School of Public Policy, Contributing to a Livable World



















Roger G. Stough
Roger R. Stough
Associate Dean for Research, Development and External Relations
NOVA Endowed Chair and Professor of Public Policy
Director, Mason Enterprise Center
Director, National Center for ITS Deployment Research

e-mail: rstough@gmu.edu
phone: 703.993.2285
fax: 703.993.2284
George Mason School of Public Policy
4400 University Drive, MS 3C6
Fairfax, VA 22030

Education

Ph.D., Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
MA, Economic Geography, University of South Carolina
BS, International Trade and Economics, Ohio State University


Biography

Dr. Stough's educational background includes a BS in International Trade and Economics from Ohio State University; an MA in Economic Geography from the University of South Carolina; and a Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Stough has an extensive publication record, including several hundred scholarly and professional publications, 12 books and nearly 100 journal articles. Dr. Stough also has a wide range of graduate and undergraduate teaching experience, with over 30 years logged in eight separate institutions (including Johns Hopkins University, University of South Carolina, Indiana University, Leiden and Erasmus Universities in the Netherlands, George Mason University). He has extensive experience interfacing the University with the local, state, regional, national communities and international groups. He chairs a number of task forces, and advises a wide range of external programs and university policy boards.

Dr. Stough is the principal investigator on numerous grants and contracts totaling more than $50,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Research and Special Projects Administration (USDOT), the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the National Technology Information Administration, NASA, U.S. Department of Justice, Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology, the National Science Foundation, and numerous state and local agencies. While the local National Capital Region is an empirical laboratory for much of his research, he has extensive research and consulting experience nationally and internationally. He has participated in technology policy seminars and university programs and published widely in Asia, Europe and North America. Further, he has established a diversity of research, student and faculty research exchange programs with universities and research laboratories in Asia, Europe and Australia. Finally, he founded and directed various degree programs (from the undergraduate to the Ph.D. level) and several research centers. All of these programs and centers are still operating and have continued to grow. He edits two journals and his most recent book with Robert Stimson and Brian Roberts is Regional Economic Development: Analysis and Planning Strategy, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany and New York City, August 2002.


Areas of Expertise

Regional Economic Development Analysis
Policy, Transportation Analysis and Policy
Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development