The Community Policy Analysis
Network is a national network of researchers who collaborate on
building predictive models and tools to support better informed state
and community policy making. Over the years since its inception,
CPAN has involved more than 50 researchers representing universities in
29 states.
Community Policy Analysis Modeling Book Publication
In 2006, CPAN published the book Community Policy Analysis Modeling, Edited by Thomas G. Johnson, Daniel M. Otto, and Steven C. Deller. Published by Blackwell Publishing.
Brief description: With the
shifting of responsibility for designing, planning and managing
federally funded programs to state and local government, there is a
need for a new group of public servants and others to be aware of how
to deal with these responsibilities and challenges. The book
outlines and documents a set of community level analytical tools and
procedures to assist local decision-making processes. The major goals
of the book are to provide a reference for future community policy
modeling and analysis efforts, and to provide a group of examples of
applications of modeling. http://store.blackwell-professional.com/9780813804538.html
Plans for a Book on Targeted Regional Economic Development
This book, with many chapters
authored by CPAN members, will build upon a series of workshops and
working papers organized by the Northeast Regional Center for Rural
Development and RUPRI. The volume will focus on targeted regional
economic development strategies, how they have evolved over time, and
provide information for policymakers and practitioners interesting in
understanding their regions’ competitive advantages.
More information about this book is available at:
http://nercrd.psu.edu/TRED/BookOverview.html
Current CPAN Membership
David Barkley
Professor and Co-Coordinator
Regional Economic Development Research Laboratory
Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
Clemson University
Sam Cordes
Center for Regional Development
Purdue University
Steven C. Deller
Professor and Community Development Economist
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension
Gerald Doeksen
Regents Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma State University
Liesl Eathington
Department of Economics
Iowa State University
J. Matthew Fannin
Assistant Professor, Louisiana Center for Rural Initiatives
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Louisiana State University
Christopher L. Fulcher
Director, Community Information Resource Center
Rural Policy Research Institute
University of Missouri-Columbia
John M. Halstead
Professor and Chair
Department of Resource Economics and Development
University of New Hampshire
Tom Harris
Professor, Department of Resource Economics
University of Nevada, Reno
Mark Henry
Professor
Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
Clemson University
David W. Hughes
Professor and Rural Development Economics
Department of Applied Economics and Statistics
Clemson University
Elena Irwin
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
Ohio State University
Tom Johnson
Frank Miller Professor of Agricultural Economics and Professor in the Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs
University of Missouri - Columbia
Laura Kalambokidis
Department of Applied Economics
University of Minnesota
Tim Kelsey
State Program Leader, Economic & Community Development
Professor of Agricultural Economics
Penn State Cooperative Extension
David Kraybill
Professor and Graduate Program Chair
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
Ohio State University
John Leatherman
Professor, Office of Local Government
Department of Agricultural Economics
Kansas State University
Paul E. McNamara
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Division of Nutrition
University of Illinois
George Morse
Associate Dean and Director
University of Minnesota Extension Service
Rowan O-Hagan
School of Resource Management
University of Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
David J. Peters
Assistant Professor and Extension Rural Economic Development Specialist
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
James K. Scott
Associate Vice Provost - International Programs and Director-International Center
University of Missouri-Columbia
Martin Shields
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics
Colorado State University
David Swenson
Department of Economics
Iowa State University
Judith I. Stallmann
Professor
Community Development Extension, Agricultural Economics, Rural Sociology and Public Affairs
University of Missouri-Columbia
Mike Woods
Professor and Extension Economist
Oklahoma State University
