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I integrate expertise in research design, quantitative methods, and census and survey data across many domains of knowledge, while maintaining the highest standards of quality and integrity. I have over 100 publications in leading social science journals, funding from NIH and NSF, and an editorial role in major demography and geography journals. Data Expertise (not exhaustive): - American Community Survey (ACS) - Current Population Survey (CPS) - IPUMS - Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) - Survey of Income Program Participation (SIPP) - Northern Ireland Longitudinal Survey (NILS - British Household Panel Study (BHPS) - Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) - US Census Data Selected Research Contracts: - County Population Projections — Cubit Planning - Millionaires Pay to Stay: The Millionaire Tax Migration Myth — ABCI - Projections of Women in Reproductive Years — IVIRMA - Demographic Analysis of New York State Residency — GLG - US Migration Trends — The Engine Group - Coordinating State Policy Needs — Hartford Foundation for Public Giving - Connecticut Migration Patterns and Trends — CTData Collaborative - Wright Technical High School Enrollment Study — Connecticut Department of Education - Building Resilient Regions — MacArthur Foundation - The Effects of Military Moves on Spousal Earnings — Rand Corporation - Residential Mobility of the Poor and the Growth of High Poverty Inner Ring Suburbs — Brookings Institute - Connecticut Healthscan — Boston University School of Public Health - Connecticut Metropatterns — CenterEdge Coalition - Learning from Just Right Neighborhoods — FannieMae - The MetroHartford Benchmarking Project — MetroHartford Millennium Project - Reverse Commuting Needs and Feasibility — Indianapolis Public Transportation - Comprehensive Plan Analysis — City of Carmel, IN - St. Albans and Its Communities — St. Alban's Episcopal Church - Financing Indiana's Public Schools — Lilly Endowment Methodological Took Kit (not exhaustive): - Linear Regression - Limited Dependent Variable Regrssion: Logit, Probit, Binomial, Poisson, etc. - Causal Models: Propensity Score Matching, Instrumental Variable Regression, etc. - Panel Data Models: Fixed Effects, Random Effects, etc. - Time Series Models: ARIMA, etc. - Monte Carlo and Forecasting Simulations - Geographic Data Visualization - Spatial Analysis - Cohort Component Local Population Projections: Towns, Cities, Municipalities, School Districts, School Attendance Zones. Statistical Software: - STATA - R - Tableau - SAS - SPSS I hold a Ph.D. in Geography from Indiana University and have been on the faculty at the University of Connecticut since 1994. I have directed the University’s undergraduate Urban Studies program, the Center for Population Research, and Connecticut’s US Census Data Center. Support for my research comes from the National Science Foundation, the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the Social Science Research Council, the Brookings Institution, and the Sloan Foundation. Between 2015 and 2020, I was the Editor of Urban Geography. Representative honors include the 2013 Research Excellence Award in Population Geography from the American Association of Geographers and a 2014 US Fulbright Scholar Award in the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.