Sacramento, California, United States
Rob Wassmer is a professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State). Professor Wassmer is also the Director of Sacramento State's Master's Program in Urban Land Development. Rob teaches courses in applied microeconomics and public policy, urban economics and public policy, benefit/cost analysis, regression analysis, and state and local public finance. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan (1983); a Master of Arts in Applied Economics from Binghamton University in New York (1985); and a Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University (1989). Before moving to Sacramento in 1995, he worked summers at the State of Michigan's Departments of Commerce and Treasury, was a visiting lecturer in economics at Eastern Michigan University, and held the position of assistant professor in economics and research associate with the College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs at Wayne State University in Detroit. Between 2000 and 2002, Rob served as a visiting consultant to the California Senate Office of Research. In 2001 he received the Sacramento State President's Award for Research and Creative Activity. Rob has offered his advice to groups like the Urban Land Institute, Community Services Planning Council, National Education Association, City of Los Angeles on Business Tax Reform, California Futures Network, Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento American Lung Association, Senator Darryl Steinberg, California Department of Conservation, and various California Legislative Committees. His current major research project is on the causes and consequences of urban sprawl in the United States. He is an Associate Editor for the peer-reviewed Economic Development Quarterly.
Director of the Master's in Science in Urban Land Development Program
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