Stephen Fuller
Dwight Schar Professor of Public Policy
Director, Center for Regional Analysis
sfuller2@gmu.edu
703.993.3186
703.993.4557 fax
George Mason School of Public Policy
4400 University Drive MS 3C6
Fairfax, VA 22030
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University
B.A., Rutgers University
Biography
Stephen Fuller joined the faculty of
the George Mason School of Public Policy
1994. He previously served Director
of the Ph.D. Program in Public Policy from July 1998 to June
2000 and from July 2001 to July 2002.
He also serves as Director of the Center
for Regional Analysis. In September 2001, the GMU Board
of Visitors appointed him University
Professor and in July 2002 he was named
to the Dwight Schar Faculty Chair.
Prior
to joining the George Mason University
faculty, he served on the faculty at
George Washington University for
twenty-five years, including nine as
Chairman of the Department of
Urban Planning and Real Estate Development
and one as Director of Doctoral Programs
for the School of Business and Public
Management.
Dr.
Fuller has authored more than 500 articles, papers, and reports
in the field of urban and regional
economic development including monthly reports
on the Washington metropolitan area
and Fairfax County economies. His research focuses on the changing
structure of metropolitan area
economies and measuring their current
and near-term performance. He developed
a series of indicators to track
the
current and near-term performance
of the Washington's area economy
in 1990. He also developed leading
and coincident indices for Fairfax
County in 1997. These monthly
reports are available on the Center
for Regional Analysis website (http://CRA.gmu.edu).
His Washington area research includes
studies on the impacts of federal
spending, the hospitality industry,
international business, and technology on the Washington
area and District of Columbia economies.
His research also includes
international assignments including
on-going projects in Portugal.
Professor
Fuller was appointed by Governor
Warner to the Governor’s Advisory Board of Economists in July
2002. He had previously served on this Board from 1991 to 1997. He
also serves on the State of Maryland Board of Revenue Estimates’ Business
Advisory Board and is a member of the
DC Office of Tax and Revenue Business
Advisory Group. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors
of the Global Environment and Technology
Foundation and is an economic advisor
to Fairfax County, VA.
In 1996,
he was honored by the Economic Club of
Washington as Educator of the
Year and in 1997 was selected for
the Richard T. Ely Distinguished Educator
Award by Lambda Alpha International, an honorary society
of land economists. He served as
President of the Washington Chapter of
Lambda Alpha from 1998 to 2000
and is a member of the Urban Land
Institute’s Washington District
Council. In 2001, he was selected by
NAIOP as a Distinguished Fellow for a three-year term running through
2004.
Areas
of Expertise
• Economic forecasting
• Regional economies
• Economy
• Urban planning
• Public management