David Swenson              Quick links to my                

Associate Scientist                         Class websites

Department of Economics               Studies & reports (Publications link is

College of Agriculture                    on the right side of the page)

                                                    Other stuff about me

                                                            CV      My resume (curriculum vita)

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Iowa State University                   

Contact Information

 

Email                  dswenson@iastate.edu

Phone                 515.294.7458

Fax                     515.294.4545

Address              177 Heady Hall, Ames, IA 50011

 

Research and Service Summary

My work is in community economic analysis, technical assistance, outreach and affiliated projects supporting the department’s and the Ag College’s efforts in community development and in providing economics education services to the public.  Areas of research and specialization include community and regional economic studies and evaluations, economic development research and technical assistance, input-output (economic impact) studies, fiscal impact research, public finance and tax policy, community change and worker mobility issues, and public program and project evaluation.

 

My services are delivered to communities, citizens, public and private organizations and to local or state government via research reports, on-site training and education programming, community and staff educational curriculum development, print and broadcast media interviews, and through seminars and public speaking appearances.  I work in collaboration with and directly in support of all ISU and College of Agriculture economic outreach activities, to include ISU extension services and other university centers.

 

Current Research and Service Projects

 

*     Prospects and limits to local foods development in the Midwest and in Iowa

*     Green jobs and implications for rural areas

*     Targeted industrial analysis and assessment for Iowa regions (EDA Funded)

*     General research and technical assistance to the Center for Industrial Research and Services

*     Leopold Center funded research on

·       Local ownership of ethanol plants

·       The economic and fiscal impacts of organic crop conversion

·       The economic impacts of fresh fruits and vegetable production in Iowa State University

*     Ongoing outreach, research, and services in support of the College of Agriculture’s and the economic department’s efforts in rural development and economics education

 

Teaching (click on course code below for a direct link to course web site)

 

I am an adjunct lecturer and a member of the graduate faculty in the community and regional planning program at ISU and, separately, I am a lecturer in the graduate program in urban and regional planning at The University of Iowa. I also am an instructor in GPIDEA / Great Plains interactive distance education graduate program at ISU.

 

My current courses are

 

CRP 272              Planning Analysis and Techniques I (Fall – ISU)

 

URP 102:290      Economic Impact Assessment (Fall – The University of Iowa)

 

CRP 523             Economic Analysis, Evaluation, and the Financing of Public Project      (Spring – ISU)

 

CDEV 532X         Economic Analysis II (Great Plains IDEA)

 

 

Degrees

 

         MA                     Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Iowa, 1985

         MA                     Political Science, University of South Dakota, 1981

         BA                      Political Science and Criminal Justice, University of South Dakota, 1979

Bachelor of Rhymes      Cheyenne-Eagle Butte kindergarten, Eagle Butte, SD.  1961