AMANDA L. WEINSTEIN
Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
The Ohio State University
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Website: http://aede.osu.edu/about-us/our-people/amanda-weinstein
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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Columbus, OH 43210 Columbus, OH 43210
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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
2120 Fyffe Rd. 1 Washington Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210 Princeton, NJ 08544
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