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Education
Master of Public Policy (Economic Policy focus), 2005
Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
MA in Modern British History, 2003
University of Manchester (Manchester, England)
BA in History (with honors), 2001
Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa)
Experience
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Managing Director, State and Local Policy Project, 2009 to Present
Director, Gulf Coast Recovery Project, 2008 to Present
Associate Director, Global Prosperity Initiative, 2006 to 2009
Program Associate, Global Prosperity Initiative, 2005 to 2006
Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization
Social Media Coordinator, 2010 to present
Computing Research Association
Eben Tisdale Technology Policy Fellow, 2005
Computer Incident Factor Analysis and Categorization Project Ann Arbor, Michigan
Research Assistant, 2003 to 2005
American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan Lansing, Michigan
Legislative Intern, 2004
Grinnell Area Chamber of Commerce Grinnell, Iowa
Special Projects Coordinator and IT Specialist, 2001 to 2002
Professional Publications
“Seven Key Aspects of Governing During Crisis,” Mercatus On Policy 74, May 2010, with Maurice McTigue.
“Prague’s Recovery after the ‘Flood of the Millennium,’” with L. Krasnozhon, forthcoming in After Katrina: The Political Economy of Disaster and Community Rebound, eds. Emily Chamlee-Wright and Virgil Henry Storr, (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Press).
“Perverse Incentives of Economic ‘Stimulus’,” Mercatus On Policy 66, January 2010, with Emily Washington.
“Information Trickles Up,” in “Caring Communities: The Role of Nonprofits in Rebuilding the Gulf Coast,” Special Issue, Local Knowledge 2, August 2009, with Jerry Brito.
“Hosting a Disaster,” Mercatus On Policy 20, June 2008, with Emily Chamlee-Wright.
“Review of Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics by Carol Lancaster,” Michigan Journal of Public Affairs 4(1), June 2007.
“Disastrous Uncertainty: How Government Disaster Policy Undermines Community Rebound,”Mercatus Policy Series, Policy Comment 9, January 2007, with Emily Chamlee-Wright.
“Strengthening Economic Freedom: Natural Resource Indicators and Economic Growth,”Mercatus Policy Series, Policy Comment 7, October 2006, with Frédéric Sautet and Kyle R. McKenzie.
“Review of The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth by Benjamin Friedman,” Economic Affairs, June 2006.
“Remittance Mechanisms: Regulatory Policies Under a Globalized Financial Market,” Michigan Journal of Public Affairs 3(1), Summer 2006.
“The Challenge Ahead: Maintaining a Focus on Incentives to Enable Development,” Mercatus Policy Series, Policy Comment 2, October 2005, with Frédéric Sautet and Brian Hooks.
“The Internet and Developing Countries: Expanding access, empowering markets, and promoting human rights,” Chicago Policy Review 9(1), 2005.
“Final Report of the Computer Incident Factor Analysis and Categorization (CIFAC) Project,” August 2005, with Virginia Rezmierski and Anamaria S. Kazanis.
“Evaluating Computer-Related Incidents on Campus,” EDUCAUSE Quarterly 27(4), 2004, with Virginia Rezmierski.
“Computer Incident Factor Analysis and Categorization Project Final Report to EDUCAUSE,” with Virginia Rezmierski and Rick Rivas, April 2004.
Popular Publications
“New Jersey’s First Step Forward on Pensions,” Daily Caller, 16 March 2010, with Eileen Norcross.
“Whitewashing FDR,” Review of “Nothing to Fear: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America,” Reason, April 2009.
“Katrina Response And The Bailout: Twin Disasters,” Forbes.com, 25 February 2009, with Garett Jones.
“Ike: Recovery That Works,” New York Sun, 15 September 2008.
“After Gustav, a Different Recovery,” New York Sun, 2 September 2008.
“Are We Ready on the Coast for a Hit From a Big Hurricane?,” Mobile Press-Register, 1 September 2008.
“Katrina’s Real Heroes,” New York Sun, 31 July 2008.
“Katrina lesson: Government Can Hurt as Well as Help,” Des Moines Register, 22 June 2008.
“Hurricane Preparedness Isn’t the Same as Hurricane Awareness,” Townhall.com, 27 May 2008.
“The Myths of Hurricane Katrina,” Reason Online, 3-part series, 29-31 August 2007.
“The New Latin Quarter,” Wall Street Journal, 28 August 2007, with Mario Villarreal.
“Nursing the Ninth Ward,” Wall Street Journal, 11 August 2007.
“Even the Best Laid Plans,” Baton Rouge Business Report, 26 June 2007, with Eileen Norcross.
“Government Dines on Katrina Leftovers,” Wall Street Journal, 15 June 2006, with Emily Chamlee-Wright.
“Blending In, Moving Up,” Washington Post, 12 June 2005, with Tyler Cowen. Reprinted in the Houston Chronicle, Reason, Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
“Hey, Don’t Bad-mouth Unskilled Immigrants,” Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2006, with Tyler Cowen. Reprinted in the Houston Chronicle, Baltimore Sun, China Post, Elements of Argument (2008).
“Should You Send Your Daughter to Tulane?,” Slate, 20 April 2006, with Tyler Cowen.
