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Lloyd Dumas

Lloyd Dumas

Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Political Economy
 
972-883-2010
GR 3.218
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Professional Preparation

Ph.D. - Economics
Columbia University - 1972
M.S. - Industrial and Management Engineering
Columbia University - 1968
B.A. - Mathematics
Columbia University - 1967

Research Areas

Lloyd J. Dumas
  • national and international security
  • terrorism
  • technological disaster
  • code of ethics for international economic development advisors and consultants
  • global climate change
  • economic transition
  • economic development
  • military spending
  • conversion of military-oriented facilities and workforces to civilian activity

Publications

Dumas, Lloyd J. The Peacekeeping Economy: Using Economic Relationships to Build a More Peaceful, Prosperous and Secure World. New Haven: Yale University Press, forthcoming. Print. 2011 - Publication
Dumas, Lloyd J., Janine R. Wedel and Greg Callman. Confronting Corruption, Building Accountability: Lessons from the World of International Development Advising. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Print. 2010 - Publication
Dumas, Lloyd J. The Technology Trap: Where Human Error and Malevolence Meet Powerful Technologies. New York: Praeger, 2010. Print. 2010 - Publication
Dumas, Lloyd J. "Economic Conversion." 2008. Shaping the Network Society: Patterns for Participation, Action and Change  . Ed. Douglas Schuler. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2008. 231-233. Print. 2008 - Publication
Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology (Vol. 13, No.3, 2007), Taking the Profit Out of War , Review of Profiting from Peace: Managing the Resource Dimensions of Civil War, by Karen Ballantine and Heiko Nitschke (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2005). 2007 - Publication
Dumas, Lloyd J. An Economic Approach to Peacekeeping and Peacemaking. The Economics of Peace and Security Journal. 2006, 1(2). www.epsjournal.org.uk 2006 - Publication
The Economics of Peace and Security Journal (www.epsjournal.org.uk), Vol.1, No.2 (July 2006), An Economic Approach to Peacekeeping and Peacemaking 2006 - Publication
UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: Peace Processes, D. Fischer, section editor, (Geneva: UNESCO, 2005), 5400 word entry, Economic Conversion, Demobilization and Reintegration 2005 - Publication

Appointments

Visiting Professor
European University Center for Peace Studies [2009–2009]
Garrey Carruthers Professor of Honors
The University of New Mexico [1997–1997]
Consultant
Los Alamos National Laboratories [1994–1996]
Vice Chair
Transition Taskforce for the State of Texas [1991–1993]
Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [1983–Present]
Adjunct Scholar
CATO Institute [1982–1990]
Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [1979–1983]
Associate Professor
Columbia University [1974–1979]
Assistant Professor
Columbia University [1973–1974]
Assistant Professor
City University of New York [1973–1973]

Projects

Weapons Procurement and Development: Do Offsets Mitigate or Magnify the Military Burden?
2002–2002 University of Capetown (SA), University of Port Elizabeth (SA) and Middlesex University (UK), International Conference on Cost Offsets and Development (Capetown, South Africa: September 26-28, 2002) - presented paper on Weapons Procurement and Development: Do Offsets Mitigate or Magnify the Military Burden?
Spoke on human fallibility, nuclear power and weapons of mass destruction
2003–2003 International Meeting in Moscow of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Winners of the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize) (Moscow: May 14-18, 2003). Spoke on human fallibility, nuclear power and weapons of mass destruction at meetings with: 1) Speaker of the Duma (3rd highest ranking official in the Russian government; 2)Minister of Atomic Energy of Russia (Minatom); and 3) Editorial Board of Rossiyskaya Gazeta (major daily newspaper in Moscow).
The Voice of Economics in the Discourse on War and Peace
2003–2003 Conference on The Language of War (Dallas: The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, April 12, 2003), speaker on The Voice of Economics in the Discourse on War and Peace .
Terrorism and National Missile Defense
2018–2018 Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Meetings (Atlanta: January 2002) - session National Missile Defense and New Global Threats, chaired by Michael Intriligator (with Kenneth Arrow, Walter Isard, James Galbraith, Richard Kaufman), speaker on Terrorism and National Missile Defense
The Terror of 'Terrorism'
2002–2002 American Philosophical Association, Annual Meetings: Eastern Division(December 28, 2002) - detailed (15 minutes) discussant on The Terror of 'Terrorism' .

Additional Information

University Administrative Activity - University of Texas (Dallas)

 

University Academic Senate (three terms)

University-Wide Committees: Regental Core Committee for Support of Women and Minorities (Chair,
2001-03); Committee on Diversity and Equity; Committee on Qualifications of Academic
Personnel; Educational Policy; Faculty Standing and Conduct; Advisory Board to the University
Office of International Education; Safety Council; Student Life (Chair,1998-99); Special Faculty
Hearing Tribunal Pool.

School Committees: Ph.D.Theory Examination, (2004-05; Chair 1983-86); Ph.D. Methods
Examination; Faculty Personnel Review Committee Ph.D.(2005-); Public Policy and Political
Economy Ph.D. Program Committee (2005-); Advisory Board to the University Office of
International Education; Ph.D. Planning (Chair, 1983-85); Strategic Planning Committee for
Graduate Programs; Curriculum Development; Quality Teaching (Chair, 1998-2002); Public
Policy and Political Economy Ph.D. Program Committee (2004-); Graduate Studies;
Undergraduate Studies; Personnel Review; Tenure Reviews; Committee on MS in Applied
Economics; Academic Searches

Administrator with Special Responsibilities for the Support of Minorities and Women (See Section 2,UTD
Annual Report on Human Resources, FY'02-'03)

Social Sciences and General Studies Student Advisor
 

University Administrative Activity - Other than UT (Dallas)
Acting Chairman of the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Columbia University
(February 1975)

Committee on Instruction, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University
(curriculum decision-making body, 1977-1979)

Doctoral Program Subcommittee on Industrial and Management Engineering of the Executive
Committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University (1976-1979)
Instructional Activities
Undergraduate Courses Taught: macroeconomics; economic development; international relations;
national and international security; microeconomics; statistics; industrial organization; industrial
economics; urban economics; environmental economics; engineering economy; money and banking;
economics of public issues; economic analysis; national and international security; the arms race;
alternative approaches to national security

Graduate Courses Taught: industry, technology and science policy; macroeconomics; world political
economy; economic development; special topics seminar in macroeconomic theory; workshop/seminar
in economic conversion; industrial economics; economic forecasting; evaluation of industrial operations;
industrial economic strategies and behavior; seminar in energy conservation

Sponsor of various doctoral dissertations; doctoral defense committees (economics, business, industrial
engineering, psychology and sociology) and Ph.D. oral exams

News Articles

Book Warns Against Modern-Day 'Technology Trap'
Professor and Author Highlights Problems with Ever-Stronger Technologies Modern society’s ability to develop more powerful technologies – coupled with the inevitability of human error – could lead to disaster on an unprecedented scale, according to a timely new book by Dr. Lloyd J. Dumas, professor in UT Dallas’ School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences. Read more...
Why Can't We Be Friends? Prof Offers Economic Fix
Why Can't We Be Friends? Prof Offers Economic Fix There is hope for peace even among nations that view themselves as enemies, according to UT Dallas professor Lloyd J. Dumas. Dr. Dumas, a political economist in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, recently presented his paper on that subject, “Turning Enemies into Friends: The Role of Economic Relationships in Building Security and Sustaining Peace” at the International Conference on Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution in a Globalizing World in Seoul, South Korea. Dumas argued that national security is mainly a matter of relationships, not military power. He believes that there are two critical steps in turning enemies into friends — reducing mutual hostility and suspicion, and then building strong positive ties and that both can be accomplished by establishing the right kinds of economic relationships.
UT Dallas Professor Lloyd Jeff Dumas To Appear on KERA’s ‘Think’ Radio Program
Dr. Lloyd Jeff Dumas, professor of economics and political economy at The University of Texas at Dallas, will appear on the ‘Think’ interview program on Dallas public radio station KERA on Monday, Feb. 12, from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.  

Dumas, along with host Krys Boyd, will discuss the topic of private firms involved in global and strategic, including economic and military, forecasting and intelligence gathering for governments and other clients.

Think is broadcast on 90.1 FM and may also be heard live online at http://www.kera.org/think/.   The program covers a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and emerging trends to food and wine, travel, adventure and entertainment.
Tired of Football? Tune in Dr. Lloyd ‘Jeff’ Dumas On Nickelodeon Channel Opposite Super Bowl XXXVI
It’s deep into the second half of Super Bowl XXXVI this coming Sunday. Maybe it’s a one-sided contest and your interest is beginning to wane. Or you’re simply tired of another drawn-out season of professional football and wish it would end. Or perhaps you wish you had consumed less of your sister-in-law’s bean dip.

Whatever the reason, you’re ready for a change. Pick up that TV remote and tune in Nickelodeon, the cable television channel for kids. Dr. Lloyd “Jeff” Dumas, a professor of political economy in UTD’s School of Social Sciences, is scheduled to appear on “Nick News,” a newsmagazine show for kids hosted by journalist Linda Ellerbee. In a taped segment, Dumas will discuss terrorism, including the difference between terrorists and freedom fighters, in language understandable to eight- to 13-year-olds, the show’s target audience.

Affiliations

Economists for Peace and Security
1984-present, Fellow (present), Senior Fellow (2005-2009), Board of Directors
Ploughshares Fund
1986-2001, Advisory Board

Funding

Asylum Research / Human Rights Initiative
$110,000 - The Overbrook Foundation [2009–2010]
Asylum Research / Human Rights Initiative
$15,000 - Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation [2009–2010]
Building Accountability into International Development Advising in an Age of Diffused Governance
$232,333 - Ford Foundation Grant [2005–2007]
technical reviewer for 14 grant proposals on terrorism and intelligence networks
$250,000-$900,000 - U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice [2003–2003]
Building Accountability into International Development Advising in an Age of Diffused Governance
$179,100 - Ford Foundation Grant [2002–2005]