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Joined faculty in 1990; specialist in urban and regional economics, health policy, and state and local government revenue forecasting; Ph.D. in law, policy & Society, Northeastern University, 1990; J.D., Washburn University, 1986; M.A., Wichita State University, 1984; B.B.A., 1982.

Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy (Law, Policy, and Society), Northeastern University, 1990.  Dissertation:
    “National Health Insurance: A Simulation Model.”
Juris Doctor, Washburn University, 1986
Master of Arts (Economics), Wichita State University, 1984
Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics), Wichita State University, 1982

Primary Teaching Areas and Experience
Teaching Areas: Public Sector Economics; Urban Economics; Planning; Budgeting; Local Government Law; Public Works

Assistant Professor (1990-1996), Wichita State University
Associate Professor (1996 - 2005), Wichita State University
Professor (2005 - present), Wichita State University

Publications
 With Glenn W. Fisher, H. Edward Flentje, and W. Bartley Hildreth.  “Sizing up Kansas Public Finance.”  Kansas Policy Review, 29 (Spring 2007): 13-21.

“Public Pensions: Who shall Watch the Watchers Themselves?”  Municipal Finance Journal, 25 (Fall 2004): 1-16.

“Regime Transition and Economic Development:  A Question of ‘Who’s on First?’”  Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management, 16 (Fall 2004): 424-453.

“The Fiscal Impact of Economic Growth and Development on Local Government Revenue Capacity.”  Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management, 16 (Fall 2004): 413-423.

With Carl D. Ekstrom.  “Consensus Revenue Forecasting in State Government.”  In Handbook on Government Budget Forecasting, edited by Jinping Sun and Thomas Lynch.  New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2008, pp. 431-55.

“Using Census Data to Forecast New Sales Taxes in Small- and Medium-Sized Cities.”  In Handbook on Government Budget Forecasting, edited by Jinping Sun and Thomas Lynch.  New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2008, pp. 241-79.

With Stacey M. Brewer.  "Electric Industry Restructuring."  In Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, edited by Jack Rabin.  New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2005.

“Labor Supply.”  In Handbook of Public Sector Economics, edited by Donijo Robbins.  New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2005.

State of Kansas Adjusted General Fund Tax Receipts, Rates of Change, Elasticities, and Composition: Various Years and The Governor’s Economic and Demographic Report: Various Years.  Topeka:  Division of the Budget, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Strategic Analysis of Economic Development Expenditures by Kansas State Government and Five Surrounding State Governments:  FY 1989 - FY 2007.  Topeka, KS:  Kansas, Inc., 2007.

Review of Harper County, Kansas Property Tax and Plumb Thicket Landfill Revenues.  Anthony, KS: Harper County, Kansas, 2006.

Sales Tax Base Erosion in Kansas, Kansas Tax Incidence Study: Who Pays Kansas Individual Income, Residential Property, and Retails Sales Taxes, and Kansas Tax Incidence Study: Who Pays Kansas Individual Income, Residential Property, and Retails Sales Taxes: Detailed Appendix.  Topeka: State of Kansas, Department of Revenue, 2006.

How Public Funds Investment Policy Impacts the Kansas Economy: An Analysis and Adaptation of Previous Research.  Topeka: Kansas Bankers Association and Community Bankers Association of Kansas, 2006.

Research
Principal Investigator.  “Strategic Analysis of Economic Development Expenditures by Kansas State Government and Five Surrounding State Governments:  FY 1989 - FY 2007,” Kansas, Inc., 2007.

Principal Investigator.  “The South Central Kansas Regional Economy,” Regional Economic Area Partnership (REAP) and the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas, 2006.

Principal Investigator.  “Harper County Landfill Revenue Projections: 2007-2012,”  Harper County, Kansas, 2006.

Principal Investigator.  “A Study of Sales Tax Base Erosion in Kansas,” State of Kansas, Department of Revenue, 2005-2006.

Significant Practitioner Experience
 Interim Director, Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, Wichita State University, January 2008 - Present.
 Special Assistant to the Director of Finance, City of Wichita Kansas, 1990-1991.

Academic and Professional Activities

National and Regional Conferences
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM): 10/25-7/07, 10/21/06, 10/7/04.
Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA): 5/7-10/06.
National Tax Association (NTA): 11/16/07.
Mid-Continent Regional Science Association (MCRSA): 6/9/06.
Pacific Regional Science Association (PRSA): 5/9/07.
Western Regional Science Association (WRSA): 4/14/05.

Sub-National and Local Conferences
Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, Mini-MPA: 3/28/08, 2/29/08, 2/1/08, 4/13/07, 3/2/07,
    2/2/07, 9/30/05, 4/13/05, 4/8/05, 2/11/05.
Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs, Municipal Leadership Seminar: 11/5/05.
Kansas Association of City/County Management (KACM): 1/26/07.
Kansas Bankers Association (KBA): 1/13/06.
Kansas City Clerks and Municipal Finance Officers Association (KCCMFOA): 3/7/08.
Kansas Community Bankers Association: 2/9/06.
Kansas County Clerks and Elections Officials’ Association (KCCEOA): 4/19/07, 6/15/05.
Kansas Government Finance Officers Association (KsGFOA): 4/11/08, 10/17/07, 10/20/06, 8/27/04.
Midwest Public Finance Conference: 2/21-2/08, 2/22/07, 2/22/06, 2/25/05.
Kansas Nonprofit Chamber of Services (NPCOS): 9/12/07.
Ottawa/Franklin County Economic Development, Inc.: 6/9/08.
Regional Economic Area Partnership (REAP) / Visioneering Wichita: 10/19/07, 10/13/06.
Sedgwick County, Kansas Association of Cities (SCAC): 2/17/07, 11/12/05.
South Central Kansas Regional Association of Assessing Officers: 1/26/05.

Editorships
Contributing Editor, Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, Capital Improvement
    Programming and Capital Budgeting, 2006-Present.
Symposium Editor, “The San Diego Pension Report: Excerpts from Report on Investigation,”
    Municipal Finance Journal, 25 (Fall 2004): 1-125.
Symposium Editor, “Symposium on Revenue Challenges, Practices, and Trends for the New Millennium,”
    Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, 16 (Fall 2004): 357-453.

Public Service Activities
Member, Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy Advisory Group, State of Kansas, Office of the Governor, 2008-Present.

Member, Wichita State University, North Central Association Accreditation, Preparing for the Future Committee, 2005-2007.

Member, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2002-2005.
 
Public Testimony
Kansas, Inc.: 10/2/07.
Kansas Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations (KACIR): 6/29/06, 2/9/06.
Kansas Department of Revenue (KDOR): 5/16/06.
Kansas Legislature: 9/13/06, 2/9/06, 1/12/06, 10/17/05
Kansas Pooled Money Investment Board (KPMIB): 9/19/06.
Sedgwick County, Kansas, Board of County Commissioners (BOCC): 3/5/08, 7/18/06.

Consulting Activities
Governor’s Economic and Demographic Report, State of Kansas, Department of Administration, Division of the Budget, 1997-Present.

Consensus Revenue Estimating Group, State of Kansas, Department of Administration, Division of the Budget, 1996-Present.

Kansas Tax Incidence Study, State of Kansas, Department of Revenue, 2005-2006.

Impact of the Investment of Idle Funds of Local Governments in Kansas, Kansas Bankers Association
    and Kansas Community Bankers Association, 2005-2006.

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