BARRY R. CHISWICK RESUME MAILING ADDRESS: Department of Economics George Washington University 2115 G Street, NW Monroe Hall 340 Washington, DC 20052 Department of Economics Phone: (202) 994-6150 FAX: (202) 994-6147 E-mail:brchis@uic.edu Web Page:http://www.uic.edu/~brchis/ Home Phone: PRIMARY APPOINTMENT Professor and Chair Department of Economics George Washington University Personal Information: Born 1942, U.S. Citizen Married, 2 Adult Children Home Fax: ACADEMIC DEGREES Ph.D. (Honorary), Lund University, Sweden, 2009 Ph.D. (With Distinction), Economics, Columbia University, 1967 M.A., Economics, Columbia University, 1964 B.A., Economics, Brooklyn College, 1962 (Distinguished Alumnus Award, 1999) ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS Chair, Department of Economics, George Washington University, January 2011-present Since January 2011, Chair, Department of Economics, George Washington University, an urban private PhD Extensive (Research I) University. The Department has about 30 tenure/tenure track faculty. Head, Department of Economics, University Of Illinois at Chicago, 1987-2008 From 1987 to 2008, Head of the Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, an urban public PhD Extensive (Research I) University. The Department has 22 faculty, four staff, and about 90 MA and Ph.D. students. The Department s annual budget is about $3.0 million.
2 Under my leadership the department made substantial progress. It is fully committed to high quality teaching, research and service. The research productivity, professional involvement and external funding of the department increased under my Headship. New programs were implemented, including the MA and Ph.D. degrees in Economics, a joint MA Economics/MBA degree, a unique undergraduate cross-department major in Spanish-Economics, and Certificates in the Teaching of Economics for undergraduate and graduate students. New courses included Consumer Economics, Environmental Economics, Law and Economics, Teaching Methods in Economics, Real Estate Economics, the Economics of Sports, and the Economics of Religion. Founding Director, Center for Economic Education, University Of Illinois at Chicago, 2000-2010 Founding Director (2000) of the UIC Center for Economic Education. The Center s mission is to increase and to improve the quality of the teaching of economics through a teaching the teachers approach. The target populations are current and prospective K-12 teachers and graduate students planning a career in college and university teaching of economics. These activities include creating a graduate level course, Teaching Methods in Economics, which our Department requires before a graduate student will be assigned to teach a course. For my activities with CEE I received the 3M Education Excellence Award from the Illinois Council on Economic Education, 2007. Program Director- Migration Studies, IZA Institute for the Study of Labor (Bonn), 2004- Present Founding Director of the IZA research program in migration studies. Coordinate activities, including Annual Migration Meeting (AM2) Workshop and research program. EMPLOYMENT George Washington University, Professor of Economics, January 2011-present, Chair, Department of Economics, January 2011-present. University of Illinois at Chicago, Professor Emeritus, January 2011-present, UIC Distinguished Professor, July 2002-December 2010, Research Professor (Tenure), Department of Economics and Survey Research Laboratory, August 1978- December 2010; Head, Department of Economics, September 1987-August 2008. Research Professor, Department of Sociology (zero time), January 1998- December 2010, Affiliate, Department of Germanic Studies, 2000-2010; Founding Director, Center for Economic Education, 2000-2010, Jewish Studies Faculty, 2001-2010, Affiliate, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, 2002-2008. Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Visiting Professor, May 2010 University of Haifa, Haifa, Visiting Professor, December 2004-January 2005 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Visiting Professor, December 2002-January 2003 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Visiting Professor, January-August, 1992
3 University of Chicago, Visiting Professor, Fall 2006, John M. Olin Visiting Professor, December 1998-August 1999 and September 1986-August 1987; Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring 1969 Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Visiting Scholar, 1984-85; Senior Fellow, January 1977- July 1978. Council of Economic Advisers, Senior Staff Economist, July 1973-January 1977 Princeton University, Visiting Research Economist, January-July 1973 National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Associate, 1970-73, Research Analyst, 1965-1967 City University of New York, Queens College and Graduate Center, Professor, January to August 1975; Associate Professor (Tenure) 1971-74 Columbia University, Associate Professor, 1970-71; Assistant Professor, 1969-70 (on leave from U.C.L.A.) University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor (Tenure) 1970-71; Assistant Professor, 1966-70 TEACHING AND RESEARCH FIELDS Labor Economics and Human Resources Immigration and Minorities Economics of Language Economics of Religion Public Policy Analysis Economic Theory Statistics and Applied Econometrics UNIVERSITY SERVICE - University of Illinois at Chicago (Partial Listing from 1987 to 2010) Department of Economics, Head, 1987-2008 UIC Center for Economic Education, Founding Director, 2000-2010 Recruiting Committee 2009-2010 Placement Committee 2009-2010 Graduate Curriculum Committee 2009-2010 College of Business Administration Administrative Council/Operating Committee, 1987-2008 Priorities Task Force, 1993-96 AACSB Accreditation Task Force, Intellectual Contributions Committee, chair, 1995-98 Strategic Planning Committee, 1993-94, 1998-2000 Search Committee, Head, Dept. of Finance, 1985/86, 1987/88 Finance Department Task Force, 1992 BSBA Task Force, 1991, and BSBA Implementation Committee, 1993 (Chair)
4 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Jewish Studies Executive/Advisory/Program Committee, 1991-2010 Jewish Studies Director Search Committee (LAS), 1999-2001 Center for Urban Educational Research and Development, Advisory Committee, 1990-2000 Office of Social Science Research (LAS), Executive Committee, 1996-1999 Urban Children and Youth-Advisory Committee, 1994-2001 Social Science Data Archive Executive Committee, 1981-2004 Graduate College and Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research Executive Committee, Graduate College (UIC Promotion and Tenure Committee), (1986-89, 1993-95), 1998-2000, 2002-2004. Task Force on Graduate Education, 1997 Executive Committee, Society of University Scholars, 1997-2000 Program Committee, Society of University Scholars, 1995-97 Task Force on Literacy, 1990-91 Search Committee, Executive Associate Dean, 1988-89 Women's Studies Program Review Panel, 1988-89 Office of the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs UIC Peer Institution Committee, 2005-2006 Director of Development (CBA) Search Committee, 2004-2005 UIC Trademark Goods Task Force, 2000-03 Search Committee, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Human Resources, 1996-97 International Research Committee, 1993-96 University Scholars Review Panel, 1988 Office of the President-University of Illinois University Senates Conferences, 1996-1999 (University of Illinois System-wide Committee) Other UIC Committees University Senate, 1983-84, 1994-2010 Chicago Census Regional Data Center (UIC representative to Board, Chair UIC Committee) 2001-2005 Survey Research Laboratory, Advisory Board, 2000-2009. UIC Hillel, member Governing Board and committees, various years, Chair, Governing Board, 1990-91, UIC Faculty Advisor, 1998-1999 PUBLICATIONS (See Vitae for full list) (a) Book and Monographs: 18 Recent books: The Economics of Immigration. Edward Elgar, 2005.
5 The Economics of Language: International Analyses (with P. W. Miller). Routledge, 2007. High-Skilled Immigration in a Global Labor Market, editor, Washington: American Enterprise Institute, 2011. (b) Articles and Chapters in Books: Over 170 (Excludes numerous reprinting of articles and chapters.) Publications in: General journals in Economics: American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, Economica. Field journals in Economics: Journal of Labor Economics, Demography, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Population Economics, Labour Economics, Economics of Education Review, Explorations in Economic History, Review of Income and Wealth, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Research in Labor Economics. Journals in Migration and Ethnicity: International Migration Review, International Migration, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Journal of American Ethnic History. Journals in Religious Studies: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Contemporary Jewry, Shofar, Papers in Jewish Demography, American Jewish Year Book, (c) Other: Numerous technical reports, notes and comments, book reviews, newspaper op.ed. articles and encyclopedia and magazine articles. Most recent op.ed.: The Worker Next Door, New York Times, op.ed, Saturday, June 3, 2006, p. A23. Academic Awards and Honors (Partial listing, see vitae for full list) Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago, since January 2011. Ph.D. (Honorary), Lund University, Sweden, 2009. 3M Education Excellence Award, Illinois Council on Economic Education, 2007. President (2007) and President-Elect (2006), European Society for Population Economics. Julean Simon Memorial Lecture, IZA Institute for the Study of Labor, May 2007. Marshall Sklare Award, Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry, 2007. Favorite Professor Award, MBA Students, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005. Distinguished Professor University of Illinois at Chicago, Appointed July 2002.
6 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Brooklyn College, CUNY, 1999. Alumni Award for Distinguished Service, College of Business Administration, UIC, 1999. Alumni Award for Distinguished Research, College of Business Administration, UIC, 1993, (first recipient). Senior University Scholar Award, University of Illinois, 1987. Fulbright Fellowship (Research), Hebrew University, January to July 1992. Carleton C. Qualey Article Award, Immigration History Society, 1989 (first recipient).