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Stephen Fuller
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