SPEA - School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Education
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1981
M.A., Syracuse University, 1978
B.A., (Magna Cum Laude), State University of New York at Albany, 1976

Professional Experience

• Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, 2009 to present
  • Contact Information for Office of the Vice Provost:
    • Maxwell Hall 100
    • 750 E Kirkwood Avenue
    • (812) 855-8783

• Interim Dean, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 2007-2008
• Associate Dean for Academic and Fiscal Affairs, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2001–2008
• Chairman, State Board of Tax Commissioners, State of Indiana, 1991-1994

Awards, Honors & Certifications

• Indiana University Division of Student Affairs, Gordon Faculty Award, 2002-2003
• School of Continuing Studies Teaching Excellence Award, 1997
• Sagamore of the Wabash, presented by Governor Evan Bayh, November 1989
• Invited presenter, Minnowbrook II Conference, September 1988
• Outstanding Paper Award, Transportation Research Forum, 1987
• Mortar Board Scholastic Honorary Society, Preferred Professor, 1987
• SPEA Undergraduate Teaching Award, 1987
• Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Who's Who in Economic Development in Indiana, 1987 88, 1988-89
• Faculty Exchange, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand, July August 1986
• New York State, Herbert Lehman Fellowship, (for graduate study)
• Graduate, Magna Cum Laude, State University of New York at Albany. 1976
• Omicron Delta Epsilon, Chairperson, SUNY at Albany chapter, 1975 1976

• Faculty Athletics Representative, Indiana University, Bloomington, July 1, 2011 to present
• Faculty Associate, Lincoln Land Institute of Land Policy, January 1999 to present
• Member, City of Bloomington Economic Development Commission, January 2005 to present
• David C. Lincoln Fellowship Symposium
• Member, editorial board, Public Budgeting & Finance, May 1995 to present

Professional Interests

State and local finance, transportation safety, economic development, gaming policy

Selected Publications
Full Vita (pdf)

• Commentary on “Fairness and Market Value Property Taxation,” in Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of the Property Tax, edited by Roy Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Joan Youngman, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2010, pp. 263 - 267.
• “The Price Tag of Economic Development Incentives: Is It Too Small for Citizens to Care?” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, & Financial Management: 20 (Summer 2008). (with E. Dalehite and John L. Mikesell)
• “Cadastral Valuations for the Land Tax in the Russian Federation: The New Market-Informed Valuation System,” Journal of Property Tax Assessment and Administration: 4 (Number 3, 2007). (with John L. Mikesell and O. Krupa)
• “Land Value Taxation for Russian Local Governments: Evidence from Saratov Oblast,” Proceedings of the Ninety eighth Annual Conference of the National Tax Association, Miami, Florida, 2006, pp. 372-379. (With John L. Mikesell)
• “The Evolution of the State and Local Government Municipal Debt Market over the Past Quarter Century,” Public Budgeting & Finance Silver Anniversary Issue, 25(Supplement 1) (December 2005): 127-153. (With W. Bartley Hildreth)
• “Implicit Lottery Tax,” in The Encyclopedia of Taxation & Tax Policy, second edition, edited by Joseph J. Cordes, Robert D. Ebel, and Jane G. Gravelle. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute Press, 2005, pp. 240 - 241
• “Variation in Property Tax Abatement Programs Among States,” Economic Development Quarterly 19(2) (May 2005): 157 – 173. (With Esteban Dalehite and John L. Mikesell)
• “Land Value Taxation for Local Government Finance in the Russian Federation: A Case Study of Saratov Oblast,” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2005. (With Valentina Gerasimova, Olha Krupa, John L. Mikesell, and Svetlana Vladimirova)
• A Learning Guide for Survey of Public Finance. Revision. Indiana University, Independent Study Program, School of Continuing Studies, Division of Extended Studies, 2004
• "Effects of Property Tax Abatements on Tax Rates and Capital Costs: The Case of Monroe County, Indiana," Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, January 2003. (With John L. Mikesell and Esteban Dalehite)
• "A Guide to the Structure of Property Tax Abatements in the United States," Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper. Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2002. (With John L. Mikesell, Esteban Dalehite, and Sung-Jin Park)