EDUCATION

Ph.D. Michigan State University (2013)

M.S. Michigan State University (2011)

B.A. Calvin College (2007)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chair, Department of Economics, Oakland University (2023-2025)

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Oakland University (2020-present)

Senior Research Associate, Southeastern Michigan Economic Data Center (2017-2022)

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Oakland University (2016-2020)

Econometrician, Ford Motor Credit Company, Dearborn, MI (2015-2016)

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Allegheny College (2013-2014)

Instructor, Department of Economics, Alma College (2012)

Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan State University (2007-2013)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Public Finance (Oakland University)

Urban and Regional Economics (Oakland University, Allegheny College)

Using "BIG" Data for Economic Problems (Oakland University)

Health Economics (Oakland University)

Strategic Thinking and Competitive Analysis (MBA-level, Oakland University)

Managerial Economics (Oakland University)

Principles of Microeconomics (Oakland University, Allegheny College, Alma College)

Economics in Today's World (Oakland University)

Applied Econometrics (Allegheny College)

Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Appraisers, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA)

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Urban and Regional Economics, Real Estate Economics, Public Finance, Public Economics 

PUBLICATIONS

Enmity or Empathy? Women and the Toxic Culture in Economics (with Vanaja Pernankil**) - R&R

Housing Affordability and Migration Choice Among US Urban Areas (with Jonathan Silberman) - R&R

Couch-Locked with the Munchies:  Effects of Recreational Marijuana Laws on Exercise and Nutrition (with Shooshan Danagoulian, Monica Deza, and Thomas Wilk) - NBER working paper no. 33176 [press coverage: Chicago Booth Review] - R&R

Rent Control and the Supply of Affordable Housing (with Christina Stacy, Timothy Komarek, Christopher Davis, Alena Stern, Owen Noble, Jorge Morales-Burnett, and Amy Rogin) Journal of Housing Economics. 68, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2025.102063 

A Double Negative: Capitalizing on Assessment Regressivity (with Andrew McAllister** and Timothy M. Komarek) - forthcoming in Public Finance Review

Higher Education Decision on Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate (with Jonathan Silberman and Ram Orzach) Applied Economics Letters. 30(7), 2023.

The Munchies: Marijuana Legalization and Food Sales in Washington (with Cooper Hazel**) Southern Economic Journal.  89(1), 2022.

Flooding and the Value of Agricultural Land. Land Economics. 97(1), 2021.

Decreasing Delinquency through Assessment Reductions: Evidence from Detroit. Journal of Urban Affairs. 43(5), 2021.

Changes in the Benefits of the Taxable Value Cap when Property Values are Decreasing: Evidence from Michigan (with Charles Ballard and Mark Skidmore) Public Finance and Management. 18(4), 2018.    

Stategraft (with Bernadette Atuahene) Southern California Law Review. 91(2), 2018. [press coverage: VICE News Tonight on HBO, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Democracy Now! Thomson Reuters Foundation News abc NEWS]

The Land Value Gradient in a (Nearly) Collapsed Urban Real Estate Market (with Mark Skidmore and Gary Sands) Land Economics. 93(4), 2017.

Assessment Inequity in a Declining Housing Market: The Case of Detroit (with Daniel McMillen,  Mark Skidmore, and Gary Sands) Real Estate Economics. 45(2), 2017

Capitalizing on Neighborhood Enterprise Zones: Are Detroit Residents Paying for the NEZ Homestead Exemption? (with Timothy M. Komarek) Regional Science and Urban Economics. 61, 2016. [referenced in: Chicago Policy Review]

Assessment Growth Limits and Mobility: Evidence from Home Sale Data in Detroit, Michigan. (with Mark Skidmore and Gary Sands) National Tax Journal. 68(3), 2015.

Tax Base Erosion and Inequity from Michigan’s Assessment Growth Limit: The Case of Detroit. (with Mark Skidmore, Gary Sands, and Daniel McMillen) Public Finance Review. 43(5), 2015. 

Detroit Property Tax Delinquency: Social Contract in Crisis. (with James Alm, Gary Sands, and Mark Skidmore) Public Finance and Management. 14(3), 2014.

The Effect of Ethanol Plants on Residential Property Values: Evidence from Michigan.  Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy. 41(2), 2011.

Property Value Assessment Growth Limits and Redistribution of Property Tax Payment: Evidence from Michigan. (with Mark Skidmore and Charles Ballard) National Tax Journal. 63(3), 2010.

WORKING PAPERS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

Property Tax Delinquency and Foreclosure Contagion (with Andrew McAllister**)

The Role of Information on Intrajurisdictional Capitalization (with Andrew McAllister**)

Unfair Advantage: Assessment Growth Limits and Non-Residential Property (with Kevin Guo**)

Unanticipated Property Tax Shocks, Tax Delinquency, and the Role of Conventional Mortgages (with Fernanda Alfaro González and Jacob Shepard)

My Cap Runneth Over: The Spillover Effect of Assessment Growth Limits on Renters (with Samuel Xie**)

Online Reviews for a Commodity Good (with John Kim, Aswini Sivakumar, and Vijayan Sugumaran)

The COVID-Compassion Bump: A Case of Environmentally Induced Inclusive Classroom Leadership (with Greg Thrasher and Cynthia Miree)

PRESENTATIONS

"Unanticipated Property Tax Shocks, Tax Delinquency, and the Role of Conventional Mortgages" National Tax Association 118th Annual Conference on Taxation. Boston, MA (November 2025)

"Couch-Locked with the Munchies: Effects of Recreational Marijuana Laws on Exercise and Nutrition" Indiana University East. Richmond, IN (April 2025)

"Rent Control: A Solution or a Setback for Affordable Housing?" Indiana University East. Richmond, IN (April 2025)

"30 Years of Capping Taxable Values in Michigan: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" Appraisal Institute: The Great Lakes Chapter. Detroit, MI (March 2025) 

"Unfair Advantage: Assessment Growth Limits and Non-Residential Property" National Tax Association 117th Annual Conference on Taxation. Detroit, MI (November 2024)

"30 Years of Capping Taxable Values in Michigan: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" Oakland County Association of Assessing Officers. Waterford, MI (June 2024) 

"Economic Overview & Forecast for Residential & Commercial Property" Appraisal Institute: The Great Lakes Chapter. Pontiac, MI (March 2024) 

"Property Tax Delinquency and Foreclosure Contagion" 70th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). San Diego, CA (November 2023)

"Unfair Advantage: Assessment Growth Limits and Non-Residential Property" Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Annual Conference. Grand Rapids, MI (June 2023)

"The Impact of Work from Home on Commercial Property: Values, Taxes, and Uses" Appraisal Institute: The Great Lakes Chapter. Holly, MI (March 2023) 

"A Double Negative: Capitalizing on Assessment Regressivity"  69th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). Montreal, Quebec, Canada (November 2022)

"When a 'Social Contract' is in Crisis: Lessons from Detroit's Property Tax" Appraisal Institute: The Great Lakes Chapter. Rochester, MI (March 2022) 

"When a 'Social Contract' is in Crisis: Lessons from Detroit's Property Tax" Eastern Michigan University's CAS Detroit Theme Year Event & The Department of Economics Brown Bag Seminar. Ypsilanti, MI (November 2021)

"The Distributed Age" Appraisal Institute: The Great Lakes Chapter. Rochester, MI (April 2021)

"Millennials Impact on Local and National Housing Markets" Appraisal Institute: The Great Lakes Chapter 7th Economic Summit. Royal Oak, MI (October 2019)

"The Effect of Property Tax and Mortgage Foreclosures on Neighboring Delinquency Decisions" 65th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). San Antonio, TX (November 2018)

"When Mary Jane Moves to Town: The Effect of Medical Marijuana Provisioning Centers of Local Housing Values" Urban Affairs Association 48th Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario, CA (April 2018)

"The Munchie Effect: Marijuana Legalization and Food Sales in Washington" Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Annual Conference. Toledo, OH (June 2017)

"Economic Overview and Forecast Using the Housing Market" Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce 2017 Economic Outlook Luncheon (March 2017) 

"Capitalizing on Neighborhood Enterprise Zones: Are Michigan Residents Paying for the NEZ Homestead Exemption?" 61st Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). Washington D.C. (November 2014)

"Assessment Inequity in a Declining Housing Market: The Case of Detroit" Urban Affairs Association 44th Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX (March 2014)

“Assessment Growth Limits and Mobility: Evidence from Home Sale Data in Detroit, MI” National Tax Association 106th Annual Conference on Taxation. Tampa, FL (November 2013)

“Assessment Inequity in a Declining Housing Market: The Case of Detroit” Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Annual Conference. Kansas City, MO (May 2013)

“Not All Property Taxes Are Created Equal: Inequality from Assessment Growth Limits and Tax Abatements" Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN (June 2012)

“The Effect of Ethanol Plants on Residential Property Values: Evidence from Michigan” Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Annual Conference. Detroit, MI (June 2011)

“Property Value Assessment Growth Limits and Redistribution of the Property Tax Burden: Evidence from Michigan" Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Annual Conference. Milwaukee, WI (May 2009)

“Who Benefits from Michigan’s Proposal A?” Department of Agricultural Economics Graduate Research Symposium (January 2009)

COMMITTEE SERVICE

Economics Assessment Committee, 2022-present

SBA Dean Search Committee, 2022

Chair, Assistant Professor Search Committee, 2021-22

SBA Committee for Appointments and Promotions, 2021-2023

Oakland University General Education Assessment Committee, 2020-2023

Oakland University e-Learning and Instructional Support Committee, 2019-2021

Economics Scholarship Committee, 2019, 2020, 2023

SBA Scholarship Committee, 2019, 2023

Oakland University General Education Committee, 2019

SBA ACHIEVE Program Committee, 2017-21

Economics Club Faculty Advisor, 2017-present

Assistant Professor Search Committee, 2017-18

Graduate Student Research Award Mentor, 2017

Honor's Thesis Advisor, 2024-25

Honor's Thesis Advisor, 2017-18

Honor's Thesis Advisor, 2016-17

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Referee: Energy Economics, Environment and Planning A, National Tax Journal (x2), Applied Economics Letters, Regional Science and Urban Economics (x2), Public Finance Review (x3), Urban Studies, Public Finance and Management (x2), Journal of Urban Affairs (x4),  Urban Affairs Review, State and Local Government Review, Local Government Studies

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

Oakland University Faculty Research Fellowship, 2025

Oakland University School of Business Administration Paul F. Lorenz Award for Teaching Excellence, 2021-2022

Oakland University Teaching Excellence Award Nominee, 2020

Oakland University Faculty Research Fellowship, 2020

Oakland University School of Business Administration Summer Research Grant, 2019

Oakland University School of Business Administration Paul F. Lorenz Award for Teaching Excellence, 2017-2018

Oakland University School of Business Administration Summer Research Grant, 2018

Oakland University Founders' Day Recognition for Research, 23rd Faculty Recognition Luncheon, 2018

Oakland University College of Arts & Sciences Order of the Plume, 2018 

Oakland University Faculty Research Fellowship, 2017

C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellow (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy), 2012

2011 M. Jarvin Emerson Student Paper Competition Winner (Mid-Continent Regional Science Association)

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Instructor: 

        Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Appraisers (ASFMRA), Denver, CO, 2025

        Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Appraisers (ASFMRA), Des Moines, IA, 2024

        Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Appraisers (ASFMRA), Dundee, MI, 2017

        Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Appraisers (ASFMRA), Indian Wells, CA, 2016

        Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Appraisers (ASFMRA), Omaha, NE, 2015

Consultant: 

        Urban Institute (2021-2022)  

  The Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion Project (2018)

        ACLU of Michigan (2017)

        Lincoln Land Institute/Center for Community Progress (2016-2017)

        ITC Holding Corp. (2010-2014)

        Crown Appraisals, Inc. (2011-2014)

Extension: 

        Barry County – Barry County Financial Analysis and Forecast Report (2014)

        Lapeer County – The Production and Provision of Public Safety Services (2011)

        Berrien County – Berrien County Migration: Where Are the Residents Going? (2009)

Policy Brief: 

  Rent Control: Key Policy Components and Their Equity Implications (with Christina Plerhoples Stacy, Jorge Morales-Burnett, Eleanor Noble, and Timothy Komarek), Urban Institute (2021)

  Inclusionary Zoning: How Different IZ Policies Affect Tenant, Landlord, and Developer Behaviors (with Christina Plerhoples Stacy, Jorge Morales-  Burnett, Eleanor Noble, and Timothy Komarek), Urban Institute (2021)

        Memo on Detroit Property Tax System (2017)

        Inventory of State Job Creation and Job Retention Incentives, 2010 (2011)

Op-eds:

Property Tax Math Makes Homebuying Even Harder (with Mark Skidmore), Detroit Free Press (September 13, 2023)

Other: 

        Tutor and Grader, Department of Economics, Calvin College (2006-2007)

COMPUTER SKILLS

STATA, SAS (EG, VA, VS), R, ArcGIS, Alteryx, QlikView, Teradata, SQL, Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint