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Academic Background

B.A., social sciences, Hendrix College
A.M., economics, Washington University
Ph.D., economics, Washington University

Research Specialties

• Creative industries
• Nonprofit sector
• Organizational governance and architecture
• Applied public finance
• Strategy

Current Research

• Public participation in the performing arts
• Arts, sports, and metropolitan growth
• Strategic behavior in the performing arts

Major Works

• The Economics of Art and Culture, co-author, Cambridge University Press, Revised Second ed., 2001. Third ed., Forthcoming.
• "Hope for the Future? Childhood Exposure to the Arts and Adult Visits to Art Museums," Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 22, 1998.
• Turning on and Tuning in: Public Participation in the Arts via Media, Seven Locks Press for the National Endowment for the Arts, 1995.
• The Costs of Crime, Sage Publications, 1979. Editor and Contributor.
• “Cost Effectiveness of Residential Community Corrections," co-author, Evaluation Quarterly, August 1978. Reprinted, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978.
• "Metropolitan Area Growth: A Test of Export Base Concepts," co-author, Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, July 1970.

Significant Scholarly Honors

• President, Association for Cultural Economics, International
• Advisory Board, National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise
• University Scholar, University of St. Thomas

Current Community Relations

• Board of Trustees, Tubman Family Alliance
• Board of Directors, Zenon Dance Company