of Applied
Economics and Econometrics. April-June, 2002, Pp. 270-283. (Co-authored)
"Industrial Organization" in Routledge's, The International Encyclopedia of Political Economy,
London and New York: Routledge. 2001 (ISBN: 0415145325)
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"Sustainable Regional Economic Development," Journal of Economic Issues, June 2001, Pp.
469-476. (Co-authored)
"The Future of Capitalism" in Phillip O'Hara ed., The Encyclopedia of Political Economy,
London and New York: Routledge, 1999, Pp. 378-380.
"The Monopoly Capital School and Original Institutionalist Economics," Journal of Economic
Issues, June 1997, Pp.481-490. (Co-authored)
Articles Pending:
“Enterprise in Chains: Firms, Contracts and Value Chains”, Submitted to Regional Studies, (Co-
authored)
“Uneven Advice and Support Networks in Local Economic Development,” Environment and
Planning C. Co-authored.
Understanding the Spatial Patterns of Business Cycles: The 2007-2009 Recession and the Rural-
Urban Continuum,”
Working Papers:
“Social Capital and Cluster-based Development” (Co-authored)
“Evaluating Potential Economic Clusters: A Portfolio Approach” (Co-authored)
“Locating Aspirational Clusters: A Spatial Method for Locating Ohio’s Wind Energy Cluster,”
(co-authored)
Grant Funded Monographs:
The Economic Impact and Urban Influence of the AT&T Performing Arts Center, April
2016.
Economic Impact of the University of Findlay on Ohio, May 2015.
Economic Impact of the University of Findlay on Hancock County, May 2015
State Route 66 Relocation Project: Economic Consequences of a Truck Bypass, April
2015 forthcoming. (Funded by the Village of Archbold)
Effects of Airline Industry Changes on Small- and Non-Hub Airports, Transportation
Research Board, ACRP Report 142, 2015 (Co-authored)
Arts and Regional Prosperity 2015: Economic Impact of the Creative Industries in North
West Ohio, March 2015 (Funded by the Toledo Area Cultural Leaders)
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The Economic Impact of Ohio’s Creative Industries: 2015, February 2015 (funded by the Ohio
Arts Council)
Measuring Ohio’s Creative Economy, February 2013, (funded by Ohio Citizens for the Arts)
Williams County Economic Development Strategy. December 2011. (Funded by the Williams
County Commissioners.
Ohio Energy Crossroads Corridor: A Transformation Economic Development Strategy, March
2011. (Funded by Ohio Department of Development #ECDD 10-314)
Regional Collaboration Study: Assessing the Economic Impact of the Runway at the NASA Plum
Brook Facility, Ohio Collaboration Grant #G-08-036-1 September 2009.
Ohio’s Arts: A Foundation of Innovation, Creativity, and Economic Strength. March 2009.
Arts and Regional Prosperity: Economic Impact of the Creative Industries in Northwest Ohio.
The Northwest Ohio Arts Exchange, Toledo, Ohio, September 2007
Research Memorandum: The Economic Impact of University of Toledo’s Athletics. The
University of Toledo, January 2007.
The Impact of the “New” University of Toledo On Ohio’s Economy. The University of Toledo,
November 2006.
The Toledo Zoo: A Ten-Year Economic Perspective. Bowling Green State University, 2005.
Measuring Bowling Green State University’s Impact on Ohio’s Economy. Bowling Green State
University, October 2004.
Cluster Overview: Industrial Clusters of Northwest Ohio. The Urban Affairs Center, University
of Toledo, October 2004.
The Economic Impact of the Toledo Zoo: A Local and National Analysis 1998-2002. October
2003. (Co-authored)
The Economic Impact of the WVSC Natatorium. Charleston: West Virginia Research League,
2003.
Local Technical Assistance Program Evaluation. Bowling Green State University. Authorized by
grant #99-06-07477 from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration: Washington, D.C., 2003 (Co-authored)
The Economic Impact of the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, Charleston, West Virginia:
West Virginia Research League, 2002.
The Economic Environment: A Study of the Economic Structure of Kanawha, Clay and Putnam
Counties. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Research League, 2001.
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The Economic Engines of West Virginia: Past, Present and Future. Charleston, West Virginia:
West Virginia Research League, 2000.
Community Indicators: Measuring West Virginia's Economic Potential and Quality of Life. Vol.
I, State-to-State. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Research League, 2000.
Community Indicators: Measuring West Virginia's Economic Potential and Quality of Life. Vol.
II, County-to-County. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Research League, 2000.
The Role of Venture Capital In Regional Development: The Economic Impact of the West
Virginia Jobs Investment Trust Board. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia
Research League, 1999.
Community Health Assessment. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Research League,
1999.
The Economic Impact of West Virginia's Oil and Gas Industry. Charleston, West Virginia: West
Virginia Research League, 1999.
Community Redevelopment: Spatial Economic Implications. Charleston, West Virginia: West
Virginia Research League, 1998.
State College System of West Virginia: An Economic Impact Study. Charleston, West Virginia:
West Virginia Research League, 1997.
Book Reviews:
"Review of Employment Without Inflation, by Benjamin Higgins." Journal of Economic Issues,
March 1999, Pp. 208-210.
"Review of Power Theory of Economics, by Yasuma Takata." Southern Economic Journal, July
1996, Pp. 261-262.
"Review of The Literate Economist: A Brief History of Economics, by E. Ray Canterbery."
Journal of Economic Issues, September 1996, Pp. 895-897.
"Review of Business Cycles, Indicators and Forecasting, edited by James H. Stock and Mark W.
Watson." Southern Economic Journal, July 1995, Pp. 272-273.
"Review of Money, Banking and Inflation: Essays in the History of Monetary Thought, by
Thomas M. Humphrey." Southern Economic Journal, April 1995, Pp. 1230-1231.
"Review of 21st Century Capitalism, by Robert L. Heilbroner." Review of Radical Political
Economics, March 1995, Pp. 132-135.
"Review of Money and the Economic Process, by Sheila C. Dow." Journal of Economic Issues,
December 1994, Pp. 1297-1299.
"Review of Macroeconomic Theory: Diversity and Convergence, edited by Gary Mongiovi and
Christof Rühl," Review of Social Economy, Summer 1994, Pp. 96-99.
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"Review of Financial Conditions and Macroeconomic Performance: Essays in Honor of Hyman
P. Minsky, edited by Steven Fazzari and Dimitri B. Papadimitriou." Southern Economic
Journal, January 1994, Pp. 766-767.
Other Publications:
“The Innovation Economy,” UNT Research Magazine, Vol. 25, 2016 p. 29.
“Economic Impact of the Dallas Ft. Worth Creative Economy,” Industry Briefing Series,
Economics Research Group, University of North Texas. April 2016.
Research Grant Participation
2016 $44,500 Children’s Health, Children's Health Impact Analysis
2016 $52,000 AT&T Performing Arts Center, The Economic Impacts and Urban Influence of
the AT&T Performing Arts Center
2016 $29,012 Update and Maintain the Current Land Development Database of Properties
Surrounding DART Light Rail Stations. Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
2015 $2,500 Understanding Economic Potential of Sports Based Tourism. City of Bowie,
Texas
2015 $75,000 Ohio Board of Regents, Economic Development
2015 $27,960 Village of Archbold, “Village of Archbold State Route 66 Relocation,” March
2015.
2015 $10,000 Ohio Arts Council, The Economic Impact of Ohio’s Creative Industries: 2015
2015 $10,000 Toledo Area Cultural Leaders, Arts and Regional Prosperity 2015:
Economic Impact of the Creative Industries in Northwest Ohio
2014 $15,000 Great Lakes Regional Training Initiative: An EDA University Center
Collaborative Phase 2 (0008983)
2014 $42,700 Internship grant, State of Ohio
2014 $75,000 Ohio Board of Regents, Economic Development
2014 $320,000 United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration, University Center Program (EDA Investment #66-66-05704- 2014)
2013 $112,289 Transportation Research Board, ACRP. “Effects of Airline Industry Changes on
Small and Non-Hub Airports”
2013 $320,000 United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration, University Center Program (EDA Investment #66-66-05704- 2013)
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2013 $75,000 Ohio Board of Regents, Economic Development
2013 $10,000 Ohio Citizens for the Arts
2012 $320,000 United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration, University Center Program (EDA Investment #66-66-05704- 2012)
2011 $320,000 United State Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration,
University Center Program (EDA Investment #66-66-05704-2011)
2011 $87,500 Williams County Economic Adjustment Strategy.
2011 $5,000 FRC Faculty Mentoring Grant (Mentoring Xinyue Ye).
2010 $75,000 I-75 Energy Corridor, Ohio Department of Development.
2010 $320,000 United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration. University Center Program. (EDA Investment # 06-66-0505401).
2010 $112,000 Ohio Hubs of Innovation, Ohio Department of Development.
2009 $20,583 State of Ohio Rural Universities Program. Ohio Board of Regents (OBOR).
State earmark funds dedicated to research on rural areas of northwest Ohio.
2009 $320,000 United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration. University Center Program. (EDA Investment # 06-66-0505402).
2008 $80,000 Ohio Department of Development Collaboration Grant, Huron County.
2008 $320,000 United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration. University Center Program. (EDA Investment # 06-66-0505401).
2008 $69,419 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Greenhouse Nurseries Impact
in Ohio Year 5. A collaboration between Bowling Green State University, University of
Toledo, Ohio State University, and Indiana State University, (USDA number pending)
2008 $247,000 State of Ohio Rural Universities Program. Ohio Board of Regents (OBOR).
State earmark funds dedicated to research on rural areas of northwest Ohio.
2007 $41,037 City of Bowling Green. The Census Project (LUCA) for the City of Bowling
Green.
2007 $247,000 State of Ohio Rural Universities Program. Ohio Board of Regents (OBOR).
State earmark funds dedicated to research on rural areas of northwest Ohio.
2007 $158,214 Economic Development Administration (EDA), University Center Program.
(#06-66-05054-02)
2007 $182,760 OARDC United States Department of Agriculture One-Time Grant Program
FY07.
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2007 $11,011 WSOS. Transportation planning master plan project.
2007 $20,000 White Rose Consortium. University of Leeds and the UK government.
2006 $21,697 Wood County Emergency Management. Wood County Commissioners.
2006. $25,487 University of Toledo Economic Impact Study. University of Toledo.
2006 $158,214 Economic Development Administration (EDA), University Center Program.
(#06-66-05054-01)
2006 $247,000 State of Ohio Rural Universities Program. Ohio Board of Regents (OBOR).
State earmark funds dedicated to research on rural areas of northwest Ohio.
2006 $672,740 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Greenhouse Nurseries
Impact in Ohio Year 4. A collaboration between Bowling Green State University,
University of Toledo, Ohio State University, and Indiana State University, (#60006269)
2006 $2,000 City of Walbridge and Lake Township. Community Based Economic
Development Strategy.
2006 $66,248 United States Department of Energy (DoE) Wind Energy Project at BGSU
Firelands. (DE-FG36-06GO86096)
2005 $17,885 “By the People, Deliberation Week,” PBS, Newshour with Jim Lehrer. (Grant
Partner WBGU)
2005 $52,363 United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Investigating Greenhouse Co-
operatives. (USDA # 1037002)
2005 $158,214 Economic Development Administration (EDA), University Center Program.
(06-66-05054)
2005 $679,000. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Greenhouse Nurseries
Impact in Ohio Year 3. A collaboration between Bowling Green State University,
University of Toledo, Ohio State University, and Indiana State University, (USDA #
6006269)
2004 $667,000. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Greenhouse Nurseries
Impact in Ohio Year 2. A collaboration between Bowling Green State University,
University of Toledo, Ohio State University, Indiana State University, and the Toledo
Botanical Gardens. (USDA # OHO00962-SS)
2004 $84,000 Economic Development Administration (EDA), University Center Program.
2003 $171,000. University of Toledo & The Ohio Board of Regents, “Northwest Ohio
Industrial Cluster Study”
2003 $139,600. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) “Greenhouse Study of NW
Ohio Year 1” Collaboration between Bowling Green State University, University of
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Toledo, Ohio State University, and the Toledo Botanical Gardens. (USDA # OHO00948-
SS)
2003 $79,000. Economic Development Administration (EDA), University Program.
2003 $10,000. BGSU Research Challenge Grant, “The Economic Impact of Bowling Green
State University.”
2003 $5,000. State of West Virginia, “The Economic Impact of the West Virginia State
College Natatorium.”
2003 $19,000. Toledo Zoo, “The Economic Impact of the Toledo Zoo: A Local and National
Analysis 1998-2002”
2003 $81,000. Economic Development Administration, “Rural Universities Program.”
2002 $600,000. National Science Foundation (NSF-PFI) “Alternative Energies” A
collaboration between Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo.
(NSF Grant # HER-0227899)
2002 $6,800. The Clay Center for the Performing Arts, “The Economic Impact of the Clay
Center for the Arts and Sciences.”
2002 $14,300. State of West Virginia, “The Economic Environment: A Study of the Economic
Structure of Kanawha, Clay and Putnam Counties.”
2001 $149,900. Economic Development Administration, “Local Technical Assistance Program
Evaluation.” (Grant #99-06-07477)
2000 $30,000. Columbia Natural Resources, “The Economic Engines of West Virginia: Past,
Present and Future.”
2000 $10,500. State of West Virginia, “The Role of Venture Capital in Regional Development:
The Economic Impact of the West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust Board.”
1999 $4,100. Community Council of Kanawha Valley, “Community Health Assessment”
1999 $24,000. Columbia Natural Resources, “Community Indicators Project.”
1998 $20,000. West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association, “The Economic Impact of West
Virginia's Oil and Gas Industry.”
1998 $10,000. City of Grafton, West Virginia, “Community Redevelopment: Spatial Economic
Implications.”
1997 $15,000. State of West Virginia, “State College System of West Virginia: An Economic
Impact Study.”
1995 $1,500. Colorado State University, Professional Development Grant.
1994 $1,000. Colorado State University, Professional Development Grant.
Conference Participation
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Presenting, “American Craft Beer and its Impact on the American Hop Industry,” at a
session of the International Geographer’s Union Commission, the Dynamics of
Industrial Space, Massey University, New Zealand, November 2016.
Presented, “Exploring Structural Differences in the Creative Industries of Texas
Metropolitan Areas,” European Regional Science Association, Vienna, August
2016.
Presenting, “Understanding Economic Redevelopment Strategies: Examples of
Embedded Development,” at a session of the Regional Science Association
International, Istanbul, Turkey, April 2016. (Conference Postponed)
Presented, “Effects of Airline Industry Changes on Small- and Non-Hub Airports,” at a
session of the Western Regional Science Association, Tucson, AZ, February
2015.
Presented: “Expanding Air Service at Small and Non-Hub Airports,” at a session of the
Australia New Zealand Regional Science Association, Christchurch, NZ.
December 2014.
Presented: “Air Service and Economic Development,” at a session at a session of the
North American Regional Science Council, Washington, C.C., November 2014.
Presented: “Market Changes in Air Service,” at a session of the Ohio Association of
Economists and Political Scientists, Perrysburg, OH, September, 2014.
Presented: “Neo-localism and Resource Partitioning: The Evolution of the American
Craft Beer Industry,” at a session of the Japan Section of the Regional Science
Association International, Tokyo, October 2014.
Presented: “Organizing Air Service in Emerging Economic Spaces,” at a session of the
International Geographers Union, Krakow, Poland, August 2014.
Presented: “Why Regional Science is Relevant to Policymakers”, at a session of the
Australia New Zealand Regional Science Association, Queensland, Australia,
December 2013.
Presented: “Occupational Marketing”, at a plenary session of the Ohio Economic
Development Association,” Columbus, Ohio, October 2013.
Presented: “Double Minds on the Future of Cities,” at a session of the European
Regiona1 Science Association, Sicily, Italy, August 2013.
Presented: “Economic Development and the Technology Lifecycle,” at a session of the
European Regiona1 Science Association, Sicily, Italy, August 2013.
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Presented: Visualizing Local Economic Development: A Comparative Space-Time Data
Tool” at the IGU Conference 2013: Applied GIS and Spatial Modeling,
University of Leeds, UK ,May 2013.
Presenting: Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, May 2013
Presented: “Comparative Space‐Time Analysis of Warn Notices,” at a session of the
North American Regional Science Council, Ottawa, Canada, November 2012.
Presented: “Visualizing and Detecting Space‐Time Chain,” at a session of the North
American Regional Science Council, Ottawa, Canada, November 2012.
Presented, “Understanding the Spatial Patterns of Business Cycles” at a session of the
Japan Section of the Regional Science Association (JSRSAI) Tokyo, Japan,
October 2012.
Presented, The Benefits of Participating in an Industrial Cluster from the Perspective of the
Firm,” at a session of the European Regional Science Association, Bratislava, Slovakia
August 2012.
Presented “The Emergence of Toledo's Solar Energy Industry: a New Industry in an Old
Economic Space,” at a session of the International Geographical Union, Cologne,
Germany, August, 2012.
Presented, “The Role of Social Capital in the Formation of Industrial Clusters,” at a session of
Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers, Edinburgh, Scotland,
June, 2012.
Presented, Update of the Rural University Consortium” at Economic Development
Administration (EDA) Regional Showcase, Chicago, IL. June 2012.
Presented, “Building Social Capital in an Industrial Cluster,” at a session of the Southern
Regional Science Association, Charlotte, March 2012.
Presented: “The Role of Social Capital in the Formation of Industrial Clusters,” at the Tinbergen
Institute Seminar, Amsterdam, May, 2012. (invited)
Presented, “WRSA Referendum ‘The New Urban World: If I Ruled the world I would…..”. at a
special session of the Western Regional Science Association, Kauai, Hawaii, February
2012.
Presented, “Assessing The Success of an Industrial Cluster.,” at a session of the Western
Regional Science Association, Kauai, Hawaii, February 2012.
Presented, “Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Unemployment During the Recent
Recession: An Analysis of its Impact on the United States,” at a session of the
Regional Geographic Conference of the IGU, Santiago, Chile, November 2011.
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Presented, “Measuring Collaboration in Local Economic Development Systems,” at the annual
meeting of the North American Regional Science Council, Miami, FL., November, 2011.
Presented, “Information Visualization of Economic Development Quarterly: Patterns and Trends
in Regional Economic Analysis,” at the annual meeting of the North American Regional
Science Council, Miami, FL., November, 2011.
Presented, “Visualizing Worker Flow in an Interactive and Exploratory Framework,” at
the annual meeting of the East Lakes Geography Conference, Youngstown, OH,
October, 2011.
Presented, “Visualizing Local Economic Development: A Comparative Space-Time Data
Analysis’, at the annual meeting of the Ohio Association of Economists and
Political Scientists, Bowling Green, October 2011.
Presented, “Spatial and Temporal Patterns of the Recent Recession,” at the annual meeting of the
European Regional Science Association, Barcelona, August 2011.
Presented, “The Recession and the Rural Urban Continuum,” At a session of the Pacific Regional
Science Council, Seoul, Korea, July 2011.
Presented, “Spatial Patterns of Recession in the United States,” at the Third Global Conference on
Economic Geography, Space, Economy, and Environment, Seoul, Korea, June 2011.
Presented, “Impact of the Recent Recession on Rural Areas in the United States,” at the
International Geographical Union (IGU) ‐ Commission on the Dynamics of Economic
Spaces meeting “Globalizing Rural Spaces”, Vechta, Germany, May 2011.
Presented, “The Use of Social Network Analysis as a Cluster Management Tool,” TCI Regional
Conference: Inspiring Clusters in the Beginning of the New Decade, Tallinn, Estonia,
March 2011.
Presented, “CARE: Communities At Risk Under Economic Downturn,” at the annual meetings of
the American Association of Geographers. Seattle, WA, April 2011.
Presented, “Cluster-based Regional Economic Development: Critical Reflections” (Roundtable
Panel Discussion) at the annual meetings of the American Association of Geographers.
Seattle, WA, April 2011.
Presented, “Examination of Communities at Risk Using Time Series and Panel Regression
Modeling: Case Study of Ohio,” at a session of the Western Regional Science
Association annual meetings, Monterey, CA, February 2011.
Presented, “Local Economic Development in the 21st Century: Quality of Life and
Sustainability,” (Roundtable Panel Discussion) at a session of the North American
Regional Science Council, Denver, CO. November 2010.
Presented, “Unemployment Rate Clock,” at a session of the North American Regional Science
Council, Denver, CO. November 2010
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Presented, “Warn Notice Toolbox: Integrating Information Visualization and Geovisualization,”
at a session of the North American Regional Science Council, Denver, CO. November
2010.
Presented, “Ohio Hubs of Innovation and Opportunity: A Critical Assessment,” at a session of the
North American Regional Science Council, Denver, CO. November 2010
Presented, “Ohio Hubs of Innovation: An Overview,” at a session of the Ohio Association of
Economists and Political Scientists, Case Western University, Cleveland, September
2010.
Presented, “The Economics of Space: Estimating the Economic Significance of a NASA Testing
Facility”, at a session of the International Geographer’s Union, Commission of Applied
Geography, Ericeira, Portugal. July 2010.
Presented, Social Capital: The Enabling Linkage of Economic Interaction, at a session of the
International Geographers Union’s Commission on Industrial Space, Groningen,
Netherlands, July 2010.
Presented, “Understanding Corporate Structural Change in Recession,” at the annual meetings of
the American Association of Geographers, Washington D.C., April 2010.
Presented, “Exploratory Space-Time Analysis of Local Economic Development: Communities at
Risk,” at a session of the Western Regional Science Association annual meetings,
Sedona, AZ, February 2010.
Presented, “Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis of Communities at Risk,” At a session of the North
American Regional Science Council annual meetings, San Francisco, November 2009.
Presented, “A Look Inside the Economic Developer’s Toolbox,” At a session of the Ohio
Association of Economists and Political Scientists, Ashland, Ohio, October 2009.
Presented, “Where Do Theory and Practice Meet? International Perspectives” (Plenary Panel), at
a session of the Pacific Regional Science Association, Gold Coast, Australia, July 2009.
Presented, “Why Should Regional Science be Interested in Policy and Practice?” at a session of
the Pacific Regional Science Association, Gold Coast, Australia, July 2009.
Presented, “Policy Levers for Economic Development: A New Direction in a Global Crisis” at a
session of the International Geographical Union’s Commission on the Dynamics of
Economic Spaces, Perth, Australia, July 2009.
Presented, “Alternative Perspectives on the Territorial Delineation of Industrial Clusters,” at a
session of the American Association of Geographers, Las Vegas, NV March 2009.
(Illustrated paper session)
Presented, “Locating Aspirational Clusters: A Spatial Method for Locating Ohio’s Wind Energy
Cluster,” at a session of the Western Regional Science Association meetings, Napa, CA,
February, 2009.
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Presented, “Regional Adaptation in a Globally Integrated Economy, at a session of the Western
Regional Science Association meetings, Napa, CA, February, 2009.
Presented, “Marx, Schumpeter, and Polanyi on the Evolution of Capitalism” at a session of the
Association for Social Economics at the Annual meetings of Allied Social Science
Association, San Francisco, January 2009.
Presented, “Doing Institutional Economics: Funding Strategies for Economic Development
Centers” at a session of the Association for Evolutionary Economics at the annual
meetings of Allied Social Science Association, San Francisco, January 2009.
Presented, “Cluster-based Economic Development: The Human Limits,” At a session of the
North American Regional Science Council annual meetings, Brooklyn, NY, November
2008.
Presented, “The Cognitive Limits of Cluster Formation,” Presented as a session of the
International Geographers Union, Barcelona, Spain July 2008.
Presented, “Creating Enterprise: Identifying Local Growth Potential in Regional Economies,” at a
session of the Association of Institutionalist Thought, and the annual meetings of the
Western Social Science Association, Denver, April 2008.
Presented, ”The Cultural Imperatives of Cluster Development: Identity, Tradition, and
Flori(culture) in Northwest Ohio,” at the Annual Conference of the Association of
American Geographers, Boston, MA , April 2008.
Presented “Linkages in a Cluster: A Social Network Analysis Perspective,” at the Annual
Conference of the Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, April 2008
Presented, “A Methodology for the Implementation of a New Industrial Cluster,” at a session of
the Regional Science Association (RSAI) World Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March
2008.
Presented, “Toward Community Based Community Development,” at the Western Regional
Science Association meetings, Kona, HI, February 2008.
Presented, "Impact of Polygon Geometry on the Identification of Economic Clusters" at the
Western Regional Science Association meetings, Kona, HI, February 2008.
Presented, “Social Network Analysis: A Cluster-Based Economic Development Management
Strategy,” International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, St. Pete Beach, Florida,
January 2008.
Presented, “Toward Sustainable Adaptive Efficiency in Thomas Friedman’s Flat World” at a joint
session of the Association for Evolutionary Economics and the Social Economics
Association, at the annual meetings of the Allied Social Science Association, New
Orleans, LA, January 2008.
Presented, “Creating Enterprise: Measuring Social Networks of Local Economic Development
Agents,” at a session of the Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science
Association International, Savannah, GA, November 2007.
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Presented, “Creating Enterprise: The Role of Case Studies,” at a session of the Annual North
American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Savannah, GA,
November 2007.
Presented, “Linkages of Local Economic Development Practitioners,” Ohio Association of
Economists and Political Scientists, Perrysburg, OH, October 2007.
Presented, “Potential Cluster Regions: The Case of The U.S. Floriculture Industry”, Applied
Geography Conference, Indianapolis, IN. October 2007.
Presented, “Creating an Industrial Cluster: Critical Steps In The Cluster Building Process,”
Applied Geography Conference, Indianapolis, IN. October 2007.
Presented, “The Dynamics of Cluster Formation in Accelerated Radical Innovation: Bridging the
Inception to Implementation Gap" at the Portland International Conference on
Management of Engineering & Technology. Portland, August 2007.
Presented, “Accelerated Radical Innovation in the Industrial Technology Life Cycle" a roundtable
discussion at the Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering &
Technology. Portland, August 2007.
Presented, “'Learning Networks of Local Economic Development Agents,” at the Royal
Geographical Society and the Institute of British Geographers. London, United Kingdom,
August 2007.
Presented, “Social Network Analysis in Cluster-based Economic Development” at the Second
Global Conference on Economic Geography, Beijing, China, June 2007.
Presented, “U.S. Floriculture: An Industry under Threat” at the Second Global Conference on
Economic Geography, Beijing, China, June 2007.
Presented, “Identification of Economic Clusters Using ArcGIS Spatial Statistics Tools,” at a
session of the Twenty-seventh Annual ESRI International User Conference, June 2007,
San Diego, California.
Presented, “The Impact of Canadian Floriculture Imports on the U.S. Floriculture Industry.” At
the annual meetings of the American Association of Geographers, San Francisco,
California, April 2007.
Presented, “Critical Analysis of Capitalism: Marx, Veblen, Galbraith” at a session of the
Association For Institutionalist Thought, at the annual meetings of the Western Social
Science Association, Calgary, Canada, April 2007.
Presented, “Location Quotients versus Spatial Autocorrelation In Identifying Potential Cluster
Areas,” at a session of the Western Regional Science Association annual meeting,
Newport Beach, California, February 2007.
Presented, “Toward Community-Based Community Development” at a joint session of the
Association for Evolutionary Economics and the Social Economics Association, at the
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annual meetings of the Allied Social Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, January
2007.
Presented, “The Role of Universities in the Development of a New Industrial Cluster,” Regional
Science Association International, Toronto, Canada, November 2006.
Presented, “Potential Cluster Areas: A Spatial Autocorrelation Approach,” Regional Science
Association International, Toronto, Canada, November 2006.
Presented, “The Role of GIS in Economic Impact Studies” at the Applied Geography Conference,
Tampa, Florida, October 2006.
Presented, “Keynesian Economics and Original Institutionalism” at the 9th Annual International
Post-Keynesian Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, September 2006.
Presented, “Developing Social Capital Networks to Enhance Cluster-Based Development,” at the
annual meeting of the International Geographers Union, Brisbane, Australia, July 2006.
Presented, “Identification of Economic Clusters Using Local Indexes of Spatial Autocorrelation,”
at the annual meeting of the International Geographers Union, Commission on Industrial
Space, Auckland, New Zealand, July 2006.
Presented, “Building Social Capital Through Branding: The Case of the Northwest Ohio
Greenhouse Industry,” at the annual meeting of the International Geographers Union,
Commission on Industrial Space, Auckland, New Zealand, July 2006.
Presented, “Social Capital and Cluster-based Economic Development,” at a session of the
Association For Institutionalist Thought, at the annual meetings of the Western Social
Science Association, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2006.
Presented, “Enhancing the Economic Competitiveness of the Northwest Ohio Greenhouse
Industry Using a Cluster-based Approach,” at the annual meetings of the Association of
American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois, March 2006.
Presented, “Using Cluster-Based Economic Development to Enhance the Economic
Competitiveness of Northwest Ohio’s Greenhouse Nursery Industry,” at a session of the
Western Regional Science Association annual meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February
2006.
Presented, “A Cluster Approach to Economic Development,” at a session of Ohio Association of
Economists and Political Scientists, Columbus, Ohio, October 2005.
Presented, “Northwest Ohio’s Greenhouse Cluster: From Concept to Implementation,” at a
session of the American Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Kansas City,
Missouri, October 2005. (Co-authored with Neil Reid)
Presented, “Using a Cluster-based Strategy to Secure the Economic Future of Northwest
Ohio’s Greenhouse Industry, Regional Science Association International, Las Vegas,
Nevada, November 2005.
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Presented, Using Cluster-Based Economic Development to Enhance the Economic
Competitiveness of Northwest Ohio’s Greenhouse Industry,” Applied Geography
Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2005.
Presented, “Estimating The Economic Impact of Universities: The Case of Bowling Green State
University.” Applied Geography Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2005.
Presented, “Northwest Ohio’s Greenhouse Industry,” International Geographers Union:
Commission on Industrial Space. Toledo, Ohio, August 2005.
Presented, “Industrial Clusters and Accelerated Radical Innovation” at a session of the Portland
International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET).
Portland, Oregon, August 2005. (Co-authored with Neil Reid)
Presented, “Implementing Cluster-Based Economic Development” at a session at the annual
meetings of the Western Regional Science Association. San Diego, California, February,
2005. (Co-authored with Neil Reid)
Presented, “The Worldly Philosophy of Lowe and Heilbroner: Toward an Alternative to Neo-
liberal Policy,” at a joint session of the Association for Evolutionary Economics and the
Social Economics Association, at the annual meetings of the Allied Social Science
Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2005.
Presented, “Mobilizing Cluster Based Economic Development Programs: Lessons Learned in
Designing a Regional Economic Development Strategy,” at a session at the annual
meetings of the North America Regional Science International (RSAI). Seattle,
Washington, November 2004 (Co-authored with Neil Reid)
Presented, “Regional Development Policy: Cluster-Based Strategy,” at a session of the Ohio
Association of Economists and Political Scientists, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2004. (Co-
authored with Neil Reid)
Presented “Cluster Based Economic Development in Northwest Ohio,” at a session of the
American Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, October
2004. (Co-authored with Neil Reid)
Presented, “Economic Development for the 21st Century: Industrial Clusters as Pathways to
Prosperity”, Conference on Accelerating the Radical Innovation Process, Charleston,
South Carolina. (Invited), May 2004.
Presented, “High-Tech Clusters: Tech Led Economic Development,” at a session at the annual
meetings of the Western Regional Science Association. Maui, Hawaii, February 2004.
(Co-authored with Neil Reid)
Presented, “Governance and the Legitimacy of Corporate Power: A Path for Convergence of
Heterodox Economics?,” at a joint session of the Association for Evolutionary
Economics and the Social Economics Association, at the annual meetings of the Allied
Social Science Association, San Diego, California, January 2004. (Co-authored with J. R.
Stanfield)
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Presented, “Rural Population Changes Resulting from Prison Expansion in the U.S. (1990-
2000),” at a session at the annual meetings of the American Society of Criminology.
Denver, Colorado, November 2003. (Co-authored with Joseph E. Jacoby and Deirdre
Rogers)
Presented, “The Northwest Ohio Industrial Cluster Study,” at a session at the annual meetings of
the North America Regional Science International (RSAI). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
November 2003 (Co-authored with Neil Reid)
Presented, “Ohio’s High-Tech Industry: Measuring the Magnitude of Tech Led Development” at
a session of Ohio Association of Economists and Political Scientists, October 2003.
Presented, “Robert Heilbroner’s Economic Contributions” at a session of the Association of
Institutionalist Thought, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2003.
Presented, “Fostering High-Technology Development,” at a session of the Association of
Institutionalist Thought, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 2003.
Presented, “Spatial Dynamics of Corporate Takeover Activity,” at a session of the Western
Regional Science Association, Rio Rico, Arizona, February 2003.
Presented, "Social Capital, Karl Polanyi, and American Social and Institutional Economics", at a
session of the Association for Evolutionary Economics, at the annual meetings of the
Allied Social Science Association, Washington, D.C., January, 2003.
Presented, “Small Grants, Big Results: Economic Development Through EDA Local Technical
Assistance Programs,” at a session of Ohio Association of Economists and Political
Scientists, Oxford, Ohio, 2002.
Presented, "Robert Heilbroner's Vision of the Future of Capitalism: Progress? at a session of the
Association for Evolutionary Economics, at the annual meetings of the Allied Social
Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 2002.
Presented, "Community-Focused Research", at the annual meetings of the National Association
of Planning Councils. Charleston, West Virginia, April 2001.
Presented, "Sustainable Economic Development," at a session of the Association for Evolutionary
Economics, at the annual meetings of the Allied Social Science Association, New
Orleans, Louisiana, January 2001.
Presented, "Re-embedding the Regional Economy: The Cultural Significance of Town Centers."
at a session of the Association of Evolutionary Economics, at the Annual meetings of the
Allied Social Science Association, New York, New York, January 1999.
Presented, "Economic Impact of West Virginia's Oil and Gas Industry," at the annual meetings of
the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, Lakeside, West Virginia, September
1998.
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Presented, "The Economic Thought of John M. Clark," at a session of the Association for
Institutionalist Thought, at the annual meetings of the Western Social Science
Association. Denver, Colorado, April 1998.
Presented, "The Spatial Aspects of Institutional Economics," at a session of the Association for
Evolutionary Economics, at the annual meetings of the Allied Social Science
Association. Chicago, Illinois, January 1998.
Presented, "Institutionalist Fellow Travelers: Adolph Lowe, Paul Baran, and Paul Sweezy," at a
session of the Association for Evolutionary Economics, at the Annual Meetings of the
Allied Social Science Association. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1997. (Co-authored
with James Ronald Stanfield.)
Presented, "Adolph Lowe's Instrumental Economics and Old Institutional Economics," at a
session of the Association for Social Economics, at the Annual Meetings of the Allied
Social Science Association. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1997. (Co-authored with
James Ronald Stanfield.)
Presented, "Transformational Capitalism," at a session of the Union of Radical Political
Economy, at the Annual Meetings of the Allied Social Science Association. San
Francisco, California, January 1996.
Presented, "Macroeconomic Modeling: A Transformational Approach," at a session of the
Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association. New Orleans, Louisiana,
November 1995.
Presented, "An Inquiry Into the Capitalist Prospect: The Institutional Economics of Robert L.
Heilbroner," at a session of the Association for Evolutionary Economics at the Annual
Meetings of the Allied Social Science Association. Washington D.C., January 1995.
Presented, "Accumulation and Acculturation: Capitalism's Influence on Regional Political
Autonomy," at a session of the Union of Radical Political Economy, at the Annual
Meetings of the Allied Social Science Association, Washington D.C., January 1995.
Presented, "Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions: Their Relationship With the Urban Hierarchy,"
at a session of the Association for Institutionalist Thought at the Annual Meetings of the
Western Social Science Association. Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1994.
Discussant, “Clusters” at a session at the annual meetings of the North America Regional Science
International (RSAI). Seattle, Washington, November 2004
Discussant, “Space-Time Analysis of Industry Concentration,” at a session at the annual meetings
of the Western Regional Science Association. Maui, Hawaii, February, 2004.
Discussant, “Korea in Asia: Korea’s Development, Asian Regionalism and U.S. Korea Economic
Relations.” At a session of Korea-American Economic Association, at the annual
meetings of the Allied Social Science Association, San Diego, California, January 2004.
Discussant, “Economic Policy” at a session of Ohio Association of Economists and Political
Scientists, Tiffin, Ohio, October 2003.
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Discussant, “Local Economic Development” at a session of Ohio Association of Economists and
Political Scientists, Oxford, Ohio, October 2002.
Discussant, “Conceptions of Economic Progress Among Social and Institutional Economists,” at
a session of the Association for Evolutionary Economics, at the annual meetings of the
Allied Social Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 2002.
Discussant, "Development and Fairness in the New Economy," at a session of the Association of
Social Economics, at the annual meetings Allied Social Science Association, New
Orleans, Louisiana, January 2001.
Discussant, "Regional Economic Integration," at a session of the Association of Social
Economics, at the annual meetings Allied Social Science Association, New York, New
York, January 1999.
Discussant, "Ideological Responsibility and AFEE's Agenda," at a session of the Association of
Social Economics, at the annual meetings of the Allied Social Science Association,
Chicago, Illinois, January 1998.
Discussant, "The Economics of Adolph Lowe," at a session of the Association of Social
Economics, at the annual meetings Allied Social Science Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana, January 1997.
Chair, “Wind Energy Panel” and the Bowling Green State University’s Research Conference,
entitled “Showcasing Excellence in Research and Creative Work,” November 2008.
Chair, “Session: Decision Making in Economic Processes,” at a session of the IGU Commission
Dynamics of Economic Spaces, at the 31st International Geographical Congress, Tunis,
Tunisia, August 2008.
Chair, “Session Spatial Organization of Economic Activities,” at a session of the IGU
Commission Dynamics of Economic Spaces, at the 31st International Geographical
Congress, Tunis, Tunisia, August 2008.
Chair, “Accelerated Radical Innovation in the Industrial Technology Life Cycle" at the Portland
International Conference on Management of Engineering & Technology. Portland,
August 2007.
Chair, “Session on Economic Development,” Ohio Association of Economists and Political
Scientists. Cleveland, Ohio, October 2006.
Chair, “Regional Economic Systems: Industries as Spaces of Governance” International
Geographical Union, Brisbane, Australia, July 2006.
Poster: “Space-Time Dynamics of Communities at Risk,” Bowling Green State University
Research Conference, Bowling Green, Ohio, November 2009.
Poster: “Cluster Based Economic Development: A Comprehensive Strategy to Secure NW Ohio’s
Economic Future,” Bowling Green State University Research Conference, Bowling
Green, Ohio, November 2004
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Poster: “Economic Development for the 21st Century: Industrial Clusters as Pathways to
Prosperity,” Conference on Accelerating the Radical Innovation Process, Charleston,
South Carolina. (Invited), May 2004.
Poster: “Governance and the Legitimacy of Corporate Power: A Path for Convergence of
Heterodox Economics?” Bowling Green State University Research Conference, Bowling
Green, Ohio, November 2003.
Poster: “Sustainable Regional Economic Development," Bowling Green State University
Research Conference, Bowling Green, Ohio, November 2002.
Dissertation
The Political Economy of Robert L. Heilbroner; James Ronald Stanfield, Advisor.
Honors and Awards
Bowling Green State University Libraries’; Artist and Authors Award, 2014; University
Economic Development Association, Award for Excellence, Research and Analysis 2011;
Springer Best Paper Award for 2010 for a submission to the Forum for Social Economics,
University Economic Development Association, First Place Economic Development Research
Project 2009; Bowling Green State University Libraries’; Artist and Authors Award, 2008;
Bowling Green State University Libraries’; Artist and Authors Award, 2004; Who's Who in
Social Sciences Higher Education, 2004; Bowling Green State University Libraries’; Artist and
Authors Award, 2002; Columbia Energy Award for Academic Excellence, 1999; Distinguished
Dissertation Award, CGS/University Microfilms International, Colorado State University
Nominee, 1998; Inaugural Keynote Speaker, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Zeta Chapter, 1998;
Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Teaching, Colorado State University, 1995;
Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Research, Colorado State University, 1994.
Courses Taught
Economic Analysis of the Firm, Economic Policy, Urban & Regional Economics, History of
Economic Thought, Contemporary Schools of Economic Thought, Comparative Economic
Systems, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Executive MBA Tools, Corporate
Finance, Financial & Investment Analysis, Economic Policy, Public Finance, Principles of
Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, Senior Seminar in Supervised College
Teaching.
Professional Society Listings
Association for Evolutionary Economics, Association for Institutional Thought, Regional Science
Association International, Association for Social Economics, Western Regional Science
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Association, North American Regional Science Association International, Ohio Association of
Economists and Political Scientists.
Selected Keynote Speeches, Invited Lectures, Expert Testimony
Speaker: “Exploring Structural Differences in the Creative Industries of Texas Metropolitan
Areas,” Dallas Area Business Economists, September 2016.
Speaker: “Transit Oriented Development,” City of Irving, TX Transportation Summit. August
2016.
Speaker: “Understanding the Dynamics of the Regional Economy,” Lake Cities Chamber of
Commerce, Lake Dallas, TX, January 2016.
Speaker: “Economic Consequences of the Relocation of SR 66,”Village of Archbold, June, 2015
Speaker: “State of the Region Address,” at the Center for Regional Development’s State of the
Region Conference, Perrysburg, OH, May 2015
Speaker: “Economic Perspectives: Henry County” Community Improvement Corporation of
Henry County, Member Appreciation Event,” March 2015.
Speaker: “Business Cycles in the Current Economy,” West Central Ohio Manufacturing
Consortium, Lima, OH August 2014.
Speaker: ”State of the Region Address,” at the Center for Regional Development’s State of the
Region Conference, Perrysburg, OH April 2014.
Speaker: “Impact of the Arts in Northwest Ohio,” Wassenberg Arts Center and the Niswonger
Performing Arts Center, February 2013.
Speaker: ”State of the Region Address,” at the Center for Regional Development’s State of the
Region Conference, Perrysburg, OH February 2013.
Speaker: “Economic Toolbox Update,” Wood County Commissioners, Wood County Ohio.
December 2012.
Speaker:” State of the Region Address,” at the Center for Regional Development’s State of the
Region Conference, Perrysburg, OH April 2012.
Speaker: “Developing University Collaborations,” at the 3rd Frontier training session sponsored
by BGSU. Perrysburg, OH November 2011.
Speaker: “Economic Significance of BGSU,” at Northwest Ohio County Commissioners
Association meeting, Bowling Green, OH, September 2011.
Speaker: “Economic Outlook 2011” at the 2011 Financial Planning Conference, Bowling Green,
April 2011.
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Speaker: “Regional Economic Update” at the annual meeting of the Air Conditioning Contractors
of America – Ohio Chapter and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Ohio,
Sandusky, Oh, March 2011.
Speaker: State of the Region Address, “The Upside of an Economic Downturn,” Center for
Regional Development, Perrysburg, OH, March 2011.
Speaker: “The University and the Knowledge Economy,” College of Business, Bowling Green
State University. September 2010.
Speaker: “Economic Regional Update,” Toledo Metropolitan Council of Governments, Toledo,
Ohio, May 2010.
Speaker: “Center for Regional Development,” BGSU Board of Trustees, Bowling Green, Ohio,
May 2010.
Speaker: State of the Region Address,” Center for Regional Development, Perrysburg, February
2010.
Speaker: “Toledo Economic Conditions,” Ohio Society of CPAs, Perrysburg, OH, December
2009.
Speaker: “Community Scorecard,” Meta Plan Meeting, Toledo, OH. September 2009.
Speaker: “Global Reactions to Economic Crisis,” Bowling Green Kiwanis, August 2009.
Speaker: “Community Scorecard,” Regional Growth Partnership, Toledo, OH, August 2009.
Speaker: “Economic Crossroads Town Hall Meeting” Findlay, OH, July 2009.
Speaker: “Economic Crossroads Town Hall Meeting” Fostoria, OH, July 2009.
Speaker: “Locating Aspirational Clusters: A Spatial Method for Locating Ohio’s Wind Energy
Cluster” Wright State University, April 2009.
Speaker: (Keynote) “How Financial Conditions are Affecting Northwest Ohio Businesses,” First
Annual Financial Planning Conference, Bowling Green, April 2009.
Speaker: “Economic Challenges,” Monthly meeting of the Wood County Economic Development
Commission, March 2009.
Speaker: “Arts Panel,” Bowling Green State University, February 2009.
Speaker: “Economic Outlook,” Bowling Green Foundation, Bowling Green, Ohio February 2009.
Speaker: “Educational Resources for Regional Incentives,” General Assembly of the Toledo
Metropolitan Council of Governments, Toledo, Ohio January 2009.
Speaker: “Economic Outlook 2009,” Center for Regional Development’s State of the Region
Conference, Perrysburg, OH, January 2009.
Speaker: “Economic Change,” Toledo Press Club, Toledo, OH, January 2009.
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Speaker: “Economic Impact Study of Creative Industries in Ohio’s Rural Areas,” Northwest Ohio
Arts Exchange Winter Meeting, December, 2008.
Speaker: “Arts as Big Business: Leveraging Community Impact,” at the Imagining America
Conference, Bowling Green State University, February 2008.
Speaker: “Economic Forecast for NW Ohio,” Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Toledo,
Toledo Ohio, January 2008.
Speaker: “Economic Outlook 2008” Toledo Rotary, January 2008.
Speaker: “By the People: A Public Deliberation” a PBS MacNeil- Leher Productions public
deliberation forum. Video conference linked by WBGU in Bowling Green and WVIS in
Cleveland.
Speaker: “Arts and Regional Prosperity: Economic Impact of the Creative Industries in Northwest
Ohio.” The Valentine Theatre. October 2007.
Speaker: “Understanding Economic Impacts,” Toledo Museum of Art. July 2007.
Speaker: “Economic Impact of the Arts in Northwest Ohio,” Northwest Ohio Arts Exchange,
May 2007.
Speaker: “Toledo Region’s Economic Structure,” Northwest Ohio Coastal Windpower Initiative,
March 2007.
Speaker: “Accelerating Innovation in Healthcare,” University of Leeds and the White Rose HIP
Project. Leeds, UK, February 2007.
Speaker: “Partnerships Attract Investment,” winter General Assembly of the Toledo Metropolitan
Area Council of Governments, January 2007.
Speaker: “Toledo’s Economic Future,” Economic Outlook Conference sponsored by the
Chartered Financial Analysts of Toledo. December 2006.
Speaker: “Positioning Northwest Ohio,” State of the Region Conference. May 2006
Speaker: “Economic Development through Clusters: A Case for Value-added Agriculture,” Rural
Entrepreneurship Lecture Series, Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska, March
2006.
Speaker: “Utilizing Ohio’s Economic Networks,” Ohio Floriculture Association (OFA), October
2005.
Speaker: “Economic Impact of the Arts” Northwest Ohio Arts Exchange (NWoAX) September
2005.
Speaker: Workforce Investment Board’s E3 Summit, September 2005.
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Speaker: “The Current Higher Education Environment: Examining Social, Economic, and
Political Factors. BGSU” Provost Safari 2005, August 2005.
Speaker: Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce,” July 2005.
Speaker: “Cluster Based Economic Development for the Alternative Energy Industry,” June
2005.
Speaker: “Estimating the Impact of the Arts” BGSU Arts Advocate Group, May 2005.
Speaker: “BGSU’s Economic Impact,” Wood County Economic Development, March 2005
Speaker: “Understanding Economic Change in the 21st Century,” BGSU Florida Donors
Seminar, Naples, Florida, February 2005.
Speaker: “Engagement” Business Dean’s Advisory Council, February 2005.
Speaker: “Bowling Green State University’s Impact on Ohio’s Economy. President’s Advisory
Council, Bowling Green State University, January 2005.
Speaker: “Competing Successfully in a Global Marketplace,” Toledo Area Winter Greenhouse
Conference, January, 2005.
Speaker: “Five Minutes of Fame,” Bowling Green State University Research Conference. 2004.
Speaker: “Bowling Green State University’s Impact on Ohio’s Economy. Board of Trustees,
Bowling Green State University. December 2004.
Speaker: “Forming the Greenhouse Cluster.” Toledo Botanical Gardens, Ohio Floricultural
Association. December 2004.
Speaker: “Forming the Transportation Cluster.” Inter-modal Transportation Institute. December
2004.
Speaker: “Industrial Clusters of Northwest Ohio,” A colloquium sponsored by the Department of
Geography and Planning, University of Toledo. November 2004.
Speaker: “Alternative Energies Partnership” (sponsored by the National Science Foundation)
“Alternative Energy in Northwest Ohio” October 2004.
Speaker: “Cluster-based Economic Development in Northwest Ohio.” Ohio Workforce
Investment Board. October 2004.
Speaker: “Greenhouse Industries in Northwest Ohio,” Sponsored by US Congresswoman, Marcy
Kaptur, Toledo, Ohio. June 2004.
Speaker: “Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity.” Presented to delegation visiting UT from
the University of Wolverhampton, England, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
May 2004.
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Speaker: “Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity.” Presented to Toledo City Council, Toledo,
Ohio. March 2004.
Speaker: “Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity.” Presented to College of Engineering
Faculty, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. March 2004.
Speaker: “Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity.” Presented to the National City Bank Loan
Officers, Toledo, Ohio. March 2004.
Speaker: “Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity.” Presented to Faculty Advisory Committee
of the Urban Affairs Center, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. March 2004.
Speaker: “Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity.” Presented to the Reynolds Road Rotary
Club, Toledo, Ohio. March 2004.
Speaker: “Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity.” Presented to the Northwest Ohio Regional
Economic Development Association. Toledo, Ohio. March 2004.
Speaker: “Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity.” Presented to the Economic Development
Committee of the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Regional Growth Partnership,
Toledo, Ohio. February 2004.
Speaker: Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity. Presented to the Boards of the Regional
Growth Partnership, Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Regional Growth
Partnership, Toledo, Ohio. January 2004.
Keynote Speaker: Industrial Clusters: Pathways to Prosperity. Presented to the Chairs of the
Boards of the Regional Growth Partnership, Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, and the
Regional Growth Partnership, Toledo, Ohio. January 2004.
Speaker: Leadership Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, November 2002.
Expert Testimony: Select Committee on Tax Reform, Ohio House of Representatives, July 2002.
Speaker: “Wood County Development Commission Bi-monthly Meeting”, July 2002.
Speaker: “Understanding the Economy of NW Ohio”. Ambassador Training of the Wood County
Economic Development Commission, June 2002.
Speaker: “Toledo Tomorrow 2002." Program sponsored by the Toledo Art Museum and was part
of The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America Exhibit.
Toledo, Ohio, June 2002.
Speaker: “Technology’s Role in Economic Development” at Informational Technology Alliance
of Northwest Ohio. The seminar was sponsored by the Regional Growth Partnership.
Toledo, Ohio, May 2002.
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Keynote Speaker: at Mayor Jack Ford’s and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur’s Inaugural
Technology Summit. Toledo, Ohio, April, 2002.
Keynote Speaker: “State of the Region Conference” Sponsored by the Center for Policy Analysis
and Public Service. Lima, Ohio, April 2002.
Presented “High-Technology Clusters,” at a seminar entitled Technology-Based Economic
Development and the Small Community. The seminar was sponsored by the Center for
Policy Analysis & Public Service, March 2002.
Speaker: Allied Chemical Association, March 2002.
Speaker: West Virginia State College, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Zeta Chapter, 1998.
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