2012-2013 Catalogue
Faculty for Community Development and Applied Economics Department
Eileen Doris Anderson
Lecturer I of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2007
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1978 University of Vermont
MPA 2004 University of Vermont
Jay Irwin Ashman
Senior Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 1982
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1970 Amherst College
JD 1973 George Washington University
Marguerite G Ashman
Extension Professor Emerita
Appointed in 1974
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1972 Connecticut College
MA 1982 University of Oregon
Daniel H. Baker
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2001
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1989 Burlington College
MS 1995 University of Vermont
PHD 2007 University of Vermont
Richard Cate
Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics
Vice President for Finance & Administration
Appointed in 2006
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BS 1971 University of Vermont
MPA 2004 SUNY Albany
CAS 2009 Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany
David S. Conner
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2010
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
MS 1987 Pennsylvania State University
MED 1997 University of Vermont
PHD 2002 Cornell University
Jason Duquette-Hoffman
Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2010
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 2000 University of Vermont
MS 2002 University of Vermont
Chris R. Evans
Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2009
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BS 1991 University of Kansas
MA 1998 University of Central Florida
MFA 2002 New York University
Joshua C. Farley
Associate Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2003
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1985 Grinnell College
MIA 1990 Columbia Business School
PHD 1999 Cornell University
Charles William Ferreira
Associate Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 1975
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BS 1970 Fitchburg State College
MED 1973 Bowling Green State University
PHD 1976 Bowling Green State University
Catherine Finley Woodruff
Lecturer I of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2012
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BS 1989 University of Vermont
MPA 2007 University of Vermont
Andrea L Grayson
Lecturer I of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2012
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
B.A. 1984 College of Bard
M.A. 2002 New York University
Sarah Noel Heiss
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2011
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 2006 Hiram College
MA 2008 Ohio University
PHD 2011 Ohio University
Joyce L Hendley
Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2011
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1982 Cornell University
MS 1990 New York University
Shoshanah Miriam Inwood
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2012
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1999 Oberlin College
MS 2004 Ohio State University
PHD 2008 Ohio State University
Christopher J. Koliba
Associate Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 1999
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BS 1988 Syracuse University
MPA 1992 Syracuse University
PHD 1998 Syracuse University
Jane Marie Kolodinsky
Chairperson of Community Development and Applied Economics
Director of the Center for Rural Studies
Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 1987
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
Dean's Office, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
BS 1981 Kent State University
MBA 1983 Kent State University
PHD 1987 Cornell University
Jonathan Grafley Leonard
Director of the CALS Self-Designed Major Program
Senior Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 1984
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1978 Drew University
MS 1983 University of Vermont
PHD 1993 University of Vermont
Chyi-Lyi Kathleen Liang
Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 1998
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BS 1987 National Taiwan University
MS 1991 Purdue University
PHD 1996 Purdue University
Grace N. Matiru
Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2009
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BS 1984 University of Eastern Africa at Baraton
MMgt 1988 University of Philippines at Los Banos
PHD 1998 Pennsylvania State University
Edward Raymond McMahon
Research Associate Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Research Associate Professor of Political Science
Appointed in 2003
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BSFS 1978 Georgetown University
MA 1981 Johns Hopkins University
MS 1986 Boston University
Glenn McRae
Adjunct Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2006
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1977 SUNY Potsdam
MA 1980 Goddard College
PHD 2001 Union Institute and University
Robert L. Parsons
Extension Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2000
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BS 1985 Pennsylvania State University
MS 1987 Pennsylvania State University
PHD 1995 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Thomas Frank Patterson
Senior Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics Emeritus
Appointed in 1973
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1967 Middlebury College
MED 1978 University of Vermont
PHD 1984 Indiana University Bloomington
Jane E. Petrillo
Associate Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 1990
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BFA 1980 Boston University
MFA 1986 Virginia Commonwealth University
Christopher D Rotter
Lecturer of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2011
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1994 University of Vermont
JD 1997 Catholic University of America
Frederick Eberhard Schmidt
Associate Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics Emeritus
Appointed in 1970
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1963 Antioch College
MS 1969 Cornell University
PHD 1973 Cornell University
Kevin Michael Stapleton
Lecturer I of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2009
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1993 University of Texas Austin
Tao Sun
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2008
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1990 Dalian University of Foreign Languages
BA 1992 China School of Journalism
MA 1996 Pennsylvania State University
PHD 2002 University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Elizabeth Scannell Trent
Extension Associate Professor for Community Development and Applied Economics Emerita
Appointed in 1985
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1971 Central College
MA 1976 Montclair State University
PHD 1982 University of Wisconsin Madison
Qingbin Wang
Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 1995
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BS 1983 Northwest Agricultural University
PHD 1994 Iowa State University
Richard A. Watts
Lecturer of Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Research Assistant Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Research Assistant Professor of Transportation Research Center
Appointed in 2001
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Transportation Research Center
BA 1985 SUNY Cortland
MA 1988 Syracuse University
PHD 2000 University of Vermont
Asim Zia
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Applied Economics
Appointed in 2008
Community Development and Applied Economics Department
BA 1991 University of the Punjab Lahore
MA 1996 University of the Punjab Lahore
PHD 2004 Georgia Institute of Technology
