Baccalaureate: A.B. College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University, 1972 Graduate: M.S. Graduate School, Cornell University, 1990 (Ithaca, NY) Ph.D. Graduate School, Cornell University, 1993 (Ithaca, NY) Major: Collective Bargaining, Labor Law, and Labor History Minors: City and Regional Planning Human Resource Studies Research Methods FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS: March 5, 2007 – May 11, 2007 Visiting Scholar Jilin University Business School Changchun, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China September 10, 2006 – December 10, 2006 Visiting Scholar Institute of European and American Studies Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan ROC September 15, 2006 – November 15, 2006 Visiting Scholar Institute of Labor Studies National Cheng Chi University Taipei, Taiwan ROC September 2001 – September 2008 Adjunct Associate Research Scientist University of Michigan Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations Ann Arbor, MI September 1997 – September 2001 Assistant Research Scientist University of Michigan Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations Ann Arbor, MI 1998 – 2000 Adjunct Assistant Professor University of Michigan Business School Department of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Ann Arbor, MI
“Autonomous Trucks: Effects on Trucking Industry Structure, Environment, Hours of Service, Employment, Economics”. Presented to the Freight Transportation Economics and Regulation Committee at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC. January 9, 2018. “Why Do Long Distance Truck Drivers Work Extremely Long Hours?” Presented to Truck and Bus Safety Committee, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. January 9, 2018. “Why Do Long Distance Truck Drivers Work Extremely Long Hours?” Presented to Trucking Industry Research Committee, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. January 8, 2018. “Work-Stress Factors Associated with Truck Crashes”. Presented to the Alternative Compliance Subcommittee of the Truck and Bus Safety Committee at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC. January 8, 2018. “Truck Drivers and Agricultural Freight Movement: Food Loss in Transit”. Conference: Farm-to-Retail Food Loss in Produce: An Exploratory Discussion of the Causes and Economic Drivers of Change, hosted by the Economic Research Service US Department of Agriculture. Washington, DC. December 12, 2017. “North America’s Low Cost Inland Freight Corridor”. Detroit Chinese Business Association US China Auto Expo Forum 2017, Dearborn, MI. November 8, 2017. “Michigan Inland Port and Freight Corridor”. Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and Detroit Land Bank. Detroit, MI. September 26, 2017. “Intermodal Freight Transport: Challenges and Opportunities”. Norfolk Southern Railroad’s 11th Annual Drayage Summit; Chicago, IL. June 21 – 22, 2017. Presentation on trends in logistics and labor relations at the Logistics Convening meeting of the Labor Research & Action Network conference, held at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Headquarters in Washington, DC. June 7, 2017. “Michigan Inland Port and Freight Corridor”. Kiwanis Club of East Lansing, MI. April 17, 2017. “Truck Driver Compensation: How Compensation Variables Determine Motor Carrier Crash Rates”. Transportation Research Board 2016 Annual Meeting Session 856: Rates and Regulation: Policy Implications of the Economic Approach to CMV Safety. January 11, 2017 “Economic and Regulatory Tools to Achieve Decent Work in the Global Supply Chain”. International Transport Workers’ Federation Road Transport Workers’ Section Conference, Brussels, 8 December 2016. “Economic Competition, Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety, and Driver Health”. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - National Occupational Research Agenda, Transport, Warehouse, and Utilities Council Sector Meeting. May 24, 2016
“Michigan Inland Port and Freight Corridor.” Wayne County Economic Development and Growth Engine. Detroit, MI. December 5, 2012. “Michigan Inland Port and Freight Corridor.” Port of Monroe Executive Team. Monroe, MI. December 3, 2012 “Michigan Inland Port and Freight Corridor.” Oakland University Economics Department. November 9, 2012. “Michigan Inland Port and Freight Corridor.” Hotelling Memorial Lecture, Lawrence Technological University. October 24, 2012. “Great Lakes Global Freight Gateway.” Detroit Works. August 2, 2012. “The Affects of Economic Forces on Motor Carrier Safety: Australian Regulatory Change. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. January 25, 2012. “Economic Forces in Motor Carrier Safety: Regulatory Change in Australia.” Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. January 24, 2012. “The Detroit Inland Port, Freight Corridors, and Michigan Freight Gateway.” State Dept Foreign Press Center, Reporting tour of foreign journalists. Wayne State University, Detroit; January 10, 2012. “The Affects of Economic Forces on Motor Carrier Safety: Labor economics and fatigue.” Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO/CLC International Headquarters, Washington DC. Presidents’ meeting. December 19, 2011. “The Effects of Economic Forces on Motorcoach Bus Safety.” Amalgamated Transit Union, AFL-CIO/CLC International Headquarters, Washington DC. Presidents’ meeting. December 19, 2011. “The Economics of Safety: How Compensation Affects Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety.” International Transport Workers Federation Health & Safety Conference. San Francisco, California, December 12, 2011. “The Affects of Economic Forces on Motor Carrier Safety: Labor economics and fatigue.” Fatigue in Transit Operations Conference. Transportation Research Board. Washington, DC. October 12, 2011. “The Michigan Inland Port and Freight Corridor.” West Michigan Policy Forum. Michigan: The logistics hub of the Mid-west. Grand Traverse Resort | Traverse City, MI; October 3 2011. “The Detroit Inland Port and Halifax Freight Corridor.” Detroit Revitalization Fellows Program. Wayne State University, Detroit; August 17, 2011. “The Effects of Economic Forces on Motor Carrier Safety.” Michigan Safety Conference, Lansing, MI. April 20, 2011. “Transforming Michigan into a Global Freight Gateway: The Detroit Inland Port.” Engineering Society of Detroit; Southfield. March 9, 2011. "Transportation: Next Steps." Dalhousie University – Michigan State University Conference. Halifax, June 20, 2011.
“Trucking: Good Jobs or Bad Jobs?” Keystone Research Center Conference “The Future of Work, Education, and Community in Pennsylvania.” Lancaster, Pennsylvania; September 6, 1996. “Surveying Local Construction Markets.” National Conference of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO. Washington; April 22, 1996. “Wage Effect Issues and Changes in Equality – Cross-Cutting Issues.” Sloan Foundation Industry Studies Annual Review Meeting. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia; April 18-19, 1996. “Industrial Relations Trends in the Construction Industry, 1960s through 1990s.” Economics Research Network. Washington; October 16, 1995. “Labor Law Reform: Lessons from the Trucking Industry.” The 47th Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association. Washington; January 8, 1995. “Motor Carrier Industrial Relations in Transition: An Academic Perspective.” National Trucking Industrial Relations Association Annual Meeting. St. Petersburg Beach, Florida; November 10, 1993. “Collective Bargaining in the 1994 Round: The Emerging Role of the CEO in the Bargaining Process and the Effects on Trucking Industrial Relations.” National Trucking Industrial Relations Association Annual Meeting. St. Petersburg Beach, Florida; November 9, 1994. “The North American Free Trade Agreement in Review: The Expected Impact on Trucking.” National Trucking Industrial Relations Association Annual Meeting. St. Petersburg Beach, Florida; November 8, 1993. “Strategic Bargaining and Information Exchange: An American Form of Institute of Collective Bargaining. New York; September 21, 1993. “Industrial Relations in the Trucking Industry.” “The Changing Nature of Private Sector Collective Bargaining” Conference. Detroit; February 8-10, 1993. “Collective Bargaining in the Trucking Industry: The Effects of Institutional and Economic Restructuring.” The 45th Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association. Anaheim, California; January 5-7, 1993. “Gainsharing, Profit Sharing, and Collective Bargaining.” Institute of Collective Bargaining. Washington; November 10, 1992. "Inter-City Trucking in the U.S.” Presented at international conference sponsored by the Institute of Collective Bargaining. "Regional Integration and Industrial Relations in North America." Ithaca, New York; October 1-2, 1993. Other Scholarly Work “Less-Than-Truckload Trucking Industry Case Study and Benchmarking Report.” Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Trucking Industry Program January 11, 2000. This report is not available to the public.