Ph.D. - Economics
The University of Wyoming - 1982

B.S. - Economics
Grand Valley State College - 1978

Systematic neighborhood observations at high spatial resolution: Methodology and assessment of potential benefits (with Tammy Leonard and Judy Mays), PLoS ONE, forthcoming. forthcoming - Publication

An Analysis of the Neighborhood Impacts of Mortgage Assistance Program in Dallas (with Wenhua Di and Jielai Ma), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 29, Fall 2010, 682-697 2010 - Publication

"The Neighborhood Effects of Foreclosure" (with Tammy Leonard). Journal of Geographcal Systems, 11, Nov 2009, 317-332. 2009 - Publication

The voluntary provision of a pure public good and the Montreal Protocol: behavioral and data concerns (with Todd Sandler), Oxford Economic Papers, 61, Jan 2009, 197-200. 2009 - Publication

Access to Grocery Stores in Dallas (with Nathan Berg), Int. J. Behavioural and Healthcare Research, Vol. 1, May 2008, pp. 22-37. 2008 - Publication

The Impact of the Mortgage Assistance Program in Dallas, Texas (with Wehhua Di and Jielai Ma), Williams Review, 2 (2007) 59-90. 2007 - Publication

Framing the Economic Potential of the Dallas Area, Williams Review, Vol. 1, October 2006, 2-32. 2006 - Publication

Framing the Economic Potential of the Dallas Area, Williams Review, 1 (2006) 2-32. 2006 - Publication

Director
The J.McDonald Williams Institute [2007–Present]

Program Head
University of Texas at Dallas [2006–2008]

Senior Fellow
The J.McDonald Williams Institute [2006–2006]

Dean
University of Texas at Dallas [2001–2005]

Director
University of Texas at Dallas [1999–2001]

Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1996–Present]

Assocate Dean
University of Texas at Dallas [1996–1999]

Senior Fellow
University of Texas at Dallas [1995–1995]

Associate Professor
University of Texas at Dallas [1990–1996]

Director
Auburn University at Montgomery [1988–1990]

Participation Decision Versus Level of Participation in an Environmental Treaty: A Spatial Probit Analysis

2018–2018 Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Workshop, University of Michigan, June 25, 2009

Professional recognitions, memberships, and honors

• Member, American Economics Association, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Regional Science Association, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, American Agricultural Economics Association.
• Faculty Advisor, 1990 - 1999, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Psi Chapter, University of Texas at Dallas.
• Student's Choice Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher, School of Social Sciences, 1991, University of Texas at Dallas.
• Editorial Board, 1990 - 2003, Defence and Peace Economics, Harwood Academic Publishers.
• Editorial Council, 1988 - 1992, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Academic Press.
• Editorial Board, 1988-1993, The Southern Business and Economic Journal, Auburn University at Montgomery.
• John P. Ellbogen Outstanding Teaching Award, 1981, University of Wyoming.
• Best Economics Ph.D. Student Award, 1981, University of Wyoming.
  
  

Honors and other Recognitions

• Student's Choice Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher, School of Social Sciences, 1991, University of Texas at Dallas.
• John P. Ellbogen Outstanding Teaching Award, 1981, University of Wyoming.
• Best Economics Ph.D. Student Award, 1981, University of Wyoming.
• Bugas Fellowship in Economics, 1979-80, University of Wyoming.

Awards and Fellowships

• Visiting Scholar, Sep. 2009 - Aug. 2010, Federal Reseve Bank of Dallas, Dallas, TX.
• Senior Fellow, Jan. 1995 - May 1995, Cecil and Ida Green Center for the Study of Science and Society, University of Texas at Dallas, School of Social Sciences, Richardson, TX.
• Student's Choice Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher, School of Social Sciences, 1991, University of Texas at Dallas.
• John P. Ellbogen Outstanding Teaching Award, 1981, University of Wyoming.
• Best Economics Ph.D. Student Award, 1981, University of Wyoming.
• Bugas Fellowship in Economics, 1979-80, University of Wyoming.

Professional Memberships

Member, American Economics Association, Regional Science Association

Risk and Protective Factors Contributing to Violence among Urban Dallas Youth

$1 million - Centers for Disease Control [2010–2013]

RAPID: The Impact of Stimulus Spending on Energy Efficiency In a Low-Income Dallas Neighborhood: Implications for Science Policy

$198,000 - National Science Foundation [2009]

AOC: Publicly Driven Investment, Neighborhood Change and Household Behavior

$1.01 million - National Science Foundation [2008]

Evaluation of Education Is Freedom

$156,000 - Education Is Freedom [2008–2010]

The Effects of Off-Campus Health Occupations Enrichment and Information Programs on the Selection of College Major in a Sample of College Bound Students from Three High Schools in the Dallas Independent School District

$265,000 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board [2007]