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Rev: 1/2019

UDAYA R. WAGLÉ

School of Public Affairs and Administration

Western Michigan University

1903 West Michigan Avenue

Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Phone: (269) 387-8934; Email: Udaya.wagle@wmich.edu

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2016 - Present Director, SPAA, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.

2016 - Present Professor, SPAA, Western Michigan University, MI.

2015 - 2016 MPA Program Director, SPAA, Western Michigan University, MI.

2011 - 2016 Associate Professor, SPAA, Western Michigan University, MI.

2008 - 2012 Doctoral Program Director, SPAA, Western Michigan University, MI.

2005 - 2011 Assistant Professor, SPAA, Western Michigan University, MI.

2004 - 2005 Visiting Assistant Professor, Marist College, NY.

2001 - 2004 Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA.

1998 - 2004 Teaching & Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA.

1995 - 1997 Research Assistant, Eastern University, PA.

1992 - 1995 Program Officer, Institute for Integrated Development Studies, Nepal.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS & RECOGNITIONS

2008 - Present Local Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, Ford School of Public

Policy, University of Michigan, MI.

2008 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of

Wisconsin Madison, WI.

2005 Public Policy Academic Excellence Award, McCormack Graduate School

of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA.

EDUCATION

2004 Ph.D. in Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA.

1997 MS in Nonprofit Management, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA.

1993 Master of Business Administration, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu,

Nepal.

1989 Bachelor of Business Administration, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu,

Nepal.

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PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS)

2013 The Heterogeneity Link of the Welfare State and Redistribution: Ethnic

Heterogeneity, Welfare State Policies, Poverty, and Inequality in High Income

Countries. New York: Springer.

Book Reviews Published:

Lugo, Maria A. 2012. Journal of Economic Inequality, 10(3), 445-47.

Weber, Sylvain. 2011. Eastern Economic Journal, 37(3), 431-33.

2008 Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: Concepts and Applications. New

York: Springer.

PUBLICATIONS (REFERRED JOURNAL ARTICLES)

Under Review The Role of Evolving Social Protections in Reducing Poverty and

Inequality: Theoretical Expectations vs Contextually-Circumscribed

Reality.

Under Review Ethnic Heterogeneity Politics of Welfare State in the United States: A

Time Series Analysis.

2018 (with Satis Devkota) The Impact of Foreign Remittances on Poverty in

Nepal: A Panel Study of Household Survey Data, 1996-2011. World

Development, 110, 38-50.

2017 The Caste/Ethnic Bases of Poverty Dynamics: A Longitudinal Analysis of

Chronic and Structural Poverty in Nepal. Journal of Development Studies,

53(9), 1430-51.

2017 The Role of Social Protection Policies in Reducing Poverty and

Inequality: An Insight from Asian Experiences. Global Social Policy, 17(2),

137-67.

2016 The Role of Remittance in Determining Economic Security and Poverty

in Myanmar. European Journal of Development Research, 28(4), 536-54.

2015 Limited But Evolving: The Political Economy of Social Protections in

Nepal. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 45(1), 92-112.

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2014 Linking Population Heterogeneity with Poverty: The Case of High

Income Welfare States, 1980-2005. International Journal of Sociology and

Social Policy, 34(1/2), 47-68.

2014 The Counting-Based Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty in the

United States: The Focus on Economic Resources, Inner Capabilities, and

Relational Resources. Social Indicators Research, 115(1), 223-40.

2013 The Heterogeneity Politics of Welfare State: Changing Population

Heterogeneity and Welfare State Policies in High-Income OECD

Countries, 1980-2005. Politics & Policy, 41(6), 947-84.

2013 The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security among Low Income

Families, Part II: The Effects of Labor and Income. Poverty & Public Policy,

5(2), 162-79.

2012 The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security among Low Income

Families, Part I. Poverty & Public Policy, 4(4), 223-38.

2012 Socioeconomic Implications of the Increasing Foreign Remittance to

Nepal: Evidence from the Nepal Living Standard Survey. International

Migration, 50(4), 186-207.

2012 The Economic Footing of the Global Poor, 1980-2005: The Roles of

Economic Growth, Openness, and Political Institutions. Journal of

International Development, 24(S1), S173-S179.

2011 Working Poverty in Michigan, 1998/1999 and 2007/2008: Changes in the

Magnitudes, Role of Transfer, and Socio-Demographic Characteristics.

Social Science Journal, 48(1), 193-212.

2010 Does Low Inequality Cause Low Poverty? Evidence from High Income

and Developing Countries. Poverty & Public Policy, 2(3), 29-52 & i-ii.

2010 Economic Inequality in Nepal: Patterns and Changes during the Late

1990s and Early 2000s. Journal of International Development, 22(5), 573-90.

2010 Income and Wealth Inequality in Nepal, 1996 and 2004: Changes and

Socio-Demographic, Spatial, and Economic Determinants. Journal of

Contemporary Asia, 40(1), 82-104.

2009 Capability Deprivation and Income Poverty in the United States, 1994

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and 2004: Measurement Outcomes and Demographic Profiles. Social

Indicators Research, 94(3), 509-533.

2009 Inclusive Democracy and Economic Inequality in South Asia: Any

Discernible Link? Review of Social Economy, 67(3), 329-357.

2008 How Have the Poor in South Asia Fared between 1980 and 2004? An

Assessment of Living Conditions. South Asia Economic Journal, 9(2), 261-

292.

2008 Multidimensional Poverty: An Alternative Measurement Approach for

the United States? Social Science Research, 37(2), 559-580.

2007 Are Economic Liberalization and Equality Compatible? Evidence from

South Asia. World Development, 35(11), 1836-1857.

2007 Poverty in Kathmandu: What Do Subjective and Objective Economic

Welfare Concepts Suggest? Journal of Economic Inequality, 5(1), 73-95.

2006 Political Participation in Kathmandu: Who Participates and Why It

Matters? South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 29(3), 369-393.

2006 Political Participation and Civic Engagement in Kathmandu: An

Empirical Analysis with Structural Equations. International Political

Science Review, 27(3), 301-322.

2006 The Estimates and Characteristics of Poverty in Kathmandu: What Do

Three Measurement Standards Suggest? Social Science Journal, 43(3), 405-

423.

2006 Economic Inequality in Kathmandu: A Multi-Indicator Perspective.

Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy, 1(1), 1-30.

[https://repository.unm.edu/dspace/bitstream/1928/1697/2/HJ05114Final.

pdf]

2005 Multidimensional Poverty Measurement with Economic Well-being,

Capability, and Social Inclusion: A Case from Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal

of Human Development and Capabilities, 6(3), 301-328.

2002 Rethinking Poverty: Definition and Measurement. International Social

Science Journal [also translated into Arabic, Chinese, English, French,

Russian, and Spanish], 54(171), 155-165.

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Comment and Follow-up :

Galbraith, James K. 2018. Rethinking the Measurement and Mitigation of

Poverty: A Comment on Udaya Wagle. International Social Science Journal

( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/issj.12170)

2000 The Policy Science of Democracy: The Issues of Methodology and Citizen

Participation. Policy Sciences, 33(2), 207-224.

1999 The Civil Society Sector in the Developing World. Public Administration

and Management: An Interactive Journal, 4(4), 538-559.

[http://www.pamij.com]

PUBLICATIONS (BOOK CHAPTERS OR ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES)

2017 Politics of Poverty Measurement and Social Policies: Global

Observations. In Roger White (Ed.), Measuring Multidimensional Poverty

and Deprivation: Incidence and Determinants in Developed Countries

(Chapter 2, pp. 7-30). New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan.

2015 Capability Measure of Poverty. In Mehmet Odokon and Jeffrey J. Golson

(Eds.), Encyclopedia of World Poverty (Second Edition) (pp. 992-95).

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

2015 (with Milan Shrestha) Nepal. In Mehmet Odokon and Jeffrey J. Golson

(Eds.), Encyclopedia of World Poverty (Second Edition) (pp. 1131-34).

Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

2015 Welfare State. In Mehmet Odokon and Jeffrey J. Golson (Eds.),

Encyclopedia of World Poverty (Second Edition) (pp. 1670-74). Thousand

Oaks, CA: Sage.

2014 Capability Deprivation in the USA. In Alex Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia

of Quality-of-Life and Well-being Research (pp. 520-24). New York, NY:

Springer.

2014 (with Dwight Haase) Income Distribution. In Alex Michalos (Ed.),

Encyclopedia of Quality-of-Life and Well-being Research (pp. 3130-33). New

York, NY: Springer.

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2014 Relative Poverty Rate. In Alex Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality-of-

Life and Well-being Research (pp. 5449-51). New York, NY: Springer.

2014 (with Bishwa Koirala) Welfare Economics. In Alex Michalos (Ed.),

Encyclopedia of Quality-of-Life and Well-being Research (pp. 7029-32). New

York, NY: Springer.

2004 (with Randy Albelda) Economic Theories. In Gwendolyn Mink and

Alice O’Connor (Eds.), Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of

History, Politics, and Policy, pp. 259-267. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

PUBLICATIONS (BOOK REVIEWS)

2014 Progress for the Poor, by Lane Kenworthy, Oxford, UK: Oxford

University Press (2011). Social Forces, 93(2), e46 (2 pages).

2011 Rich Democracies, Poor People: How Politics Explain Poverty, by David

Brady, New York, NY: Oxford University Press (2009). International

Journal of Social Welfare, 20(1), 107-108.

2009 The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform: Theory,

Evidence, and Policy, by Johann Lambsdorff, New York, NY: Cambridge

University Press (2007). Eastern Economic Journal, 35(1), 131-133.

2008 The Himalayan People’s War: Nepal’s Maoist Rebellion, by Michael Hutt

(Editor), Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press (2004). Comparative

Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, 28(2), 367-370.

PUBLICATIONS (WORKING PAPERS, ARTICLES, AND EXTERNAL REPORTS)

2014 The Measurement of Poverty/Vulnerability/Inequality in Uzbekistan:

Assessment of Current Practices and Recommendations. United Nations

Development Program, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

2013 The Role of Remittances in Economic Well-being and Poverty in Myanmar: A

Household Level Analysis with Rural/Urban and Region/State Differences,

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Myanmar, Yangon

(Lead Author).

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2012 Promoting Economic Security among Low Income Families in the United

States: The Effects of Food Stamps on Labor Supply, Income and

Poverty. University of Michigan National Poverty Center Working Paper

# 2012-17.

2011 Nepal 2011: A Country Analysis with Human Face, United Nations Country

Team in Nepal, Kathmandu (Lead Author).

2009 Experience of Nepali Families with Foreign Remittance: Evidence from

the Nepal Living Standard Survey, University of New Mexico

Himalayan Research Papers Archive

(https://repository.unm.edu/dspace).

2008 Working Poverty in Michigan, 1998 and 2007: The Roles of Transfers,

Labor Market, and Demographic Characteristics. University of Michigan

National Poverty Center Working Paper # 2008-19.

2008 Capability and Income Poverty in the United States: A Comparative

Analysis of the Measurement Outcomes and Poverty Profiles Between

1994 and 2004. University of Michigan National Poverty Center Working

Paper # 2008-09.

2007 Economic Inequality in the ‘Democratic’ Nepal: Dimensions and

Implications. Proceedings of the Himalayan Policy Research Conference,

Himalayan Journal of Development and Democracy, 2(2), 55-56.

2004 The Extent of Economic Well-being and Inequality in the City of

Kathmandu. Journal of Administration, Management, and Development, 7(1),

1-18.

2004 A Multidimensional Approach to Poverty: Economic Well-being, Capability,

and Social Inclusion in the City of Kathmandu (an unpublished Ph.D.

dissertation). University of Massachusetts Boston. Boston, MA.

2004 Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Hondurans and Colombians: A Scan of Needs of

Recent Latin American Immigrants to the Boston Area (with Miren Uriarte,

Phil Granberry, Megan Hollaran, Susan Kelly, Rob Kramer, Sandra

Winkler, Jennifer Murillo, and Randall Wilson). University Of

Massachusetts Boston’s Gaston Institute for Latino Community

Development and Public Policy.

2002 Working Poverty in Southern California: Towards an Operational

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Measure, Working Paper (with Pascale Joassart). University of Southern

California.

2002 Report on an Evaluation of the Urban Scholars Middle School and High

School Programs (with Carole Upshur and Caroline Coscia). Center for

Social Development and Education, University of Massachusetts Boston.

2001 Outcome Evaluation of the Urban Scholars Program (with Carole

Upshur). Public Policy Program, University of Massachusetts Boston.

1997 Various Forms of Capital and Sustainable Development in the Third World (an

unpublished Master’s thesis). Eastern University, St. Davids, PA.

PUBLICATIONS (OPERATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL REPORTS AT WMU)

2018 Public SPAAce, Newsletter of the School of Public Affairs and Administration,

21(Fall), Western Michigan University.

2017 Public SPAAce, Newsletter of the School of Public Affairs and Administration,

20(Fall), Western Michigan University.

2017 MPA Program Assessment, Summer, School of Public Affairs and

Administration, Western Michigan University – Awarded winner of the

2018 WMU Outstanding Achievement in Assessment of Student

Learning.

2017 MPA Program Self-Study for NASPAA Accreditation, Summer, School of

Public Affairs and Administration, Western Michigan University.

2016 Public SPAAce, Newsletter of the School of Public Affairs and Administration,

19(Fall), Western Michigan University.

PUBLICATIONS (OPINION PIECES)

2018 Powerful People, Weak Government: Nepal Has Failed to Create

Institutions to Counter the Power Wielded by Select Elites, The

Kathmandu Post, July 27.

2018 The City of Woe: Kathmandu is Failing to Ensure Its Citizens Access to

Food, Housing, Transportation, Education, Health Care, and Other Basic

Necessities, Republica, July 18.

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2013 Lessons from Myanmar, The Kathmandu Post, January 30.

2012 Corruption Spree [in Nepal], The Kathmandu Post, October 2.

2012 American Exceptionalism and Equality of Opportunity, PA Times Online,

September 18. (http://patimes.org/american-exceptionalism-equality-

opportunity/)

2012 Poor with Proof, The Kathmandu Post, August 14.

2012 The Electoral Dimension (of Federalism), Republica, August 12.

2012 Lost in the Noise: Fiscal Matters Are as Important Constitutional Issues

as Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, The Kathmandu Post, July

24.

2009 Thriving Kathmandu: Causes for Concern, The Himalayan Times,

September 11.

2009 Thriving Kathmandu: Causes for Celebration, The Himalayan Times, July

31.

2009 Thriving Kathmandu: The Changes Are for Real, The Himalayan Times,

July 15.

1995 - 2008 Over two dozen op-ed pieces published in The Himalayan Times, The

Kathmandu Post, and The Rising Nepal.

CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

2018 Ethnic Heterogeneity Politics of the American Welfare State: A Time

Series Analysis, 1940-2016. International Conference on Global Dynamics

of Social Policy, Bremen, Germany, October. (Invited)

2017 Multidimensional Deprivations in the USA. United Nations

Development Program Expert Group Meeting Expanding

Multidimensional Poverty/Deprivation Measures, Geneva, Switzerland,

April . (Via Skype, invited).

2017 (with Satis Devkota) The Impact of Foreign Labor Migration and

Remittances on Poverty in Nepal: A Panel Study 1996-2011. Midwest

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Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April.

2016 Politics of Poverty Measurement and Outcomes: Some Global

Observations. Midwest Political Science Association Conference,

Chicago, IL, April.

2015 Ethnic Heterogeneity Politics of Welfare State in the United States: A

Time Series Analysis. American Sociological Association Conference,

Chicago, IL, August.

2015 The Ethnic Heterogeneity Politics of Welfare State Policies in the United

States. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL,

April.

2015 The Role of Social Protection Policies in Reducing Poverty and

Inequality: Insights from Asian Experiences. Midwest Economics

Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN, March.

2014 The Magnitudes and Caste/Ethnic Bases of Transient and Chronic

Poverty in Nepal: A Longitudinal Household-Level Analysis. Himalayan

Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October.

2014 The Measurement of Poverty/Vulnerability/Inequality in Uzbekistan:

Assessment of Current Practices and Recommendations. United Nations

Development Program, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, May.

2014 The Counting-Based Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty in the

United States: The Focus on Economic Resources, Inner Capabilities, and

Relational Resources. United Nations Development Program, Tashkent,

Uzbekistan, May.

2014 Limited But Evolving: The Political Economy of Social Protections in

Nepal. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL,

April.

2014 The Role of Remittances in Economic Security and Poverty in Myanmar:

Evidence from the Integrated Household Living Conditions Assessment

Survey 2009/2010. Midwest Economics Association Conference, Chicago,

IL, March.

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2014 Linking Population Heterogeneity with Poverty: The Case of High

Income Welfare States, 1980-2005. Eastern Sociological Society

Conference, Baltimore, MD, February.

2013 The Role of Remittances in Economic Well-being and Poverty in

Myanmar: A Household Level Analysis with Rural/Urban and

Region/State Differences. Seminars at the UNDP Myanmar, Yangon, and

the Department of Planning, Ministry of National Planning and

Economic Development, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, January. (Invited)

2012 The Political Economy of Social Protections in Nepal. Association of

Nepal and Himalayan Studies Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, September

(virtual participation).

2012 Multidimensional Measures of Public Well-being: The Focus on Material,

Inner, and Relational Dimensions of Life in the United States.

Manchester Conference on Political Theory, Manchester, UK, September.

2012 Effects of Changing Population Heterogeneity on Welfare State Policies:

High-Income OECD Countries, 1980-2005. American Sociological

Association Conference, Denver, CO, August.

2012 Economic Inequality in High Income OECD Countries: Identifying the

Roles of Population Heterogeneity and Welfare State Policies. Midwest

Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April.

2012 Poverty in High Income OECD Countries: The Effects of Population

Heterogeneity and Welfare State Policies. Pacific Sociological Association

Conference, San Diego, CA, March.

2011 Nepal as of 2011: A Country Analysis with Human Face. Meeting of the

United Nations Development Assistance Framework Joint Steering

Committee (United Nations Country Office and National Planning

Commission), Kathmandu, Nepal, August (Invited).

2011 Nepal Country Analysis with Human Face. Meeting of the United

Nations Country Team, Kathmandu, Nepal, July (Invited).

2011 The Effects of Human Development on Economic Inequality: Evidence

from Cross-National Analysis. Western Michigan University Facing East

Facing West Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, June.

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2011 Variations in Social Policy Extensiveness Across OECD Countries: Is

Population Heterogeneity a Credible Explanation? Midwest Political

Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April.

2011 The Additive or Synergistic and Interactive Effects of Human

Development on Economic Inequality: Evidence from a Cross-National

Analysis. Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York, NY,

February.

2010 Promoting Economic Security among Low Income Families: The Role of

Food Stamps in Employment, Income, and Poverty. Association of Public

Policy Analysis and Management Conference, Boston, MA, November.

2010 Socioeconomic Implications of the Increasing Foreign Remittance to

Nepal: Evidence from the Nepal Living Standard Survey. Midwest

Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April.

2010 Rethinking Economic Security of Low Income Families with Children:

The Role of Food Stamps on Income, Employment, and Poverty. Eastern

Economic Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, February.

2010 The Role of Inequality in Poverty Reduction: Evidence from High

Income and Developing Countries. Eastern Economic Association

Conference, Philadelphia, PA, February.

2009 Remittance to Nepal from Foreign Employment: Changes and

Implications. Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI,

October.

2009 Economic Footing of the Global Poor, 1980-2005: The Roles of Economic

Growth and Openness and Political Institutions. Global Studies

Conference, Dubai, UAE, May/June.

2009 Working Poverty in Michigan, 1998 and 2007: The Roles of Transfers,

Labor Market, and Demographic Characteristics. Eastern Economic

Association Conference, New York, NY, February.

2009 The Economic Footing of the Poor, 1980-2005: The Roles of Economic

Openness and Political Democracy. Eastern Economic Association

Conference, New York, NY, February.

2008 Working Poverty in Michigan: Magnitudes, Socio-Demographic

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Determinants, and Their Changes between 1998 and 2007. Institute for

Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, October

(Invited).

2008 Working Poverty in Michigan: Changes in the Magnitudes and

Demographic and Labor Determinants of Poverty, 1998 and 2007.

Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI, October

(Invited).

2008 Economic Inequality in the ‘Democratic’ Nepal: Dimensions and

Implications. Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago,

IL, April.

2008 Working But Poor: Changes in and the Characteristics of Working

Poverty in Michigan, 1997 and 2006. McCormack Graduate School of

Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, MA, March

(Invited).

2008 Income and Wealth Inequality in Nepal, 1996 and 2004: Changes and

Socio-Demographic Determinants. Eastern Economic Association

Conference, Boston, MA, March.

2008 Capability Deprivation and Poverty in the United States, 1994 and 2004.

Eastern Economic Association Conference, Boston, MA, March.

2007 Democratic But Unequal? Scale, Sources, and Policy Implications of

Economic Inequality in Nepal. Himalayan Policy Research Conference,

Madison, WI, October 2007.

2007 Capability Deprivation and Poverty: An Application in the United

States, 1994 and 2004. Human Development and Capability Association

Conference, New York, NY, September.

2007 Inclusive Democracy and Economic Inequality in South Asia: Any

Discernible Link? Midwest Political Science Association Conference,

Chicago, IL, April.

2007 Multidimensional Poverty: An Alternative Measurement Approach for

the United States? Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York,

NY, February.

2007 Economic Conditions of the Poor in South Asia: Is the Picture Rosier

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Today? Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York, NY,

February.

2006 Integration at Whose Expense? Economic Liberalization and Inequality

in South Asia. Association of the Third World Studies Conference,

Winston-Salem, NC, November.

2006 Does Globalization Increase Economic Inequality? Evidence from South

Asia. Eastern Economic Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA,

February.

2005 Who Deserves What? Economic Inequality in Kathmandu. South Asia

Conference, Madison, WI, October.

2005 Lack of Income or Lack of Wealth? Economic Inequality in Kathmandu.

Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York, NY, March.

2004 Political Participation in Kathmandu: Who Participates and What to

Make of It? International Conference on Social Science Research, New

Orleans, LA, November.

2004 Civic Engagement and Political Participation in Kathmandu: An

Empirical Analysis of the Structural Relationships. American Political

Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, September.

2004 Poverty in Kathmandu: What Do Subjective and Objective Economic

Welfare Concepts Suggest? Eastern Economic Association Conference,

Washington, DC, February.

2003 The Estimates and Characteristics of Poverty: Comparative Analysis of

Four Poverty Measurement Standards in Kathmandu. International

Studies Association-South Conference, Gainesville, FL, October.

2003 Defining and Measuring Poverty: Comparative Analysis of

Unidimensional and Multidimensional Approaches in Kathmandu.

International Studies Association-West Conference, Las Vegas, NV,

October.

CONSULTING SERVICES

2014 United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Tashkent, Uzbekistan:

Assessment and Development of Poverty/Vulnerability/Inequality

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Measurement Methodology in Uzbekistan.

2012 United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Yangon, Myanmar:

Study of Remittance and Poverty in Myanmar.

2011 United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator

Office (UNRCHCO), Kathmandu, Nepal: Country Analysis.

2003 William Monroe Trotter Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston: A

Profile of African Americans in Massachusetts.

2002 Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy,

University of Massachusetts Boston: Study of Latin American

Immigrants in Boston.

2001 - 2002 Department of Geography, University of Southern California, CA: Study

of Working Poverty in Southern California.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2015 Instructional Development Grant, Office of the Provost, Western

Michigan University.

Project: Teaching and Learning in Public Administration, Midwest

Political Science Conference, Chicago, IL.

2012 International Education and Faculty Development Fund (IEFDF),

Haenecke Institute for Global Education, Western Michigan University.

Project: Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty in the United States,

presented at the MANCEPT Conference, Manchester, UK.

2011 Instructional Development Grant, Office of the Provost, Western

Michigan University.

Project: ICPSR Workshop on Analyzing Multilevel and Mixed Models

Using Stata.

2009 Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award (FRACAA), Office of the

Vice President for Research, Western Michigan University.

Project: Economic Security under the PROWRA: The Role of Food

Stamps on Income, Employment, and Poverty Among Low Income

Households with Children.

2009 International Education and Faculty Development Fund (IEFDF),

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Haenecke Institute for Global Education, Western Michigan University.

Project: The Economic Footing of the Global Poor, 1980-2005, presented

at Global Studies Conference, Dubai, UAE.

2008 Research Development Award, Office of the Vice President for Research,

Western Michigan University.

Project: Poverty Reduction in High-Income OECD Countries: The Roles

of Policies vs. Political and Demographic Realities.

2008, 2007, College of Arts and Sciences Teaching and Research Award (ASTRA),

and 2006 Western Michigan University.

Projects: Data and software acquisition and research on Poverty,

Inequality, Liberalization, and Political Institutions.

2007 W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI.

Project: Working Poverty in Michigan, 1998 and 2007.

2005 Annual Meeting Travel Grant, American Political Science Association,

Washington, DC.

2003 Professional Development Grant, Office of Graduate Studies, University

of Massachusetts Boston.

2002 Dissertation Research Grant, Office of Graduate Studies, University of

Massachusetts Boston.

2002 Craig R. Bollinger Memorial Research Grant, Graduate Research

Assembly, University of Massachusetts Boston.

EDITORIAL BOARDS

2018 – Present Global Social Policy (Sage)

2013 - Present Social Indicators Research (Springer)

2011 - Present Poverty & Public Policy (Policy Studies Organization and Wiley).

2010 - 2013 Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research (Springer).

PROFESSIONAL REVIEWS

Journals American Sociological Review; Asian Politics & Policy; Cities: Development

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and Change; Asian Studies Review; International Journal of Urban Policy

&Planning; Eastern Economic Journal; European Journal of Development

Research; Feminist Economics; Food Security; International Journal of Public

Administration; International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy;

International Migration; International Political Science Review; Journal of

Agricultural Extension and Rural Development; Journal of Contemporary Asia;

Journal of Economic Inequality; Journal of Human Development and

Capabilities; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; Oxford Economic

Papers; Politics & Policy; Poverty & Public Policy; Social Forces; Social

Indicators Research; Social Problems; Social Science Research; South Asia;

Third World Quarterly; and World Development.

Book Publishers Oxford University Press; Routledge; Sage Publications; Springer; and

Wiley.

Grant Makers Israel Science Foundation; National Science Foundation; NORFACE

and Others (New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe)

Network; United Nations Agencies (FAO, ILO, IOM, UNICEF, UNDP,

UNESCO, UNFPA); and University of Bielefeld Center for

Interdisciplinary Research.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Association of University Professors

American Political Science Association

Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management

Eastern Economic Association

Human Development and Capability Association

Midwest Political Science Association

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES

2017 - Present Member, Social Equity and Diversity Committee and Data Committee,

Network of Schools of Public Affairs, Policy, and Administration

(NASPAA).

2015 Chair, panel on “Comparative Perspectives on Race and Politics,”

Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April.

2015 Discussant, panel on “Education and Poverty,” Midwest Economics

Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN, March.

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2014 Discussant, panel on “Poverty Alleviation” Himalayan Policy Research

Conference, Madison, WI, October.

2014 Discussant, panel on “Income Inequality,” Midwest Economics

Association Conference, Chicago, IL, March.

2012 Chair, panel on “Trade, Commodity Markets and Politics,” Midwest

Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April.

2011 Discussant, panel on “Economic Policy,” Midwest Political Science

Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April.

2011 Discussant, panel on “Human Capital: Politics and Development,”

Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York, NY, February.

2010 Chair and discussant, panel on “International Political Economy,”

Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April.

2010 Chair and discussant, panel on “Income and Intergenerational

Distribution Topics,” Eastern Economic Association Conference,

Philadelphia, PA, February.

2009 Chair, panel on “Development of Marginalized Areas and Peoples” and

discussant, panel on “Money, Finance, and Remittances,” Himalayan

Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October.

2009 Chair and discussant, panel on “Studies of US Income Inequality” and

discussant, panel on “The Effects of Economic Openness,” Eastern

Economic Association Conference, New York, NY, February.

2008 Chair and discussant, panel on “Political Economy of Development in

China and India,” Midwest Political Science Association Conference,

Chicago, IL, April.

2008 Discussant, panel on “Welfare Economics” and chair and discussant,

panel on “Welfare and Poverty,” Eastern Economic Association

Conference, Boston, MA, March.

2007 Discussant, panel on “Poverty, Development, and Finance,” Himalayan

Policy Research Conference, Madison, WI, October.

2007 Chair and discussant, panel on “Economic Miracles, Natural Disasters,

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and the Poor” and discussant, panel on “Studies of Growth,

Development, and Poverty,” Eastern Economic Association Conference,

New York, NY, February.

2006 Discussant, panel on “Impact of Financial Liberalization on Developing

countries” and on “Globalization, Growth, and Inequality,” Eastern

Economic Association Conference, Philadelphia, NY, February.

2005 Chair, panel on “Literacy, Income Inequality, and Micro-credit

Programs,” Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI, October.

2005 Discussant, panel on “Social Justice and the Causes and Effects of

Economic Inequality” and on “Health and Choices,” Eastern Economic

Association Conference, New York, NY, March.

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

2018 - 2019 WMU Lead and Liaison, NASPAA-Accreditation of the SPAA’s MPA

Program for 2018-2025.

2018 - Present Member, WMU Provost’s Committee on Revenue Allocation

Methodology.

2018 - Present Member, WMU Faculty Senate Campus Planning and Finance Council.

2015 - 2016 Chair, MPA Committee, School of Public Affairs and Administration.

2014 - 2016 Member, WMU Faculty Senate Research Policies Council.

2013 - 2016 Senator, WMU Faculty Senate.

2014 - 2015 Member, MPA Committee, School of Public Affairs and Administration.

2014 - 2015 Member, Academic Program Review and Planning Observation

Committee, Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic

Affairs, WMU.

2013 - 2015 Member, College Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences.

2006 - 2008; Member, Doctoral Committee, School of Public Affairs and

2013 - 2015 Administration.

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2008 - 2012 Chair, Doctoral Committee, School of Public Affairs and Administration.

2007 - 2008 MPA Advisor, School of Public Affairs and Administration.

2009 - 2011; SPAA Departmental Representative, WMU-AAUP Association Council.

2005 - 2007

2005 - Present Doctoral dissertation committees

Nanda Wijayanti (Chair, In-Progress)

Sylivia Juta (Chair, 2014)

Randy Baxter (Chair, 2010)

Jim Walters (Member, 2006)

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS (AT WMU)

2018 The Role of Department Chairs in Fostering Student Success (Gardner

Institute, Online); Title IX Training for Higher Education Faculty and

Supervisors (Modules: Bullying Prevention, Preventing Discrimination

and Sexual Violence, Unlawful Harassment Prevention, Online); Higher

Education Advancement (Development) Fundamentals and Trends (one

day).

2017 Delivering Success: Workshop on Fundraising for Universities (Heritage

Academy, one day), Implicit Bias Training (one day), Managing Conflict

and Difficult Personalities Workshop (one day), Development and

Alumni Relations Workshop (one day), and Leadership Development

Workshop (one day).

2016 - 2017 New Academic Administrators’ Series, Office of the Provost and VP for

Academic Affairs (academic year).

2015 - 2016 Academic Leadership Academy, Office of Faculty Development

(academic year).

2013 Flip-the-Class Summer Institute, Office of Faculty Development (one

week).

2008 E-Teaching Endorsement, Office of Faculty Development (fall semester).

PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS (EXTERNAL)

2018 Conference of the Network of Schools of Public Affairs, Policy, and

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Administration (NASPAA), Washington, DC (October).

2017 NASPAA Conference, Accreditation Institute, and Site Visitor Training,

Washington, DC (October).

2016 NASPAA Conference and Accreditation Institute, Columbus, OH

(October).

2016 Academic Chairpersons’ Conference of Kansas State University,

Charleston, SC (February).

2011 Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata, Inter-University Consortium

on Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

(one week).

2008 Using LIS Database for Research, Luxembourg Income Study,

Luxembourg (one week).

COURSES TAUGHT

Ph.D. Dissertation Seminar; Public Policy: Theory and Research; Statistics I;

Statistics II.

Master’s Analytical Methods; Applied Research Methods ; Capstone Project Paper

Seminar; Organizational Change; Political and Economic Environment of

Public Administration; Program Planning and Evaluation; Public Sector

Economics; Quantitative Data Analysis; Research Methods; State and

Local Government Finance; Statistics.

Bachelor’s International Relations; Methods of Social Research; Public Policy.