University Center for Social
and Urban Research
University of Pittsburgh
121 University Place
Room 506
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 624-3791
email: cbriem@pitt.edu
EDUCATION
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
BSE in Electrical Engineering, June
1990
Concentration in Signals, Systems and Communications
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
School of
International and Public Affairs
Master of Public Administration, May 1993
Concentration in Public Finance and Administration
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Ph.D candidate (ABD), Department of Economics, 1995-present
Fields: Public Finance, Labor Economics,
Urban and Regional Economics, International Economics
Pushkin House - Institute for Russian Language and Literature.
Intensive Summer Language Program. St. Peterburg, Russia. 1992
CURRENT POSITION
University Center for Social and Urban Research
(UCSUR), University of Pittsburgh
Regional Economist, Program in Urban
and Regional Analysis
Responsible for regional economic/demographic forecasting
and simulation. Calibration and use of Regional Economic Models Inc. (REMI)
econometric models, industry analysis and competitiveness research for the
Pittsburgh Region. Projects include annual economic forecasts
for Allegheny County and the Pittsburgh region, analysis of migration trends
in the Pittsburgh region, analysis of local government finances and fragmentation
and impact of demographic changes
on the regional economy. Founding
editor of the Pittsburgh
Economic Quarterly. Manager for UCSUR's program as a research
affiliate of the Pennsylvania State Data Center. Project manager for
UCSUR contracts with the Southwestern Pennsylvania
Corporation (SPC) supporting regional forecasting and economic impact
analysis. Also responsible for work with the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance
in support of economic impact analysis supporting their business attraction
and marketing programs.
MILITARY
US Naval Reserve,
December 1985 - present, Rank: Chief Petty Officer
Command Chief: Military Sealift
Command, Northern Persian Gulf Detachment 105. Navy and
Marine Corps Reserve Center Pittsburgh
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University
of Pittsburgh, 1995 - Present Instructor
for courses: Urban Skills Seminar, Urban Economics, Labor Economics, Introduction
to Economics, Introduction to Microeconomics
Long Island University,
1993 Courses: Advanced LAN Administration with Novell Netware, Intermediate Network Design, Introduction to
Computer Networking
Columbia University,
1992-1993 Graduate Assistant for graduate
courses in Microeconomic Theory and Advanced Policy Analysis
PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Dynamics
of Growth and Restructuring in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Region,
with Frank Giarratani and Vijai Singh, Forthcoming in Regionalization
of Globalized Innovation Locations for Advanced Industrial Development and
Disparities in Participation. Edited by Ulrich Hilpert. Routledge.
Forthcoming. Also presented at the conference: Structural Change, Tertiarization, Development Potentials and Structural
Policy: Ruhr area - Pittsburgh - Luxembourg - Lille in Comparison, sponsored
by the Ebert Foundation, Duisburg Germany, August 22-24, 1999.
The
Navy Can't Be Their Last Resort, US Naval Institute Proceedings. February 2001
The Effect of Local
Fiscal Policy on Urban Wage Structure, with Patricia Beeson and Lara Shore-Shepard,
January 2000; presented at the American Economics Association Annual Meeting,
Boston, MA, January 6, 2000
The Effect of Local
Fiscal Policy on Local Inequality, with Patricia Beeson and Lara Shore-Shepard,
December 1998; presented at the Applied Public Policy Analysis and Management
Annual Research Conference, New York City, November 1, 1998
PUBLIC COMMENTARY/OP-ED
It
Was 20 Years Ago Today. Pittsburgh
Post Gazette. February , 2003
Bankruptcy
for Pittsburgh Must Be Avoided. Pittsburgh Tribune Review. November 22, 2002
A 21st
Century Draft Will Not Work. U.S. Naval
Institute Proceedings, September 2002
Goodbye,
St. Francis. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
August 24, 2002
Young
People Are Not Leaving Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 5,
2002
Groundhog
Day in the Assessors Office, Pittsburgh
Tribune Review, January 27, 2002
Pittsburgh
Can Carry On. Pittsburgh Post Gazette October 2001
Is
'Young Voter' an Oxymoron, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 22, 2001
The
Truth About Immigration,
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, April 7, 2001
The
Dot.com bust could be Pittsburgh's Boom, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, December 31, 2000
The
Soldiers Next Door, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 27, 2001
Beyond
Border Guard Bob, Pittsburgh
Post Gazette, June 25, 2000
We're
Getting Younger Every Year,
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 2, 2000
They Also Serve Who Only Sort And Drive, Washington Post, December 17, 1990.
SELECTED UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS/RESEARCH NOTES
2001 Census Population
Estimates for the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area and Revision of Annual Population
Estimates for 1990-1999, University Center for Social and Urban Research. May
2002
Population Migration in the Pittsburgh Region,
University Center for Social and Urban
Research.
December 2001
Economic
Impact of the Elderly in Allegheny County, with Richard Shulz, in State of the Region published by the University
Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, December 10,
1998
Employment
and Population Trends in Allegheny County Since 1990, in State of the Region published by the University
Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, December 10,
1998
REMI Model
Forecast for Allegheny County and the Pittsburgh Region and Policy Simulation
Methods, Dec. 1998
Articles in the Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly, published by the
University Center for Social and Urban Research, 2000-2003.
OTHER REPORTS:
Voting Patterns
By Race in Allegheny County. January
2002.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lehman Brothers, New York,
NY
Consultant; 1993-1994
United Nations. Committee
on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)
Intern. 1993
New York City, Department
of Finance and Economic Development
Project Manager/Intern,
1993
Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC
Analyst - National
Security Division, 1990-1991
Department of Defense,
Ft. Meade, MD,
Intern - Summer 1989
Naval
Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Intern - Tactical Electronic Warfare
Division. Summer 1988
ATT Labs (now Lucent Technology), Holmdel, NJ
Intern - 1989
OTHER
Invited E-Panelist. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Economy League for online
discussion: Economic Advice to the New Governor
Invited presentation at the Journalism and Economics Program, Pennsylvania
Newspaper Association,.Harrisburg, PA. September 27, 2002
Member of various professional associations including the American Economics
Association, US Naval Institute and the Navy League of the United States.
Press coverage also includes guest spots on various local
TV and radio show including WQED's OnQ, PCNC's Honsberger Live
and Nighttalk and WPTT's Jerry Boyer show. Press mentions and
quotes include commentary in USAToday, the Philadelphia Inquirer, local media
in Pittsburgh and elsewhere in Pennsylvania.
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