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| A. Ph.D.—Joint Ph.D. Program in Public Policy, Indiana University, Bloomington; 1997. Dissertation: “Community Organizations and the Governing Capability of Indianapolis Neighborhoods.” |
| B. Bachelor of Arts—Philosophy (major), History (minor); University of Texas at Arlington; Magna Cum Laude, 1988. |
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. (forthcoming, September 2005). “Performance Measurement vs. Service Satisfaction: Who Exactly Is Satisfied?” Social Science Quarterly. 86(3).
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. (2003). “The Case for the Inexperienced User: Rethinking Filter Questions in Citizen Satisfaction Surveys.” American Review of Public Administration. 33(1): 91-108.
Kelly, Janet and David Swindell. (2002). “A Multiple-Indicator Approach to Municipal Service Evaluation: Correlating Performance Measurement and Citizen Satisfaction Across Jurisdictions.” Public Administration Review. 62(5): 610-621.
Kelly, Janet and David Swindell. (2002). “Service Quality Variation Across Urban Space: First Steps Toward a Model of Citizen Satisfaction.” Journal of Urban Affairs. 24(3): 271-288. Won Best Paper Award at the Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, Detroit, Michigan, May 4-6, 2001.
Rosentraub, Mark and David Swindell. (2002). “Negotiating Games: Cities, Sports, and the Winner’s Curse.” Journal of Sports Management. 16(1): 18-35.
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. (2000). “Linking Citizen Satisfaction Data to Performance Measures: A Preliminary Exploration.” Public Productivity and Management Review. 24(1): 30-52.
Swindell, David. (2000). “Issue Representation in Neighborhood Organizations: Questing for Democracy at the Grassroots.” Journal of Urban Affairs. 22(2): 123-137.
Swindell, David, Sue Crawford, and Avra Johnson. (1998). “Citizen Participation in an Age of Reinventing Government.” Research in Public Administration. 4: 227-249.
Swindell, David and Mark Rosentraub. (January/February, 1998). “Who Benefits from the Presence of Professional Sports Teams? The Implications for the Public Funding of Stadiums and Arena.” Public Administration Review. 58 (1): 11-20.
Rosentraub, Mark, David Swindell, Michael Przybylski, and Daniel Mullins. (1994). "If You Build It, Will Jobs Come?: The Success and Failure of a Sports and Downtown Development Strategy." Journal of Urban Affairs. 16(3): 221-239.
Swindell, David and Mark Rosentraub. (February, 1992). "Hammers and Their Use: Some Issues Involved in the Selection of Appropriate Tools for Public Policy Analysis." Economic Development Quarterly. 6(1):96-101.
Rosentraub, Mark and David Swindell. (May, 1991). "'Just Say No?' The Economic
and Political Realities of a Small City's Investment in Minor League Baseball."
Economic Development Quarterly. 5(2):152-167.
Reprinted In:
"'Just Say No?' The Economic and Political Realities of a Small City's
Investment in Minor League Baseball," Arthur Johnson, ed. Minor League Baseball
and Local Economic Development. Chapter 1. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Crawford, Sue and David Swindell. (1999). “Local Politics is State Politics: Urban Government in the State’s Capital,” in Maurice Eisenstein, editor. Indiana Politics and Public Policy. Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Simon and Schuster.
Blair, John and David Swindell. (1997). “Sports, Politics, and Economics: The Cincinnati Story,” in Roger Noll and Andrew Zimbalist, editors. Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.
Swindell, David and Mark Rosentraub. (1997). “Can Small Regions Afford Professional Sports? Cincinnati’s and Pittsburgh’s Ride to the Rescue of Fade into the Sunset,” in Mark Rosentraub. Major League Losers: The Real Cost of Sports and Who’s Paying for It. Dunmore, Pennsylvania: Basic Books.
Swindell, David and Mark Rosentraub. (1995). "The Amateur Sports Strategy in Indianapolis," in William Hudnut and Mark Rosentraub, editors. Urban Leadership and City Management: Indianapolis and the Rebuilding of an American Metropolis. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Swindell, David and Roger Parks. (1995). "Governing the Metropolitan City: Neighborhoods and Unigov," in William Hudnut and Mark Rosentraub, editors. Urban Leadership and City Management: Indianapolis and the Rebuilding of an American Metropolis. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Swindell, David. (1995). “The Economics of Stadium Finance: If You Don’t Build
It, Will They Still Come?” Building Ohio’s Economic Competitiveness: Forum
Proceedings, March, 1996. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland State University.
Swindell, David and LopezGarcia Group (2004). “An Analysis of Existing and Projected Special Event Transit Ridership at Dallas Love Field Airport.” Independent contract report.
Swindell, David and LopezGarcia Group (2004). “An Analysis of Existing and Projected Special Event Transit Ridership at the Dallas Zoo.” Independent contract report.
Swindell, David and LopezGarcia Group (2004). “An Analysis of Existing and Projected Special Event Transit Ridership at the American Airlines Center.” Independent contract report.
Rosentraub, Mark and David Swindell (2005). “The Value of the Indianapolis Colts to Indiana’s Residents and Their Willingness to Pay for a New Stadium.” Independent contract report.
Rosentraub, Mark and David Swindell (2004). “The Economic Value of a Proposed Football and Multi-Purpose Stadium and the Dallas Cowboys for Arlington, Texas.” Independent contract report.
Swindell, David and LopezGarcia Group (2004). “An Analysis of Existing and Projected Special Event Transit Ridership at Fair Park.” Independent contract report.
Swindell, David (2004). “SJWD Residents’ Changing Opinions on Public Water
Service.” Independent contract report.
Swindell, David (2004). “Antioch University McGregor Economic Importance and
Impact Analysis.” Independent contract report.
Swindell, David (2003). “SJWD Water Quality Satisfaction Report.” Independent
contract report.
Swindell, David. (2002). “Alliance for Quality Education Focus Group Results:
Interim Report.” Independent contract report.
Swindell, David. (2000). “Emergency Medical Services in Anderson County: Results
from a Survey of Citizens.” Independent contract report.
Swindell, David. (1999). “City of Dayton, Ohio: Volume 1: Parks, Recreation, and
Cultural Affairs Survey, 1998.” Center for Urban and Public Affairs: Dayton,
Ohio.
Swindell, David. (1999). “Plans and Annexations: A Report to the Volunteers of
Aboite Township, Inc.” Independent contract report.
Swindell, David. (1998). “City of Dayton, Ohio: Volume II: Public Opinion
Survey, 1997.” Center for Urban and Public Affairs: Dayton, Ohio.
Swindell, David, Jane Dockery, Tim Holp, and Nicole Nealeigh. (1998). “City of Dayton Public Opinion Survey, 1997.” Volume 1. Center for Urban and Public Affairs: Dayton, Ohio.
Staley, Samuel and David Swindell. (1998). “Financing Professional Sports:
Lessons from Columbus.” The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions:
Dayton, Ohio.
Swindell, David. (1998). “Home Purchasing Decisions in Southern and Old Dayton
View: A Report to the Affordable Housing Fund.” Center for Urban and Public
Affairs: Dayton, Ohio.
Swindell, David, Jane Dockery, Tim Holp and Nicole Nealeigh. (1997). “Baseline
Analysis of Ohio’s Region 4 School to Work Program.” Center for Urban and Public
Affairs: Dayton, Ohio.
Swindell, David and Jane Dockery. (1997). “City of Riverside Business Base
Analysis.” Center for Urban and Public Affairs: Dayton, Ohio.
Swindell, David. (1996). “Public Financing of Sports Stadiums: How Cincinnati
Compares.” The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions: Dayton, Ohio.
Swindell, David. (1995). “Sports Stadiums Can Be Privately Financed.” The
Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions: Dayton, Ohio.
Swindell, David. (1995). “Some Thoughts on Public Investments in Sports
Facilities: A Research Note.” Center for Urban and Public Affairs: Dayton, Ohio.
Staley, Samuel and David Swindell. (1995). “Sports Stadiums: No Pot of Gold for
Cities.” The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions: Dayton, Ohio.
Amerson, Lydia, Sue Crawford, Avra Johnson, Roger Parks, David Robb, and David
Swindell. (1995). “Turning Toward Neighborhoods: A Progress Report.” Publication
Number 95-U1. Center for Urban Policy and the Environment: Indianapolis,
Indiana.
Crawford, Sue, Avra Johnson, and David Swindell with Lydia Amerson, Roger Parks, and David Robb. (1994). “Turning Toward Neighborhoods: A Preliminary Report.” Publication Number 94-U31. Center for Urban Policy and the Environment: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Swindell, David, Thomas Cooke, and Avra Johnson. (1993). "A Transportation Needs
Assessment for the Near Westside Area of Indianapolis." Publication Number
93-U03. Center for Urban Policy and the Environment: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Swindell, David. (1992). "Executive Summary: Contextual Variables and
Intermediate Outcomes in Nursing Homes--A Case Study in Mississippi." Agedata:
Special Issues Report #18. Indianapolis: Heartland Center on Aging, Disability,
and Long Term Care.
Harlow, Karen, David Swindell and Jean Turner. (1991). "Productivity in Late
Life: Does Contribution Continue?" Agedata: Special Issues Report #16.
Indianapolis: Heartland Center on Aging, Disability, and Long Term Care.
Swindell, David. (1991). The Aging in Indiana: Towards a Convergence Model for
Needs Assessment in Indiana. Submitted to the Indiana Department of Human
Services-Aging Services Division.
Harlow, Karen, Michael Harris, Carolyn Peake, and David Swindell. (1990). "State
Policies and Environmental Constraints Impact on Quality of Care in Nursing Home
Environments." Agedata: Special Issues Report #8. Indianapolis: Heartland Center
on Aging, Disability, and Long Term Care.
Harlow, Karen, Jean Turner, William Bailey, and David Swindell. (1989). The
Graying of Suburbia: A Needs Assessment of Elders in Suburban Cook County,
Illinois. Indianapolis: Heartland Center on Aging, Disability, and Long Term
Care.
Harlow, Karen, Sandy Auburn, Laura Wilson, and David Swindell. (1989). Aging
Arkansas: The Arkansas Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging, Wave II.
Indianapolis: Heartland Center on Aging, Disability, and Long Term Care.
Harlow, Karen and David Swindell. (August, 1989). "Unmet Needs: The Challenge
for Planning and Targeting of Resources." Agedata. 1(1):1-102.
Swindell, David and Karen Harlow. (1993). "Contextual Variables and Intermediate Outcomes in Nursing Homes: A Case Study in Three States." Agedata: Special Issues Report #19. Indianapolis: Heartland Center on Aging, Disability, and Long Term Care.
Rosentraub, Mark and David Swindell, “Sports, Cities, and Urban Development: Bargaining for Successful Public/Private Partnerships.” (Revise and Resubmit). Journal of Sports Management.
Swindell, David, “The Neighborhood Leadership Path to Elected Office.” 2005 submitted to the Journal of Urban Affairs.
Swindell, David, "Service Delivery and Effectiveness of Neighborhood Associations." 2005 submitted to Urban Affairs Review.
Swindell, David and Mike Caston, “Public Information and Public Opinion: The Case of Water Services.” For 2005 submission to State and Local Government Review or American Review of Public Administration.
Swindell, David and Mark Rosentraub, “The Challenge of Capturing the Economic Benefits of a Professional Sports Facility in a Fragmented Urban Area.” For 2005 submission to Economic Development Quarterly.
Swindell, David and Mark Rosentraub, “Measuring the Intangible Values Associated
with Professional Sports in American Cities.” For 2005 submission to Public
Administration Review.
Swindell, David and Jerry Smiley, “Projecting Light Rail Ridership for Special Event Generators.” For 2005 submission to the Journal of the American Planning Association.
Swindell, David. “Making Neighborhood Associations Viable Service Delivery Mechanisms.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, April 13 – 16, 2005.
Rosentraub, Mark and David Swindell. “Development and Impact from Sports Investments: Can We Ever Teach Them?” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, April 13 – 16, 2005.
Swindell, David. “The Political Proving Grounds of Neighborhood Organizations.” Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Charlotte, NC, October 3-5, 2004.
Caston, Mike and David Swindell. “Public Information and Public Opinion: The Case of Water Services.” Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, Charlotte, NC, October 3-5, 2004.
Swindell, David. “Wheat and Chaff: Neighborhood Organizations as Political Proving Grounds.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, March 31 – April 3, 2004.
Swindell, David. “Neighborhood Organizations and Improved Urban Governance.” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, Savannah, Georgia, October 12-14, 2003.
Swindell, David. “Municipal Government and Neighborhood Organizations: Opportunities for Reinvention.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, March 26-29, 2003.
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. “Performance Measurement vs. Service Satisfaction: Who Exactly Is Satisfied?” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio, March 26-29, 2003.
Swindell, David and Bob Smith. “Missed Opportunities for Marketing Public Administration in Introductory Political Science Classes.” 26th Annual Conference on Teaching Public Administration, Dayton, Ohio, February 6-8, 2003.
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. “Who Exactly Is Satisfied? Service Satisfaction, Performance Measurement, and the Citizen.” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, November 7-9, 2002.
Swindell, David. “Government Reinvention from the Ground Up: A Role of Neighborhood Organizations.” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, Columbia, South Carolina, October 3-5, 2002.
Swindell, David. “Neighborhood Associations Engaged in Service Delivery: The Elements of Success.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March 20-23, 2002.
Smith, Robert and David Swindell. “The Treatment of Bureaucracy and Public Administration in Introductory Political Science Classes: Springboard or Roadblock?” 25th Annual Conference on Teaching Public Administration, Knoxville, Tennessee, February 7-9, 2002.
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. “Service Quality Variation Across Urban Space.” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 7-10, 2001.
Kelly, Janet, David Swindell, and Dana Dalton. “Making the Service Connection: Departmental Performance and Citizen Satisfaction.” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 11-13, 2001.
Swindell, David. “Service Delivery and Effectiveness of Neighborhood Associations.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, April 25-28, 2001.
Kelly, Janet and David Swindell. “Disaggregating Municipal Service Performance Evaluation.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, April 25-28, 2001. Won Best Paper Award.
Smith, Robert and David Swindell. “The Treatment of Bureaucracy and Public Administration in Introductory Political Science Classes: Springboard or Roadblock?” 24th Annual Conference on Teaching Public Administration, Tempe, Arizona, February 4-5, 2001.
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. “Finding the Nexus Between Performance Measurement and Citizen Satisfaction: A Test Using the Policy Evaluation Model.” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 8-11, 2000.
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. “The Case for the Inexperienced User: Rethinking Filter Questions in Citizen Satisfaction Surveys.” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, Greensboro, North Carolina, October 4-7, 2000.
Swindell, David. “Government Reinvention and Citizenship: A Role for Neighborhood Organizations.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 31—September 3, 2000.
Swindell, David. “Performance Measurement and Citizen Satisfaction Surveys: An Empirical Analysis of Urban Service Quality.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 3-6, 2000.
Kelly, Janet and David Swindell. “Performance Monitoring and Citizen Satisfaction: Correlating Administrative Outcomes and Citizen Evaluation of Service Quality and Quantity.” American Society of Public Administration National Conference, San Diego, California, April 1-4, 2000.
Swindell, David. “The Economics of Baseball.” Symposium on Baseball in the Global Era: Economic, Legal, and Cultural Perspectives, Indiana University School of Law, February 25-26, 2000.
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. “The Role of Performance Indicators and Public Opinion Surveys in Measuring Urban Service Quality.” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, November 3-6, 1999.
Swindell, David and Janet Kelly. “Linking Citizen Satisfaction Data to Performance Measures.” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, St. Petersburg, Florida, October 7-9, 1999.
Swindell, David. “Issue Representation in Neighborhood Organizations: Questing for Democracy at the Grassroots.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2-5, 1999.
Swindell, David. “Representation and Citizen Participation in Neighborhood Organizations: A Tyranny of the Minority?” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, April 14-17, 1999.
Swindell, David. “City/County Economic Development.” Panel Discussant. Upstate Chapter of the American Society of Public Administration Third Annual Fall Conference, Anderson, South Carolina, November 4, 1998.
Swindell, David. “Economic Development Through Sports: A Study in Comparative Opportunity Costs.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, April 22-25, 1998.
Swindell, David. “Neighborhood and Community Organizations as Alternative Vehicles for the Delivery of Public Services.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Fort Worth, Texas, April 22-25, 1998.
Swindell, David. “Successful Neighborhood Organizations and Their Potential as Public Service Delivery Units.” International Exchange Conference, Jerusalem, Israel, January 4-6, 1998.
Swindell, David and Karen Harlow. “Governance and Voluntarism in the Not for Profit Aging Networks: A Decade of Changes.” The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, December 4-6, 1997.
Swindell, David. “The Impact of Economic Impact Studies: The Cincinnati Stadium Epic.” Great Lakes Economic Development Conference, Detroit, Michigan, October 16-18, 1997.
Swindell, David. “Public Spending on Sports: The Implications for Ohio.” American Society of Public Administration, Region VI Annual Conference, Akron, Ohio, October 3, 1997.
Swindell, David and Mark Rosentraub. “Intangible Benefits, Spillovers, and the Public Financing of the Facilities Used by Professional Sports Teams.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, April 16-19, 1997.
Swindell, David, Sue Crawford, and Avra Johnson. “Citizen Participation in an Age of Government Reinvention.” Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia: November 6-9, 1996.
Swindell, David. “Extortion and Professional Sports in Cincinnati.” Brookings Conference on the Economics of Sports Stadiums, Washington, DC: October 6-7, 1996.
Parks, Roger, Avra Johnson, David Robb, Lydia Amerson, Sue Crawford, and David Swindell. “Neighborhood Empowerment: Can It Happen? Does It Matter?” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois: April 18-20, 1996
Rosentraub, Mark and David Swindell. “Can Small Regions Afford Professional Sports? Cincinnati and Pittsburgh’s Ride to the Rescue or Fade into the Sunset.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York: March 13-16, 1996.
Parks, Roger, Avra Johnson, David Robb, Lydia Amerson, Sue Crawford, and David Swindell. “Neighborhood Empowerment: Can It Happen? Does It Matter?” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York: March 13-16, 1996.
Swindell, David. “If You Don’t Built It, Will They Still Come?” Annual Urban Universities Program Fall Forum, Columbus, Ohio: October 11, 1995. Also presented at the Great Lakes Economic Development Research Conference Annual Meeting, Toledo, Ohio, October 12, 1995.
Parks, Roger, Lydia Amerson, Avra Johnson, David Robb, Sue Crawford, and David Swindell. “Neighborhood Empowerment: Can It Happen? Does It Matter?” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois: August 31-September 3, 1995.
Swindell, David. “Back to the Neighborhoods? The Potential for Neighborhood Government in Indianapolis.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon: May 3-6, 1995.
Johnson, Avra, David Swindell, and Sue Crawford. “Grantsmanship and Citizenship: Lessons from the Near Westside.” Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon: May 3-6, 1995.
Swindell, David. “Neighborhood Organizations in a Metropolitan Setting: What Good Are They Anyway?” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois: April 6-8, 1995.
Swindell, David. "The Role of Neighborhood Organizations in the Governance of Indianapolis, Indiana." Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana: March 5, 1994.
Swindell, David. "Neighborhood Organizations: Their Past and Present Future." Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana: April 22, 1993.
Crawford, Sue, Gina Davis, Richard Hung, Avra Johnson, Roger Parks, Thomas Sinclair, and David Swindell. "Neighborhoods and Local Organization in Indianapolis: Speculations and Hypotheses." Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois: September 3-6, 1992.
Swindell, David and Roger Parks. "Governing the Metropolitan City: Neighborhoods and Unigov." Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, Ohio: April 24, 1992.
Harlow, Karen, David Swindell, and Jean Turner. "Productivity in Late Life: Does Contribution Continue?" Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco: November, 24, 1991.
Swindell, David and Michael Harris. "Volunteerism and Production of Services in the Aging Network: Findings from the NDBA, 1981-86." Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco: November, 24, 1991.
Swindell, David. "Contextual Variables and Intermediate Outcomes in Nursing Homes: A Case Study in Mississippi." Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco: November, 23, 1991.
Harlow, Karen, Michael Harris, Carolyn Peake, and David Swindell. "State Policies and Environmental Constraints: Impacts on Quality of Care in Nursing Home Environments." Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston: November 18, 1990.
Swindell, David. "A Convergence Model for Needs Assessment in Indiana." Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston: November 17, 1990.
Harlow, Karen, Michael Harris, and David Swindell. "Public Use Data Files:
Mining Nontraditional Data Sets for Gerontological Research (HCFA's Long Term
Care Survey [MMACS])." Gerontological Society of America Annual Scientific
Meeting, Boston: November 16, 1990.
Swindell, David. "The Elderly in Indiana: A Needs Assessment." Indiana Governor's Conference on Aging, Indianapolis: October 29, 1990.
Rosentraub, Mark and David Swindell. "'Just Say No:' Case Study of the Economic Realities of Minor League Baseball for Small Cities." Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina: April 20, 1990.
A. Member, NASPAA Marketing Committee, October, 2004-present.
B. Keynote Speaker—1st Annual Neighborhood Exchange, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 29-30, 2004.
C. Outside Reviewer—Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Advisory Commission Report on the Downtown Core Development, Newark, New Jersey, August, 2004.
D. Board Member—Central Piedmont Chapter, American Society of Public Administration, 2004-present.
E. Committee Member—Southeastern Conference on Public Administration Program Committee, 2003-2004.
F. Editorial Board Member—Journal of Urban Affairs, 2002-present.
G. Committee Member—Urban Affairs Association Program Committee, 2002-2003.
H. Research Advisor—Urban Futures Program of the Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, California; August, 1997 to present.
I. Research Adviser—Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, Dayton, Ohio; July, 1995 to August, 1998
J. Technical Assistance to Government and the Community
1. I have worked with several community groups to help them form neighborhood governments in Indianapolis. These plans have included procedures to elect members and the specification of responsibilities within an experimental program for the City of Indianapolis. I was also a member of a Civic Committee involved with the implementation of citizen participation programs in Indianapolis. Other members of this Committee include the Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, the Office of the Mayor, Eastside Community Investments (a local community development corporation), Electronic Townhall, the Neighborhood Resource Center, and the City-County Council.
2. In my former role as neighborhood liaison for the Center for Urban Policy and the Environment in Indianapolis, I provided information and technical assistance tailored to the needs neighborhood representative perceive face their respective areas. Additionally, I provided a means of connecting neighborhoods to one another that might learn to address similar problems. I collected and maintained large databases with potentially useful information for neighborhood and city level planning efforts.
3. I have assisted several neighborhood organizations formulate goals and identify funding sources appropriate to facilitate the implementation of the neighborhoods' programs. I assisted neighborhood leaders in writing proposals for city government to fund five pilot programs designed to increase citizen participation in the decision making over selected city services.
4. I was invited to testify to the Governor’s Task Force on Sports Facilities regarding the economic impact associated with such facilities in comparison to the costs they incur.
5. I testified to the Franklin County (Ohio) Convention Bureau about their intentions to build two new sports facilities in the county and the economic impacts that might be expected as a result.
6. I testified to the Ohio Senate’s Committee on Economic Development about the costs and benefits of public subsidies for sports stadia by state and local sources.
7. I worked with officials in Toledo and Dayton to develop alternative financing arrangements for the construction of minor league baseball stadia in their cities.
8. Speaker, “Professional Sports: Players, Fans, and Owners; What is the Ethical Score?” Students in Free Enterprise, University of Akron, March, 1996.
9. Guest Speaker on “Stadium Financing and the Economics of Professional Sports.” Hosted by the Columbus Association of Business Economists, September 17, 1996.
10. Speaker, “Baseball in Downtown Dayton.” Hosted by the Economics Club, Wright State University, April 24, 1997.
11. Member of the Montgomery County Task Force that is examining the implementation of a pilot program of Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) as a tool for local welfare reform, April, 1996 to August, 1998.
12. Member of the City of Clemson Economic Development Committee, appointed March, 1999.
13. Testified as an expert witness in the annexation case involving Aboite Township and Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1999.
14. Testified as an expert witness in the annexation case involving New Haven, Indiana, 2000.
15. Testified as an expert witness in the annexation case involving Muncie, Indiana, 2001.
16. Served as focus group facilitator on behalf of Alliance for Quality Education in Greenville County to design a brochure for citizens to understand better the financing issues surrounding public schools in the county.
17. Testified to the Newark blue ribbon commission on the economic advisability of their Phase 1 Redevelopment Plan centered around a new arena project, August, 2004.
F. Community Outreach
1. Over the past several years, I have conducted over 200 interviews throughout the nation on television, radio, and newspapers focusing on the use of public tax dollars to finance and fund sports facilities. This began on March 8, 1995, when Sam Staley (of the Buckeye Center for Public Policy Solutions) and I released an op-ed piece entitled “Sports Stadiums: No Pot of Gold for Cities.” This piece warned against the use of public subsidies in the development of sports stadia for the purposes of local economic development. The piece ran in several newspapers throughout Ohio. This release sparked several subsequent interviews of both myself and Sam Staley in both radio and print media. On September 8, 1995, I released a second op-ed piece entitled “Sports Stadiums Can Be Privately Financed.” This was also run in several newspapers across Ohio and led to additional television, radio, and newspaper interviews throughout the state and as far away as Austin, Texas. The final piece of this three-part series “Public Financing of Sports Stadiums: How Cincinnati Compares” was released February 21, 1996. This led to a heated policy discussion in Cincinnati leading up to a local tax referendum to build two new facilities for their professional football and baseball teams. Several newspaper, radio and television stories have used the piece in their articles. Since those pieces and the academic articles I have written have come out, I continue to serve as a source for input for the media when public financing of public facilities arises throughout the nation. A full listing of all the interviews is available upon request.
2. During December, 1994, and January, 1995, I was involved in a series of interviews with reporters from the Philadelphia Inquirer. There is currently an attempt to consolidate Philadelphia with its surrounding counties and suburbs in a new structure of regional government. I was interviewed based on my knowledge of the Indianapolis-Marion County consolidation efforts as they might relate to the Philadelphia initiative.
3. Beginning in Spring, 1995, I began working with other Wright State University faculty as well as those from other universities in Ohio’s metropolitan areas on a project known as the Urban University Neighborhood Network. Wright State University is reaching out to interested community organizations to help develop linkages with other neighborhoods and universities in Ohio in order to assist community leaders access information and build a state-wide legislative agenda of urban policy.
4. Beginning in Summer, 1995, I began working with other WSU faculty on developing and implementing a certificate program for training community development activists.
G. Conference Organization.
1. The Center for Urban Policy and the Environment hosted a one-day conference on neighborhood governance entitled: "Neighborhoods, Communities, and Governing the City." I invited all the neighborhood organization leaders throughout the county, all the City-County Councilors, several administrative officials, and other service providers to come and sit with civic leaders from other cities and learn about the opportunities and structures of neighborhood governance programs in cities where such participation has already been integrated into their systems of local government. Out of town guests included city councilors, administrators, and neighborhood leaders from Dayton, Columbus, St. Paul, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Birmingham. October 23, 1993.
2. I organized a panel and wrote the discussion paper on public subsidies of sports stadia for presentation at the Annual Fall Forum of the Urban University Program in Columbus, Ohio. Panelists included members of the Center for Urban and Public Affairs, an out-of-state expert, a UUP professor from Toledo, a UUP professor from Cleveland, and the former Executive Director of the Gateway Complex in Cleveland. The panel was highlighted with a story in the newsletter covering the conference.
3. I served as a member of the steering committee for over one year in preparation for the 2005 Southeastern Conference on Public Administration (SeCOPA) hosted in Charlotte, North Carolina. This mix of academics and practitioners came together for three days to exchange new ideas and research on contemporary developments across the various fields within the discipline. Attendees traveled to the conference from throughout the southeastern US and Midwest. October, 3-5, 2004.
H. Journal Referee
In 2005, I began reviewing academic articles as a referee for Political Research Quarterly.
In 2005, I began reviewing academic articles as a referee for Public Administration Review.
In 2004, I began reviewing academic articles as a referee for State and Local Government Review.
In 2002, I began reviewing academic articles as a referee for the American Review of Public Administration.
In 2001, I began reviewing academic articles as a referee for the Public Works Management and Policy Journal.
In 2000, I began reviewing academic articles as a referee for the Journal of Urban Affairs.
In 1999, I began reviewing academic articles as a referee for the Urban Affairs Review.
In 1993, I began reviewing academic articles as a referee for Economic Development Quarterly.
G. University/Faculty Service
UNC-Charlotte Political Science Department Search Committee for MPA position (chair)
UNC-Charlotte Executive Committee, Department of Political Science.
UNC-Charlotte Ph.D. in Public Policy Committee (and urban concentration group).
UNC-Charlotte MPA Committee (chair as MPA director).
UNC-Charlotte Task Force to develop emergency management course sequence (chair).
UNC-Charlotte Political Science Department Undergraduate Assessment Committee (chair).
Clemson University Department of Political Science Personnel Committee.
Remembering 9-11 Committee member for organizing memorial activities for the anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.
Self Center on the Future Advisory Committee (Thurmond Institute).
Ph.D. in Policy Sciences Governance Committee.
Designing a Nonprofit Certificate Program with faculty in the Clemson University Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management Program and the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
Designing an Emergency Management Services Certificate program in partnership with Upstate EMS professionals and state EMS leaders.
Chaired Department of Political Science Bachelor of Science Degree and Public Policy Minor Design Committees.
Clemson University Department of Political Science representative to the College of Business and Public Affairs Faculty Advisory Committee.
Wright State University Department of Urban Affairs and Geography representative to the College of Liberal Arts University Faculty Senate.
Wright State University Department of Urban Affairs and Geography representative to the College of Liberal Arts Library Committee.
Wright State University representative to the Dayton Americorps program Serve with Energy and Talent.
Joined the Humanities WSU faculty to facilitate greater interaction with students engaged in multidisciplinary activities/research at the Masters Degree level.