Education

Aug. 1989 to May 1995: Doctorate in Environmental Design and Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Va.

Sept. 1987 to May 1989: Master of Urban Affairs, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., May 1989.

Sept. 1982 to Dec. 1985: Bachelor of Arts in Government from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., December 1985.

Relevant Professional Experience

Aug. 1995 to present: Extension Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist, Center for Community, Economic, and Work Force Development, West Virginia University Extension Service, Morgantown, W.Va.

June 1992 to Aug. 1995: Research Associate, Institute of Community Resource Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Va.

Aug. 1989 to June 1993: Editorial/Production Assistant, Public Budgeting & Finance, a quarterly journal for academics and professionals and the leading journal in its field, Blacksburg, Va.

Jan. 1992 to June 1992: Script Writer, Highest and Best, Virginia PBS documentary series on planning, for I Video Productions, Hampton, Va.

Aug. 1991 to May 1992: Instructor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Aug. 1990 to June 1992: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Sept. 1987 to Dec. 1990: Graduate Assistant, for Professor Richard E. Zody, Institute for Public Management, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

May 1989 to Aug. 1989: Management Intern, Virginia Department of Planning and Budget, Education Section, Richmond, Va.

Recent Publications

"Exploring Within-Year Budget Adjustments in Small to Medium-Sized Cities in West Virginia," with Kenneth A. Klase (lead author) and Soo Geun Song, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 13:2 (Summer 2001): scheduled.

"The Cost of Being Ethical," Global Virtue Ethics Review 12(3) (2000): 217-239 [on-line].

"The Relationship Between Public Finance Issues, Financial Management Issues, and Conditions of Fiscal Stress in Small and Rural Governments: The Case of West Virginia," with Kenneth A. Klase and Soo Geun Song, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management 12:4 (Winter 2000): 516-530.

"The Needs and Financial Problems of Small and Rural Localities: The Case of West Virginia," with Kenneth A. Klase and Soo Geun Song, Public Budgeting & Finance 19:3 (Fall 1999): 16-30.

"The Local Option Economic Development Amendment," with Scott Loveridge, The West Virginia Public Affairs Reporter 15:4 (Fall 1998): 9-10.

"Challenges and Opportunities for West Virginia=s Local Governments," with L. Christopher Plein, The West Virginia Public Affairs Reporter 14:4 (Fall 1997): 10-16.

Recent Conference Papers

"Patterns of Budget Adjustment by Small and Medium-Sized Municipalities," with Kenneth A. Klase, presented at the ABFM National Conference, October 5-7, 2000, Kansas City, Mo.

"Impact of Performance Budgeting on State Budget Outcomes," with Kenneth A. Klase, presented by Klase at the ABFM National Conference, October 5-7, 2000, Kansas City, Mo.

"Planning for the Future: The Case of West Virginia," presented at the Community Development Society International Conference, July 23-26, 2000, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.

"Observations and Prescriptions from the West Virginia Experience," presented at the LINKS Conference, April 12-15, 2000, Richmond, Va.

"Community as Classroom at West Virginia University: Brining Service Learning into the Curriculum through the Community Partnership Program," with Susan Hunter and Jill K. Kriesky, presented by Hunter and Kriesky, at the Best Practices in Outreach and Public Service Conference, October 10-12, 1999, State College, Pa.

"The Cost of Being Ethical," presented at the ABFM National Conference, October 6-8, 1999, Washington. D.C.

"Strategic Planning, Budgeting, and Outcome Accountability," with Donald P. Lacy and Pamela D. Gibson, presented by Lacy at the British Academy of Management Annual Conference, September 1-3, 1999, Manchester, England.

"Budgeting in Non-Metropolitan Governments," presented at the ABFM National Conference, November 5-7, 1998, Washington. D.C.

"Rebudgeting in Small to Medium-Sized Cities, " with Kenneth A. Klase and Soo Geun Song, presented by Klase at the ABFM National Conference, November 5-7, 1998, Washington, D.C.

"Benchmarking: Measuring Performance and Ensuring Accountability," with Pamela D. Gibson and Donald P. Lacy, presented by Lacy at the ASPA National Training Conference, May 10-13, 1998, Seattle, Wash.

Recent Honors

Selected for Strathmore's WHO'S WHO, 2000-2001 Millennium Edition. Westbury, N.Y., 2000.

Selected for Dictionary of International Biography, 27th ed., Cambridge, England, 1998.

Selected for Marquis Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 26th ed., 1999-2000, New Providence, N.J., 1998.

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