AMANDA L. WEINSTEIN

Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

The Ohio State University

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. Candidate in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development

Economics, The Ohio State University Sep 2009 Present

Columbus, OH

Dissertation: A Regional Approach to Productive Skills, examines how skill and the demand for skill

shape regional labor markets from booms to busts including a closer look at gendered skill.

Advisor: Professor Mark Partridge

Expected Completion: May 2013

M.A. in Economics, The Ohio State University Sep 2008 Sep 2009

Columbus, OH

M.S. in Operations Research, Air Force Institute of Technology Aug 2004 Mar 2006

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH

Thesis: Exploring Tanker Fleet Mixes and CONOPS: A Value -Focused Thinking Study, analyzed

alternative tanker fleets through a unique combination of utility theory and optimization techniques.

Results published in the AFRL Technology Milestones and presented to the AF Fleet Viability Board

which noted it provided an independent verification of the multi-million dollar RAND report.

Advisor: LtCol Raymond Staats

B.S. in Mathematics, United States Air Force Academy Jun 2000 Jun 2004

Colorado Springs, CO

Graduated top 15% of class. Honored on highly selective Superintendent s List for Academic, Military,

and Athletic Excellence. Among 7% of graduating class competitively awarded a graduate scholarship.

CURRENT POSITIONS

Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics Dec 2009 Present

The Ohio State University, OH

TEACHING

Experience: Principles of Economics, Business Statistics, Statistics for Decision-Making, Managerial

Mathematics, College Algebra

Interests: Urban and Regional Economics, Applied Econometrics, Environmental and Energy Economics,

Labor Economics, Microeconomics

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Consultant Feb 2012 -Mar 2012

OECD Regional Development Policy Division

Produced U.S. Case Studies for Iowa, Tennessee, Maine and Vermont contributing to the OECD report,

Linking Renewable Energy to Rural Development released in June 2012.

Intern Sep 2008 Mar 2009

Qbase, Dayton, OH

Analyst for the City Beat initiative of the Wright Brothers Research Institute merging human behavior

models with socio-cultural and geospatial information to anticipate and prevent terrorist acts.

Sr. Management Analyst Sep 2007 Sep 2008

BearingPoint Inc. Dayton, OH

Developed Access databases to store and analyze supply chain logistics data for the Air Force Global

Logistics Support Center. Created new metrics to better evaluate supply center performance and

forecasts, the risks associated with various policies, and the overall health of the supply chain.

Produced reports for all levels of leadership up to and including the Secretary of the Air Force.

Scientific Analyst, Lieutenant, United States Air Force Jun 2004 Sep 2007

Air Force Research Lab Air Vehicles Directorate, WPAFB, OH

Led directorate s operations research for manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Specially selected member of the Advanced Joint Airlift Combat System program. Performed national

systems engineering analysis on future cargo aircraft with Air Mobility Command, Air Force Special

Operations Command, and Air Force Materiel Command. Implemented thesis methodology to evaluate

requirements, design parameters, and alternatives. Ensured maximum benefit from $250M.

Conducted UAV research programming task assignment optimization algorithms.

Avionics Team Lead for Black Dart. Implemented and flight tested auto pilot system in 3 UAVs.

RESEARCH

Refereed Journal Publications

Rising Inequality in an Era of Austerity: The Case of the U.S.A. with Mark Partridge. Forthcoming in

European Planning Studies, 2013.

Working Papers

Local Labor Market Restructuring in Shale Gas Booms with Mark Partridge uses county level EMSI data

to measure changes in local labor markets during a natural resource boom.

The Role of Women in Urban Development measures the impact of women on MSA wage growth.

Recession Skills combines CPS employment data with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles to discover

what skills or skill sets are most valuable during a recession and whether it is better to specialize or

diversify labor skills.

Women with Small Businesses with Carlianne Patrick and Heather Stephens incorporates geographic

data on gender role attitudes from the General Social Survey with geocoded NLSY data to determine

the impact of culture on women entrepreneurs.

Military Service and Intergenerational Mobility estimates the value of military service in terms of its

impact on intergenerational mobility using PSID data.

POLICY PAPERS

Making Shale Development Work for Ohio with Michael Farren and Mark Partridge (June, 2012).

Linking Renewable Energy to Rural Development: United States Case Studies for Iowa, Tennessee, Maine

and Vermont produced for the OECD Regional Policy Division (June, 2012).

The Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio with Mark Partridge (December, 2011).

How Can Struggling Communities Make a Comeback? with Mark Partridge (June, 2011).

Making Green Jobs Work for Ohio with Mark Partridge (December, 2010)

Green Policies, Climate Change, and New Jobs: Separating Fact from Fiction with Mark Partridge and J.

Clay Francis. (June, 2010)

Awards and GRANTS

Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Graduate Studies Grant for Research on Women, Gender or

Gender Equity Funding: $900. Timeframe: June 2011-November 2012.

University Fellowship, Graduate School, The Ohio State University, 2008-2009

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Regional Science Association International (RSAI)

Western Regional Science Association (WRSA)

Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA)

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

The Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio, presented at Leadership Cincinnati/Chamber of

Commerce for a Sustainable Future: Shale Gas Panel in Cincinnati, OH on May 3, 2012.

The Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio, presented at the Columbus Roundtable Council of

Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Spring Forum Panel in Dublin, OH on April 20, 2012

Shale Gas Booms and Local Labor Market Restructuring in Pennsylvania, presented at the 51st Southern

Regional Science Association Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC on March 24, 2012.

Rising Inequality in an Era of Austerity: The Case of the USA, presented at the 51st annual Western

Regional Science Association Conference in Kauai, HI on February 11, 2012.

The Real Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy, presented at the Renewable Energy and Rural

Employment University of Kentucky Workshop advising the OECD Regional Development Policy

Division in Lexington, KY on October 27, 2011.

Gender, Poverty, and Income Inequality in Metropolitan Areas, presented at the Regional, Population,

Health, and Environmental Economics Annual Midwest Graduate Student Summit at the University of

Illinois Urbana-Champaign on April 16, 2011.

Working Women and Metropolitan Productivity, presented at the 50th Southern Regional Science

Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA on March 26, 2011.

Making Green Jobs Work for Ohio, presented at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Rural Advisory

Team annual meeting in Plain City, OH on March 3, 2011.

Gender Effects on Metropolitan Area Productivity, presented at the 57th North American Regional

Science Council Conference in Denver, CO on November 11, 2010.

UAV Scheduling via the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows, with Dr. Corey Schumacher

presented at the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference in Rohnert Park, CA on May 8, 2007.

Optimal UAV Task Assignment and Scheduling, with Dr. Corey Schumacher presented at the 2007

NATO Applied Vehicle Tech Symposium in Florence, Italy.

A Value-Focused Examination of Air Force Tanker Fleet Mixes and CONOPS, with Lt Col Raymond W.

Staats and Dr. James T. Moore presented at the 74th Military Operations Research Society Symposium

June 2006 at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO.

SELECTED MEDIA

Radio interview with Ed Ferenc on America s Workforce Radio about the release of the policy brief The

Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio on January 20, 2012.

The Plain Dealer article, Shale Gas Will Not Create 200,000 Ohio Jobs by 2015, OSU Says of Industry

Claims, reports on policy brief with Mark Partridge, December 16, 2011.

The Columbus Dispatch front page story, Study Doubts Shale Gas Will Be Job Gusher, about policy

brief with Mark Partridge, December 15, 2011.

Columbus Business First report, OSU Study: State Needs to Refocus Green Initiatives?, discusses policy

brief with Mark Partridge, January 19, 2011.

OSU Extension story, Ohio in Prime Position to Fill Green Energy Gaps, January 18, 2011.

Radio interview with WOSU NPR News OSU Analysis: State s Green Energy Efforts Unlikely to Create

Large Numbers of New Jobs September 15, 2010.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SERVICE

Big Brothers Big Sisters Volunteer 2010 Present

Developed and ran an introduction to economics for middle school students, 2010

LIFE Sports College and Career Day at the Ohio State University.

Humane Society of Greater Dayton volunteer and foster parent, Dayton, OH 2008 Present

Military Academy Nomination Board Member, Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown

2007 Present

Military Religious Freedom Foundation advocate and volunteer 2005 Present

Math tutor, The Mound Street Academy, Dayton, OH 2005 2007

Volunteer at The Other Place, St. Vincent s Hospital soup kitchen, Dayton, OH

2005 2007

COMPUTER SKILLS

SAS, STATA, MATLAB, ArcGIS, R

REFERENCES

Elena Irwin Allen Klaiber

Professor Assistant Professor

Department of AED Economics Department of AED Economics

The Ohio State University The Ohio State University

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Mark Partridge Bruce Weinberg

Professor and Swank Chair of Rural-Urban Policy Professor

Department of AED Economics Princeton University

The Ohio State University Industrial Relations Section Firestone Library

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Columbus, OH 43210 Princeton, NJ 08544

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