Education

B.A., Physics and Philosophy, Reed College, 1973.

M.S., Nuclear Science and Engineering, Columbia University, 1976.

M.A., Economics, New School University, 1980.

Ph.D., Economics, New School University, 1984.

 

Administrative Experience

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Dean, College of Business Administration, 1997-2003.

• Managed a State General Fund annual budget of approximately $13 million and a College of over 170 faculty and 4,800 students. Significant accomplishments have included:

• Governance. Led a task force that developed a formal College governance structure subsequently adopted by a referendum of the faculty.

• Strategic Planning. Led a broadly representative College committee in carrying out College-based strategic planning. Developed and prioritized strategic initiatives, and linked them to budget allocations and measurable outcomes.
• Curriculum Innovation. Led a faculty task force that developed and launched a new interdisciplinary undergraduate program in e-business in one year. (http://www.csupomona.edu/~hco/EBZProgram/Introduction.htm).
• Information Technology. Instituted a major emphasis on cutting-edge use of IT. The College is now a campus and regional leader in the use and support of information technology in its learning and administrative processes.
• Fundraising. Over the past five years, the College has raised nearly $8 million in cash and gifts in kind. I have also personally obtained pledges of $1.5 million toward a new College building in the past year.
• University Collaborations. Co-chair of Student Advising Task Force with Dean of College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences; Chair of President's Task Force on Community and Economic Development.

 

School of Business and Economics at California State University, Los Angeles

Acting Dean, 1996-1997.

Significant accomplishments included launching a reengineered MBA program; initiating a revision of the undergraduate business core-course sequence; and undergoing a redesigned strategic planning process.

Associate Dean for External Programs, 1994-1996.

Initiated and coordinated community outreach activities; secured external contracts; developed external degree programs.

Chair, Department of Economics and Statistics, 1990-1994.

Director, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1987-1990.

Faculty Experience

California State University, Los Angeles. Assistant-Associate-Full Professor, Department of Economics and Statistics, 1984-1997.

California State University, Fresno. Lecturer, Department of Economics, 1981-1984.

State University of New York, College at Old Westbury. Instructor, Politics, Economics, and Society Program, 1980-1981.

 

Other Professional Work Experience

Ebasco Services, New York. Associate Engineer, Applied Physics Group, 1977-1979.

Gibbs & Hill, New York. Assistant Engineer, Radiation Safety Group, 1976-1977.

 

Consulting Activities

Spray, Gould, & Bowers (Tustin, CA). Economic analysis, 1995-present.

Coalition for Women's Economic Development (Los Angeles). Outcomes assessment of entrepreneurship training program, 1992-1994.

City of Los Angeles M/WBE Disparity Study, 1991-1994. With Tom Larson and Cordoba Corporation, carried out statistical analysis of City contracting practices.

Lorente & Asociados (Barcelona, Spain). Academic program development, 1991-1994. Assisted the University of Chicago in establishing a European Executive MBA in Barcelona.

M & C Associates (Barcelona, Spain). Academic program development, 1990-1991.

Ward Economic Development Corporation (Los Angeles). Community Land Bank Data Base Development, 1990-91.

City of Pomona. Economic Analysis and Strategic Planning Study, 1989.

Orange County Social Services Agency. Regional Occupational Forecasting, 1986.

 

Publications

"The Changing Global Economy: Its Impact on the Region and the Community." California Politics and Policy, Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs (1998).

(with Kirsten Schurmann) "The Economic Case for Electric Car Mandates." Business Forum, 22, no. 2-3 (1997).

"Economic Development and Social Equity: The Challenge of Regional Restructuring." PBI Newsletter, Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs (1996).

"The End of Socialism." California Sociologist, 15, no. 1-2 (1992).

"Is Socialism Possible?" International Journal of Social Economics, 19, no. 7/8/9 (1992).

(with M. Glick) "Competing Microeconomic Theories of Industrial Profits: An Empirical Approach." In Essays in Honor of Alfred Eichner, W. Milberg, editor, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 1992.

"Using U.S. Input-Output Data for Empirical Research: Values, Production Prices, and Wage-Profit Curves." In International Perspectives on Profitability and Accumulation, Fred Moseley and Edward N. Wolff, editors, England: Edward Elgar, 1992.

(with M. Glick) "Classical and Neo-classical Elements in Industrial Organization." Eastern Economic Journal, 16, no. 3 (1990).

"Values, Prices, and Wage-profit Curves in the U.S. Economy." Cambridge Journal of Economics, 13, no. 3 (1989).

"Valori, Prezzi e Curve Salari-profitti nell'Economia USA." In P. Giussani, F. Moseley, and E. Ochoa, Prezzi, Valori e Saggio del Profitto, Piacenza, Italy: Casa Editrice Vicolo del Pavone (1989).

Review of The Great Depression of 1990, by Ravi Batra. Business Forum, 13, no. 2 (1988).

"Le Relazioni tra Prezzi e Valori." Plusvalore 6 (1987).

"Is Reswitching Empirically Relevant? U.S. Wage-Profit Frontiers, 1947-72." Economic Forum, 16, no. 1 (1986-87).

"An Input-Output Study of Labor Productivity in the U.S. Economy, 1947-1972." Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 19, no. 1 (1986).

 

Honors, Grants, And Awards

Participant, 2002 Millenium Leadership Institute, American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Project Co-director, County of Los Angeles Community Development Commission, "Eastside Business Incubator Planning Grant," October 1995.

Project Director, City of Los Angeles Community Development Department, "Cal. State L.A. General Entrepreneurship Training Program," October 1993.

Principal Investigator, CSULA Reserve Fund Program, "Cal. State L.A. Econometric Forecasting Model of Los Angeles County," January 1989.

Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, "Economics and Statistics Microcomputer Laboratory," May 1987- October 1989.

Faculty Enrichment Award, California State University, Los Angeles, 1985.

Faculty Development Grant, California State University, Los Angeles, 1985-86.

Edith Hansen Memorial Commencement Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Economics and Political Science, New School for Social Research, 1984.

Faculty Development Grant, California State University, Fresno, 1983.

Faculty Research Grant, School of Social Sciences, California State University, Fresno, Fall 1982.

Rasmussen Prize Essay in Political Economy, Economic Forum, 1980.

 

Professional Activities

Paper (with D. Tillman), "Global Ethnic Networks: Their Role in Latino SME Growth in California," to be presented at international conference at Universita Degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy, November 14, 2002.

Invited Speaker, "Changing Trends in Today's Economy," presented at the Business Enterprises Development Day: Business Expansion in Today's Economy," sponsored by Congresswoman Hilda Solis and the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, California State University, Los Angeles, December 2001.

Invited Speaker, "Business Ethics and Globalization," presented at the International Business Association annual conference, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, May 2000.

Invited Speaker, "Some Thoughts on Globalization," presented at the International Business Association annual conference, Cancún, Mexico, May 1999.

Invited Speaker, "The Changing Global Economy: Its Impact on the Region and the Community," presented at the annual California Issues Conference of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs, City of Industry, CA, November 1997.

Invited Speaker, "Reinventing Scholarship: Faculty Reward Systems and the Mission of the CSU," presented at The Education of the New California Workforce, statewide conference sponsored by the California State University, the University of California, the California Community Colleges, the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities, and the California Department of Education, San Francisco, December 1995.

Invited Speaker, "CSU Involvement in Community Economic Development," presented at Meeting the Challenge: Building California's Workforce for Tomorrow, Statewide Workforce Preparation Conference cosponsored by the California State Job Training Coordinating Council and the Employment Development Department, Los Angeles, CA, February 1995.

Invited Speaker, "The Impact of Diversity on California's Economic Development," Subcommittee on Workforce Training, Development, and Educational Support, Assembly Committee on Higher Education, California State Legislature, Sacramento, CA, October 1994.

Invited Speaker, "Rise and Fall of Regions in Global and National Economies," Regional Development and Current Plans, first in a series of community workshops on economic development organized by the New Majority Task Force, the Multi-Cultural Collaborative, and the Coalition of Neighborhood Developers, Los Angeles, CA, July, 1993.

Invited Speaker, "Rebuilding LA: Can Economic Democracy Work?," at Democracy on Trial: Race Relations and Social Conflict in Los Angeles, conference organized by the Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs, Los Angeles, CA, April 1993.

Invited Speaker, "The Los Angeles Labor Market," Food and Drug Council of California conference, Ventura, CA, September 1989.

Invited Speaker, "The Economy of Los Angeles," South Central/Southeast Task Force, City of Los Angeles Planning Department, Los Angeles, CA, July 1989.

Paper (with A. Eichner, dec.), "The Structure of Industrial Prices," Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Sciences Associations, New York, December 1988.

Invited Paper, "Using U.S. Input-Output Data for Empirical Research," International Perspectives on Profitability and Accumulation, conference sponsored by New York University and the University of Utah, New York, September 1988.

Invited Paper (with M. Glick and H. Ehrbar), "Competing Microeconomic Theories of Industrial Profits: An Empirical Approach," 1988 Research Workshop in Political Economy, Jerome Levy Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, June 1988.

Invited Paper, "Relazioni Quantitative tra valori e prezzi nell'economia USA," conference sponsored by the Economics Department, University of Rome, Rome, Italy, June 1988.

Invited Paper, "Values, Prices, and Wage-profit Curves in the U.S. Economy," Centro di Iniziativa Teorica e Politica Conference, Milan, Italy, March 1988.

Invited Speaker, "Myth of Economics and Realities of the Economy," 27th Annual Meeting of the California Council for the Social Studies, Los Angeles, CA, March 1988.

Paper (with M. Glick and H. Ehrbar) ,"Competing Microeconomic Theories of Industrial Profits: An Empirical Approach," Annual Meetings of the Allied Social Sciences Associations, Chicago, December 1987.

Invited Speaker, "Debt Crisis in Latin America," Latin American Society, California State University, Los Angeles, May 1987.

Paper (with T. Bible), "A Quasi-Simultaneous Methodology for Regional Occupational Employment Forecasting," Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Hilo, Hawaii, February, 1987.

Panelist, "Economic Theory and Policy: At Least Three Perspectives," Conference on Post-Keynesian Economics, Economics Department, University of Utah, October 1986.

Invited Paper, "Is Reswitching Empirically Relevant?," 1986 PERS Conference, Economics Department, University of Utah, April 1986.

Paper, "The Convergence of Prices and Labor Values: U.S. Evidence and Theoretical Implications," Annual Meetings of the Allied Social Sciences Associations, New York, December 1985.

Paper, "The Capital and Labor-theory-of-value Controversies: U.S. Empirical Evidence," Annual Meetings of the Allied Social Sciences Associations, San Francisco, December 1983, and Annual Meetings of the Eastern Economic Association, New York, March 1984.

Paper, "Industrial Structure of the U.S. Economy," Fresno Research Symposium, California State University, Fresno, March 1983.

Invited Speaker, "Linear Models in Empirical Economic," Economics Department, University of California at Riverside, May 1982.

Invited Speaker, "The Reagan Budget: An Economic Analysis," State University of New York, Old Westbury, February, 1981.

Review Activities

Reviewed articles for Cambridge Journal of Economics, International Journal of Applied Economics, Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Review of Political Economy, Business Forum, and a number of manuscripts for various publishers.

Reviewer for Nonprofit Sector Research Fund, The Aspen Institute, September 1994.

External Reviewer of Economics BA Program, California State University, Fresno, March 1994.

External reviewer of Economics BA Program, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Spring 1992.

Review Panelist, National Science Foundation Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program, Washington, D.C., January 11-14, 1989.

Review Board Member, Business Forum, 1988-present.

 

Memberships

American Economic Association

American Association for Higher Education

Member, National Contract Managers Association Advisory Board

Treasurer and member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership