Dr. Partridge’s current research interests include investigating regional economic growth, urban spillovers on rural economies, why regions grow at different rates, and spatial differences in income equality and poverty. Dr. Partridge is President-Elect of the Regional Science Association and is a Fellow of the Regional Science Association International. Professor Partridge was awarded the prestigious Isard Award for lifetime scholarship and Boyce Award for professional service from the North American Regional Science Council (NARSC). He has also served as NARSC Chair and will serve as NARSC President in 2018. Professor Partridge was President of the Southern Regional Science Association and is an SRSA Fellow.

He is Managing Editor of the Journal of Regional Science and Co-editor of the Springer Briefs in Regional Science. He is also on the editorial boards of Annals of Regional Science, Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Growth and Change, Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Papers in Regional Science, Review of Regional Studies, and Region et Development. Dr. Partridge has consulted with OECD, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and various governments in the U.S. and Canada, as well as with the European Commission. He has presented to the U.S. Congress and the Canadian Parliament on regional issues. Professor Partridge received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Illinois.

Roland V. Anglin’s career spans more than twenty-five years of working in the public, educational, and philanthropic sectors. In all his professional positions, Anglin has focused on promoting economic and community development in and for low-income communities. Currently, he is Dean of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. Immediately prior to this position, Anglin was the Senior Advisor to the Chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark and Director of the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, an applied research institute at the university. In his role as Senior Advisor, he worked as part of a team to implement various initiatives using the anchor role of the university to improve postsecondary outcomes in Newark.

Dr. Anglin began his academic career at Rutgers University in the late 1980’s. During this time, he published some of the seminal work on citizen attitudes toward sprawl development. In 1991 he was recruited to the Ford Foundation, where he spent eight years. He served first as the program officer responsible for community development. Subsequently, he was asked to become Deputy Director for Community and Resource Development, which is part of the Asset Building and Community Development Division.

After leaving Ford in 1999, Dr. Anglin went to the Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation (Seedco), a national community development intermediary. At Seedco, Dr. Anglin was the Senior Vice President responsible for building the capacity of community-based housing organizations in twenty-three cities partnering with Seedco.

After returning to academia in 2000, Dr. Anglin published three books: Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Development, Katrina’s Imprint: Race and Vulnerability in America (with colleagues), and Resilience and Opportunity (with colleagues).

Anglin received his doctorate from the University of Chicago, a master’s degree from Northwestern, and a bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College (City University of New York).

Amanda Woodrum is a Senior Researcher at Policy Matters Ohio focusing on issues found at the intersection of health, energy, equity and the economy. After living in New York City and experiencing 9/11, she returned to Ohio determined to make the state the kind of place she wanted to live. She joined Policy Matters Ohio in 2007 after receiving a master’s degree in economics and a law degree from the University of Akron.

At Policy Matters Ohio, she conducts research on the role transportation, energy, health and anti-poverty policy can play to promote a more sustainable and equitable economy in Ohio. She is a recognized progressive leader across these issues, building networks of diverse sets of stakeholders to find common ground and call for better state, local and federal policies. Her work includes efforts to educate and inform policy makers, provide “ammunition” to social justice advocates, and promote a more progressive vision for Ohio in the media. For more than a decade, she has lead a statewide transit coalition, she helped to build the Health Equity Network of Ohio, and is Co-Director of the project to ReImagine Appalachia—a four-state campaign to build a better future for the region. When opportunity arises, she also helps to raise resources for this set of work.