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1 Department of Economics Washington University in St. Louis 315k1 Seigle Hall One Brookings Drive St. Louis, Missouri (314) MELANIE ANN BLACKWELL SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Senior Lecturer in Economics Department of Economics, College of Arts & Science Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA Research Associate in Resource Economics Department of Agricultural Economics University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA Department of Business Studies American University of Rome, Rome, Italy Department of Economics and Human Resources, USA Consultant with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Visiting Expert Program/Intellectual Property and Biodiversity Project FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy Co-Director of the Environmental Studies Program Xavier University (Interdisciplinary and International) Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences Department of Information and Decision Sciences Associate Director of Economic Analysis Xavier University Center for Economic Research Statistical Consultant Standard laboratories, Inc., Proctor and Gamble, Co., Legal Council Computer Skills Include SPSS (PC), SAS (mainframe), Statistix (PC), Lotus Notes, Excel, Word Processing, Power Point, Adobe PageMaker, PhotoShop, Basic, Fortran

2 EDUCATION Ph.D. Agricultural Economics University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Fields: Environmental and Natural Resources, Quantitative Methods University of Kentucky Research Fellowship Dissertation: "A Process-Modeling Approach to Production Function Specification: A Case Study in Alfalfa" M.S. Agricultural Economics University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Fields: Production Economics, Quantitative Methods Phillip Morris Research Fellowship Thesis: "An Analysis of the Lease and Transfer Markets for Burley Tobacco Quota in Kentucky: " B.S. Agricultural Economics Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Concentration: Agribusiness Minnie Belle Heep Scholarship PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Sep 2008 to date Jan-Aug to 2007 Senior Lecturer in Economics Department of Economics Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA Courses Taught: Microeconomic Principles, Intermediate Microeconomics (Price Theory), Microeconomics of Public Policy, and (to be taught in the Spring) Econometrics Research Associate in Resource Economics Department of Agricultural Economics University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA Post-Doctoral research position on recreation demand for equestrian trail riding. Additional research on recreational uses of private land and volunteering to maintain recreational public lands. Department of Business Studies American University of Rome, Rome, Italy Courses Taught: Micro- and Macroeconomic Principles, Intermediate Micro- and Macroeconomics, Environmental Economics, Globalization, Economics of Art and Culture, Decision Making (Quantitative Methods) and Investment Analysis 2

3 to to Consultant to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Agricultural and Economic Development Analysis Division (ESA) Headquarters, Rome, Italy Visiting Expert Partnership Programme: Research on intellectual property rights and agricultural bio-diversity Consultant: Authoring a study of IPRs and agricultural bio-diversity Department of Economics and Human Resources Courses Taught: Micro- and Macroeconomic Principles, Natural Resource Economics, Managerial Economics, Global Economic Environment, Environmental Studies Seminar, Intermediate Statistics, Forecasting, Globalization Co-Director of the Environmental Studies Program Xavier University (Interdisciplinary and International) Developed and implemented the program Developed and implemented a Comparative Local Agenda 21 exchange program with Eichstaett University and University of Trento Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences Department of Information and Decision Sciences Courses Taught: Management Science, Case Methods in Quantitative Analysis, Mathematical Economics (tutorial), Calculus, Introductory Statistics, Intermediate Statistics, Forecasting, Environmental Economics Instructor of Decision Sciences and Economics Department of Information and Decision Sciences and Department of Economics Courses Taught: Micro- and Macroeconomic Principles, Calculus, Introductory Statistics, Management Science ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1996 to date Associate Director of Economic Analysis Xavier University Center for Economic Research Projects: Economic Impact of the Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative on the Cincinnati Region, Economic Impact of Xavier U 3

4 Statistical Analyst Harold Bryant (Economic Advisor for Legal Council) Cincinnati, Ohio Cases included age and AIDS discrimination Statistical Quality Control Consultant Standard Laboratories, Inc., Ashland, Kentucky Conducted workshops on statistical quality control in mining operations Simulation Model Consultant Proctor and Gamble, Co., Engineering Division Cincinnati, Ohio Probability modeling for manufacturing simulation PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES Reviewer Economic Development Quarterly Nov 2006 American Journal of Agricultural Economics Apr 1993, Aug 1993 Session Chair and Paper Discussant Eastern Economics Association Conference, New York, 2001 Mid-West Economics Association Conference, Nashville, 1999 Decision Sciences Institute Meetings, Miami Beach, 1991 International Atlantic Economics Conference, Montreal,1989 UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES University Curriculum Committee, American University of Rome, member since 2003; Chair Faculty Committee, American University of Rome, member since 2005 Accreditation Candidacy, finance committee member, 2004 Workshop Coordinator for Outcomes Assessment (all academic departments), 2004 Handbook Committee, Chair, American University of Rome, Board of Undergraduate Studies(Curriculum), Xavier University, member since 1999 Ethics/Religion & Society Committee (Curriculum), Xavier University, member since 1998 Academic Computing & Information Technology Committee, Xavier 4

5 University, member Faculty Committee, Chair , Xavier University, member Admissions Committee, Xavier University, member College Department NOTE: AUR does not have Colleges Dean Search Committee, Xavier University, member 1997 MBA Foundations Committee (Curriculum), Xavier University, member since 1999 College of Business Curriculum, Xavier University, member College of Business Undergraduate Task Force (Curriculum), Xavier University, member 1998 University Scholars Program Advisor, Xavier University, since 1996 Outcomes Assessment Coordinator, American University of Rome, 2003 to date Coordinator of Economics Curriculum, AUR, 2003 to date Faculty Search Committee, Chair, American University of Rome, Various Faculty Search Committees, member, AUR, Faculty Advisor to Economics Club, Xavier University, Economics Program Assessment Chair, Xavier University, since 1999 Mid-Tenure Review Committee, Chair, Xavier University, 1999 Various tenure review committees, member, Xavier, Student advisor, both AUR and XU, since 1994 PROFESSIONALLY-RELATED COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Board of Economists, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Participate in a quarterly panel debate about current economic conditions and policy. Discussions are featured prominently in the Business Section of the Sunday edition, often referenced on the front page. Sierra Club, economic advisor to Urban Sprawl Project Advise includes measuring the economic impacts/incentives of taxes, benefit cost analysis of new infrastructure, and measuring the costs of increased air pollution. Friends of Findlay Market, board member , member This organization is committed to the revitalization of a public market in an economically-depressed, urban core neighborhood in Cincinnati. 5

6 Hamilton County Environmental Priorities Project, advisor A citizen-based, non-profit organization to identify environmental problems in the Cincinnati region and to secure agreement on actions to address the problems. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND BOOKS revision revision Recreational Demand for Equestrian Trail Riding, with Angelos Pagoulatos and Wuyang Hu, under revision for Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Human Trafficking to Europe: The Case of Irregular Chinese Migration, under revision for Forum for Social Economics. Intellectual Property Rights and Crop Biodiversity, submitted to Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, Nov The Economic Impact of Educational Institutions: Issues and Methodology, with Steven Cobb and David Weinberg, Economic Development Quarterly, Jan "A Skewness-Adjusted Binomial Model for Pricing Debt-Claims", with Stafford Johnson, Journal of Research in Finance, Nov "Equipment Replacement in Agriculture: The Case of a 100Hp Tractor", with Angelos Pagoulatos, Review of Agricultural Economics, Jan 1996, pp "The Case Approach for Teaching Quantitative Decision Making", with Margaret Cunningham, New Technologies and Innovations in Agricultural Economics Instruction, Proceedings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Lexington, Ky, Feb 1992, pp "The Econometrics of Damage Control: Comment", with Angelos Pagoulatos, American Journal of Agricultural Economics", Nov 1992, p "On the General Rules of Fuzzy Set Theory", with Gerald Braun, Decision Science Institute Proceedings, Miami Beach, Nov 1991, pp Study Guide for Statistics for Business Problem Solving, with Margaret Cunningham, South-Western Pub. Co., "A 0-1 Linear Programming Model for Course Content Determination", with Margaret Cunningham, Mid-West Decision Science Institute Proceedings, Cincinnati, Apr 1989, pp ADDITIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTIONS Modern Slavery in Europe: Irregular Chinese Migration, 12 th World Congress for Social Economics, Amsterdam, June 2007 "The Impact of Monetary Policy on Exchange Rates", with Stafford Johnson and Jamal Rashed, Eastern Economics Association, Feb "Skewness-Adjusted Binomial Model for Pricing Debt Claims", with Stafford 6

7 Johnson, South-West Finance Association Meetings, San Antonio, Mar The Economic Impact of Educational Institutions: Issues and Methodology", with Steven Cobb and David Weinberg, Mid-West Economics Association Meetings, Nashville, Mar "Import Substitution Without Surveys: An Econometric Alternative", with Steven Cobb and David Weinberg, Mid-West Economics Association, Cincinnati, Mar "Predicting Student Progression and Academic Performance", with David Flaspholer, Decision Sciences Institute Meetings, San Diego, Nov "Controlling Agricultural Contribution to Non-Point Source Water Pollution: Modeling the Tradeoffs Between Alternative Control Measures", with Angelos Pagoulatos, Decision Sciences institute Meetings, New Orleans, Nov "Pesticide Control in Reducing Non-Point Source Water Pollution: a Dynamic Programming Model", with Angelos Pagoulatos, International Atlantic Economics Conference, Montreal, Oct RESEARCH REPORTS Modern Slavery: Irregular Chinese Migration, American University of Rome, November 2006 The Protection of Intellectual Property and Crop Biodiversity, American University of Rome, July 2006 Guiding Principles for Successful Regionalism, a cooperative study by the University of Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky University, and Xavier University, published by the University of Cincinnati's Institute for Policy Research, Mar Hamilton County Environmental Priorities Project: Issues Assessment Summary, a consensus report by regional scientists, business leaders, and community activists, published by Hamilton County Environmental Priorities Project, Jan The Economic Impact of Xavier University, with Steven Cobb and David Weinberg, Xavier University Center for Economic Research, Jan The Economic Impact of the Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative on the Cincinnati Area, with Steven Cobb, Hans Schellhas, and David Weinberg, Xavier University Center for Economic Research, Aug On the Optimal Tractor Replacement Decision: The Case of a 110-Hp Tractor with Overhauling, with Angelos Pagoulatos, University of Kentucky, Aug Measuring Specification Bias for the Cobb Douglas Functional Form for Alfalfa Production, with Angelos Pagoulatos, University of Kentucky, Feb