PATRICIA K

PATRICIA K. SMITH

Department of Social Sciences

University of Michigan-Dearborn

Dearborn, MI 48128

February 1999

EDUCATION: Ph.D. 1986, Economics, Virginia Tech

M.A. 1983, Economics, Virginia Tech

B.A. 1981, with honors, highest honors in Economics, University of Wyoming

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Associate Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 1994 to present.

Director of Women's Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 1995 - 1997.

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 1988 - 1993.

Assistant Professor, Suffolk University, 1986-1988

NONACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

Consultant/ Expert Witness, Michigan Department of Social Services, Summer 1991.

Research Economist, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Policy and Regulations Department, Summer 1984.

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS:

"Childhood welfare receipt and the implications of welfare reform," with Jean Yeung, Social Service Review, v. 72. n.1, March 1998, pp.1- 16.

Reprinted as Chapter 14 in Research Methods: Current Social Work Applications, Stuart Kirk, National Association of Social Workers Press, Washington D.C.: 1999.

"Do welfare benefits cause the welfare caseload?", with Parth Shah, Public Choice, v. 85, 1996.

"Downward mobility: Is it a growing problem?" American Journal of Economics and Sociology, v. 53, Jan. 1994.

"Recent patterns in downward mobility: Sinking boats in a rising tide," Social Indicators Research, v. 31, 1994.

"Welfare as a cause of poverty: A time series analysis,"

Public Choice, v. 75, 1993.

"An empirical investigation of interstate AFDC benefit competition," Public Choice, v.68, 1991.

"Econometrics," chapter in Survey of Social Science: Economics, Frank Magill, editor, Salem Press, 1991.

Conference Participation since 1994:

"Jurisdictional Variations in the Propensity to Regulate Begging,@ presented at the Australia New Zealand Legal History 17^th Annual Conference, July 1998, Melbourne.

AJurisdictional Variations in the Propensity to Regulate Begging,@ presented at the Midwest Economics Association meetings, March 1998.

Discussed "Mass Shootings, Bombings, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handgun Laws," John Lott & John Landes (University of Chicago), at the Midwest Economics Association meetings, March 1998

"Legal Restrictions on Begging," presented at the Social Science History Association meetings, October 1997.

"The Age Distribution of Children in Families Receiving Welfare," presented at the Midwest Economics Association meetings, Chicago, 1996.

Discussed two papers at Session 10: "Balancing work and Family," Midwest Economics Association meetings, Chicago, 1996.

"Trends in Income Distribution and Poverty and the Implications for Credit Unions," presented at the 7^th Annual Credit Union Economic Summit, Ypsilanti, 1996.

Papers Under Review

"Jurisdictional Variations in the Propensity to Regulate Begging," at Social Science History.

Grants and Awards

Susan B. Anthony Award, 1998

Sarah Goddard Power Award, 1997

Sojourner Foundation Grant, "Making Scholarship Possible: A Mother-Daughter Partnership," for the Women's Studies Program, December 1996.

Detroit Edison Foundation Grant, for the Women's Studies Program, 1996.

Chancellor's Technology Initiative Grant, "Restructuring the Instruction of Statistics for Economists," 1995

Educational Enhancement Grant, University of Michigan-Dearborn, " World Bank Data Acquisition," 1992

UM-Dearborn campus Grant, tuition for Panel Study of Income Dynamics Workshop, 1990

Educational Enhancement Grant, "Statistics Lab Project," 1990.

Ford Foundation Grant, tuition for Luxembourg Income Study Workshop, 1989

Earhart Foundation Fellowship, 1983-84

Phi Beta Kappa, 1980

Grants Submitted:

"The Associations Between Children’s Growth in Foster Care and the Pyschosocial and Economic Characteristics of the Substitute Living Environment," co-authored with Barry Bogin and Lora Lempert, submitted to the Center for Human Growth and Development’s Children in Poverty Development Fund, 1997.

"Locating Women’s Studies Within Liberal Studies," submitted to NEH Focus Grant Program, 1995.

Service to Discipline & Department

Economics schedule coordinator, January 1999 - present

Economics Discipline Representative, September 1995 - 1997.

Economics Program Advisor, September 1994 - present.

Economics Newsletter, author and publisher, 1997- present

Omicron Delta Epsilon Advisor, 1988 – present

Search Committee for Political Science (Graves line), member, 1995/96.

Economics Internship Student Supervisor, usually 2-3 students per academic year.

Prepared Bruce Pietrykowski’s tenure case, 1995/96.

Service to College

Ford UAW Advisory Board, member 1997 - present.

Masters of Arts in Liberal Studies Advisory Board, member 1998 - present.

CASL Executive Committee, At-Large representative, 1997-present.

Full Professor Review Committee, member 1996.

Hosted Women’s Studies Retreat at my home, August 1998.

Supervised one Humanities Internship for a BGS student with a focus in economics, Spring/Summer 1997.

Hosted first annual CASL Women Faculty Potluck, Fall 1997.

Service to University

Committee on the Agenda for Women, Chair, November 1995 - present.

Commission for Women, member 1996 - present.

Futures Council, member 1998- present

External Scan Team, member and member of the committee's report drafting subcommittee, Fall 1998.

Sexual Harassment Complaint Receiver, 1997 - present.

Child Development Center Advisory Board, member 1998 – present.

Staff Recognition Committee, member 1998 – present.

Diversity Assessment Committee, member, 1995 - 96.

Rackham Faculty Grants, Division III - Social Sciences and Education, member 1992-1995.

Search Committee for the Director of Human Resources, member, 1995/96.

Service to Profession

Referee for Journal of Marriage and the Family, July 1998.

Referee for Social Service Review, April 1998

Referee for American Journal of Economics & Sociology, 1996.

Addison Wesley Longman, book reviewer, 1996.

PATRICIA K. SMITH