Swank Presentations

THE BIOFUEL BOOM: HOW WILL IT SHAPE RURAL AMERICAN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES?,
 presented by Mark Partridge at "Rising Food and Energy Prices: US Policy at a Crossroads,"
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, October 2, 2008

OHIO'S FUTURE CHALLENGES: A PRIMER ON DEMOGRAPHIC ISSUES, presented by Mark
Partridge at OFB Agripower Institute: Into the Corridors of Power, Columbus, OH, August 22,
2008 

OHIO AT A CROSSROADS: A PRIMER ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY, presented by Mark Partridge at the May 2008 Swank Advisory
Council Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, May 20, 2008.

STRENGTHENING LICKING COUNTY THROUGH COMMUNITY COOPERATION, presented by
Mark Partridge at "Building Licking County's Future Through Regional and Community
Cooperation," Newark, Ohio, March 14, 2008.

 IS OHIO PERFORMING UP TO SPEED?: A BRIEF OVERVIEW SINCE 1970, presented by Mark Partridge at OSU AEDE Extension Update, Columbus, OH, March 12, 2008.

IMPACT OF ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT ON COMMUNITIES AND THE RURAL ECONOMY
presented by Mark Partridge at Ohio Water Quality and Waste Management Conference,
Columbus, OH, February 8, 2008.

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE OHIO: GROWTH THROUGH COMMUNITY COOPERATION
presented by Mark Partridge at CFAES Vice President’s Agricultural and Policy Outlook, Columbus, OH, October 29, 2007.

CONQUERING POVERTY ONE PLACE AT A TIME, presented by Mark Partridge for the Efferson
Series Lecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, October 25, 2007.

AN ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE MEASURES FOR DETERMINING ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED
COUNTIES AND AREAS IN THE APPALACHIAN REGION, presented by Mark Partridge, Linda
Lobao, Lionel J. "Bo" Beaulieu, and Stephan Goetz for the Appalachian Regional Commission
-States Committee, Washington, D.C., October 4, 2007.

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE OHIO: LEVERAGING GROWTH THROUGH COMMUNITY COOPERATION, presented by Mark Partridge at the OSU Extension County Commissioners' Day, Van Wert County, Ohio, August 15, 2007.

BIOFUELS: CAUSES AND EFFECTS, presented by Matthew C. Roberts at the Swank Advisory Council on Rural-Urban Policy Meeting, Columbus, OH, May 15, 2007

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE RURAL OHIO: LEVERAGING GROWTH THROUGH COMMUNITY 
COOPERATION, presented by Mark Partridge at New Directions for Economic Development
 in Ohio, Columbus OH, April 24, 2007

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE RURAL OHIO: LEVERAGING GROWTH THROUGH COMMUNITY 
COOPERATION, presented by Mark Partridge at the Regional Sustainability Forum, OSU Extension Center, Wooster OH, April 13, 2007

LOCAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT: ASPECTS OF INCREASING BIOENERGY IN OHIO, presented by Mark Partridge at the Future of Renewable Energy Conference, Columbus, Ohio, March 1, 2007

REGIONAL APPROACHES TO POLICYMAKING, Presented by Kimberly Gibson, Regional Growth Strategy Program Manager, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission to members of the Swank Advisory Council on Rural-Urban Policy Research and Education on December 13, 2006.

A RURAL BALANCE SHEET:  POLICY CHALLENGES & CHANCES IN 2007, presented by Mark Partridge at College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science Vice President's 2007 Outlook Meeting held on the OSU campus October 30, 2006.

A BALANCE SHEET FOR RURAL AMERICA:  ASSETS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, presented by Mark Partridge at Rural Communities:  The Challenges of Meeting Veterans' Needs Workshop, sponsored by the National Center of Food and Agricultural Policy and Easter Seals, Washington, DC, September 8, 2006



POVERTY Presentations

CONQUERING POVERTY ONE PLACE AT A TIME, presented by Mark Partridge for the Efferson
Series Lecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, October 25, 2007.

PERSISTENT RURAL POVERTY:  IS IT SIMPLY REMOTENESS AND SCALE?, presented by Mark Partridge at the Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Meetings, Chicago, Illinois, January 5, 2007.

PUSHING BEYOND THE MYTHS TO REDUCE RURAL POVERTY, presentation by Mark Partridge, Swank Professor, OSU, to the Canadian Parliament Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Ottawa, Ontario, October 26, 2006.

DOES A RISING TIDE LIFT ALL BOATS?  ASSESSING EMPLOYMENT-POVERTY DYNAMICS BY METROPOLITAN SIZE AND COUNTY TYPE, presented by Mark Partridge, Swank Professor, OSU, at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University, October 13, 2006.

'EXPORT BASE' EMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY, presented by Maureen Kilkenny, University of Nevada, and Mark Partridge, Swank Professor, OSU at the Organized Symposium session entitled "Trickling Down:  Does Local Economic Growth Reduce Poverty," 2006 Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association, Long Beach, California, July 25, 2006.

THE JOB GROWTH-POVERTY REDUCTION LINKAGE:  EVIDENCE FROM CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, Mark Partridge, presentation at 2006 Annual Meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association, July 25, 2006.
 

RECENT ACADEMIC Presentations

*For other presentations please contact Mark Partridge at partridge.27@osu.edu*

RECENT IMMIGRATION AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES IN RURAL AMERICA, presented by Mark
Partridge at the American Agricultural Economics Associations meetings, Orlando, FL,
July 27, 2008

DISSENSION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE: BRIDGING THE RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE WITH A NEW RURAL
POLICY, presented by Mark Partridge at "Globalization and the Rural-Urban Divide,"
International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Workshop, Seoul, Korea,
June 30-July 1, 2008.

DO LOCAL RESIDENTS VALUE FEDERAL TRANSFERS: EVIDENCE FROM THE CANADIAN FEDERATION?, presented by Mark Partridge at the Department of Economics, Oklahoma State University, April 25, 2008.

URBAN FOOTPRINTS IN RURAL CANADA: EMPLOYMENT SPILLOVERS BY CITY SIZE, presented by Mark Partridge at the Southern Regional Science Association, Washington DC, March 27-29, 2008.

WAGE AND HOUSING COST GRADIENTS ACROSS THE URBAN HIERARCHY, presented by Mark Partridge at the Regional Science Association International World Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 17, 2007.

IS REGIONALISM 'JUST ALL ABOUT NOTHING': WHY SHOULD WE CARE?  presented by Mark Partridge at The University of Alberta: Cities and Regions Study Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, January 31, 2008.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL Presentations

*For other presentations please contact Mark Partridge at partridge.27@osu.edu*

LEVERAGING SOUTHWEST ONTARIO'S ASSETS TO BUILD A GLOBAL REGION, presented by
Mark Partridge at the South West Economic Alliance 2008 Assembly, Sarnia, Ontario,
September 25, 2008.

DISSENSION IN THE COUNTRYSIDE: BRIDGING THE RURAL-URBAN DIVIDE WITH A NEW RURAL
POLICY, presented by Mark Partridge at "Globalization and the Rural-Urban Divide,"
International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Workshop, Seoul, Korea,
June 30-July 1, 2008.

BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES IN THE 21st CENTURY : DROP THE FADS AND LOSE THE
REARVIEW MIRROR, presented by Mark Partridge at "Rural Matters! Canadian Rural
Conference, Edmonton, AB, July 6, 2008

WAGE AND HOUSING COST GRADIENTS ACROSS THE URBAN HIERARCHY, presented by Mark Partridge at the Regional Science Association International World Congress, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 17, 2007.

THE DIVERSITY OF RURAL AMERICA: A TALE OF MANY 'CITIES', presented by Mark Partridge
at Growing Canada's Rural Economies, Canada Agricultural Policy Institute Workshop,
Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 28, 2008.

IS REGIONALISM 'JUST ALL ABOUT NOTHING': WHY SHOULD WE CARE?  presented by Mark Partridge at The University of Alberta: Cities and Regions Study Centre, Edmonton, AB, Canada, January 31, 2008.