• Economic Impact Analysis
• Forecasting
• Survey Research

• Casco Bay Estuary Project
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Government of New Brunswick
• Gulf of Maine Aquarium
• Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
• Maine Alliance
• Maine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Maine Department of Conservation
• Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
• Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• Maine Department of Marine Resources
• Maine Department of Transportation
• Maine Development Foundation
• Maine Economic Growth Council
• Maine Land Use Regulation Commission
• Maine Marine Trade Association
• Maine Municipal Association
• Maine State Planning Office
• Maine Turnpike Authority
• Massachusetts Bays Project
• National Governors' Association
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Committee
• Rhode Island House of Representatives
• Maine Governor - John R. McKernan
• State of Maine, Bureau of General Services
• State of Maine, Department of Corrections
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Professor of Public Policy and Management, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine (History); (1989 - Present; Promoted from Associate Professor in 1996); Recent teaching assignments include:

Chair, Graduate Program in Community Planning and Development, Edmunds S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine; (1997 - Present)

Senior Research Associate, Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine; (1991 - Present)

State Economist, Maine State Planning Office (1987 - 1989)

Special Assistant for Trade, Office of the Governor (1986 - 1987)

Adjunct Professor of Economics, Thomas College, Waterville, Maine (1983 - 1989); Teaching assignments included:

Director of Research, Finance Authority of Maine (1985 - 1987)

Director of Policy, Maine State Planning Office (1984 - 1985)

Senior Economist, Maine State Planning Office (1981 - 1984)

Senior Planning, Maine State Planning Office (1977 - 1981)

Planning Analyst, Maine State Planning Office (1976 - 1977)

Lecturer in Political Science, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania (1976)

"Cross Border Regionalism: New England and Atlantic Canada", Broadview Press

"Introduction: Northeastern Borders in a Changing World" in Tomblin and Colgan

"New England Economic Development" in Tomblin and Colgan

"Investing in Maine's Public Capital and Infrastructure: Time for A Fresh Look", Maine Choices

"Economic Analysis for Watershed Managers: A Training Program for Natural Resource Managers", Urban Harbors Institute

"Using Indicators of Environmental Quality: Promise and Pitfalls", Improving Interactions Between Coastal Science and Policy

"Sustaining Coastal Resources: Economics and the Natural Science", Editor for Muskie Institute

"Economics, Natural Sciences, and the Search for Comprehensive Environmental Policy", in Sustaining Coastal Resources

"The Meaning of Sustainable Development: Lessons from Maine History", Sustainable Development for Maine

"The Fiscal Crisis in the States: Causes, Consequences, and Lessons from the Northeast", Editor for Muskie Institute of Public Affairs

"The Fiscal Crisis in the States: Introduction and Overview" in "The Road to Fiscal Hell", Fiscal Crisis in the States

"Economic Growth Trends in the Gulf of Maine Littoral", The Gulf of Maine as an Estuarine System

"The Changing Economy of Maine: A Comment", in Changing Maine: The Robert Masterton Lecture Series

Journal and Other Articles

"Congestion Pricing Using Off-peak Discount Tolls: Results of Two Field Experiments on the Maine Turnpike", Transportation Economics and Statistics

"Estimating the Economic Value of the Ocean", Sea Technology

"Long Range Economic and Population Forecasts for Maine", Maine Business Indicators

"The Catch-22 of Congestion Pricing", Transportation Quarterly

"Highway to Controversy: The Maine Turnpike and the Way Life Should Be", Maine Policy Review

"People and Places: Geography and Workforce Development in New England", Connection: New England's Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development

"Sustainable Development and Economic Development: Lessons from Canada", Economic Development Quarterly

"The Exceptional Elephant Next Door", Literary Review of Canada

"Brave New World: GATT, NAFTA, the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, and the future of State-Local Development Policies", Economic Development Quarterly

"Regional Forecasts for Maine's Economy", Maine Business Indicators

"Electricity Prices in Maine: Trends and Prospects", Maine Policy Review

"Economic Development in Maine: Emerging Opportunities", Maine Policy Review

"Maine Outlook", New England Economic Project Outlook

"Quebec Economic Development Policies in a Continental Economy", Quebec Studies

"Economic Development Policies in Montana", Montana Business Quarterly

"The Internationalization of the Governor's Role: The New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Energy", State and Local Government Review

"Why Internationalize? Students from a Metropolitan University Respond", Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines

"Economics and the Environment: How Long Must the Battle Continue?", Habitat, Journal of the Maine Audubon Society

"Comprehensive Planning: A Progress Report on Maine's Growth Management Program", The Maine Townsman

"Economic Development Policy in Maine: The Next Debate", Maine Business Indicators

"Labor-Management Relations in Maine in the 1990's", Maine Business Indicators

Monographs and Government Reports

"The Economic Benefits of an International Sustained Ocean Observing System (ISOOS)", Washington: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

"Prospects for Marine Biotechnology in the Maine Economy", Portland: Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service

"An Assessment of The Labor Force in Maine (Reports on each of 17 regions)", Portland: Center for Business and Economic Research

"The Changing Economic Role of Hospitals in Rural Economics: Trends and Strategic Responses", Portland: Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Services

"Higher Education Achievement in Maine", Augusta: Maine Development Foundation

"An Economic Analysis of Proposed Corrections Facilities and Program Reforms", for Maine Department of Corrections

"Public and Private Roles in Freight Transportation Facility Development : A Strategy for Choice", for Maine Department of Transportation

"A Cost Benefit Analysis of Implementing and Automated Sportsman's Data System", for Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

"Economic Prospects for the Gulf of Maine", Augusta: Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment

"Goals for Growth: Progress 95, First Report on the Maine Economic Growth Council", Augusta: Maine Development Foundation

"Report of the Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee on the Multilateral Trade Negotiations to the United States Trade Representative", Washington: Office of the United States Trade Representative

"Investing in Maine's Forest", for Maine Department of Conservation

"Establishing a New State-Federal Trade Policy Partnership", for Washington: Nation Governors' Association

"The Economic Impacts of the Proposed Gulf of Maine Aquarium", for Gulf of Maine Aquarium Project

"An Assessment of the Economic Impacts of the Proposed Harriman Cove Cogeneration Project", for AES Inc.

"The Growth Management Law in Maine: An Interim Report on the Views of Citizens", Portland: Muskie Institute of Public Affairs

*Published research does not include publications prior to 1990.

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Research Grants and Awards

• Maine Department of Marine Resources/Maine Science and Technology Foundation, Assessment of the Prospects of Marine Biotechnology Clusters in the Maine Economy.
  
  
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: The Economic Value of the Ocean (co-principal investigator)
  
  
• Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, Assessment of Workforce Characteristics in 17 Regions of Maine.
  
  
• Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Cost Benefit Analysis of Automated Sportsmen's Data System.
  
  
• United States Economic Development Administration, Evaluation of the Portland Fish Exchange and its Role in the New England Fishing Industry.
  
  
• United States Department of Agriculture, National Research Initiative. The Effects of Changing Roles for Rural Hospitals on Rural Economic Development.
  
  
• Maine Turnpike Authority, to assess feasibility of congestion tolls on the Maine Turnpike.
  
  
• Regional Waste Systems, to investigate barriers to recycling.
  
  
• University of Southern Maine Faculty Research Grant, to research biography of Edmund S. Muskie. (Individual Grant)
  
  
• U.S. Economic Development Administration, for research and economic forecasting in support of economic development planning in Maine. (Grant to Center for Business and Economic Research)
  
  
• Maine Department of Transportation, to prepare long range economic forecasts for nine regions of Maine in support of regional transportation advisory committees. (Grant to Center for Business and Economic Research)
  
  
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, for a workshop and book on economic evaluation of coastal resources. (Grant to Muskie Institute)
  
  
• Government of Canada Faculty Research Award, to analyze the Canadian Roundtables on the Environment and Economy (Individual Grant)
  
  
• Government of Canada Faculty Research Award, to analyze trends in state and provincial economic development polices. (Individual Grant)

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