Curriculum Vitae

Robert G. Healy

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Education

PhDUniversity of California, Los Angeles1972
M.A.University of California, Los Angeles1968
M.A.University of Chicago1966
B.A., summa cum laudeUniversity of California, Los Angeles1965
Professional Experience / Employment History

El Colegio de Mexico
Fulbright Senior Specialist, June 2004
Duke University
Director, Center for North American Studies, 2000-2003
Teaches courses in land use policy and in U.S. and international environmental policy.
Director, Center for International Studies, 1994-1997
Director, Center for World Environment and Sustainable Development, 1991-1994
Professor of Resource and Environmental Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, 1990 - present
Professor of Public Policy Studies, Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy, 1990 - present
Director, Duke Center for Resource and Environmental Policy Research, 1988-1998
The Conservation Foundation
Senior Associate, 1975-1987
Conducted and managed research with emphasis on natural resources, land-use and environmental regulation, and the economic effects of public policies
Resources for the Future
Research Associate, 1973-1974
Conducted studies of the origins and implementation of comprehensive state land-use controls
The Urban Institute
Economist, 1970-1973
Research on the role of agglomeration economies in urban and regional growth
Graduate School of Business Administration, UCLA
Post-Graduate Researcher, International Housing Productivity Study, 1967-1970
Studies of the effects of housing on health, worker productivity, educational performance. Performed field work in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and U.S. poverty communities
Visiting Positions
Visiting Professor, McGill University, Fall 1996
Visiting Professor, El Colegio de Mexico, Fall 1995
Visiting Professor of Resource and Environmental Policy, Duke University, Fall 1985
Visiting Professor of Urban Planning, University of California at Los Angeles, 1981-1982, Winter 1984
Visiting Assistant Professor, Harvard University, Spring 1975
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Best Dissertation Award, Western Regional Association
Phi Beta Kappa, 1965
Professional Service

A&S Council
Member, Academic Council, 1988-1990; 1997-2000
Univ Services
Chair, Resource Economics and Policy Program
Member, Steering Committee, Duke University Center for Tropical Conservation
Chair, University Library Advisory Committee, 2002-2003
Co-chair, Committee on Environment in Latin America, 1992-2003
Chair, Resource Economics and Policy Program, 1988-1990, 1993-1995, 1998-2001
Co-led international development seminars for senior bureaucrats from developing countries, 1987-1989
Project Director, CF/Duke Training Project, 1986-1988
Other
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Planning Literature, 1986 - present
Member, HUD Secretary's Task Force on Housing Costs
Member, Development Project Selection Committee, Oxfam-America
Member, Subcommittee on Land Use, U.S. State Department Advisory Committee for U.N. Habitat Conference
Member, Committee on Southern Trade, Southern Growth Policies Board
Member, Steering Committee, Project on Industrial Policy and the Environment
Consultant, Consulting Services
Member, Commission on Environmental Strategy and Planning
Member, Committee on Use of Cost Benefit Analysis for Corps of Engineers Water Resources Projects, 2002-2003
Member, Committee on Scientific Criteria for Federal Acquisition of Land for Conservation, 1990-1992
Associate Editor, Policy Sciences, 1988-1989
Project Director, Mexico/Central America Environmental Reconaissance, 1986
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the American Planning Association, 1984-1988
Project Director, Southern Land Use Project, 1982-1985
Project Director, Industrial Futures Project, 1980-1981
Project Supervisor, Rural Land Film, 1980-1981
Project Director, Future of Agricultural Project, 1979-1980
Project Director, Rural Land Market Project, 1978-1981
Project Director, California Coastal Zone Commission Project, 1976-1978
Lectures

Conferences:
"Ecotourism, National Parks and Rural Development in Latin America, paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 1995
"The Role of Tourism in Sustainable Development", Paper presented at World Parks Conference, Caracas, February 1992
Publications (listed separately)

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