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administrator
Michael Goodman he/his/him
Executive Director of Economic Development and Community Partnerships
Academic Affairs / Provost
Contact
508-999-8788
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Claire T. Carney Library 356
Education
| 2000 | Boston University | PhD |
| 1998 | Boston University | MA |
Teaching
- Social Science Research Methods
- Public Management
- Policy Analysis
Research
Research awards
- $ 8,000,000 awarded by MA Division of Marine Fisheries for Blue Economy Initiatives
- $ 10,000 awarded by One SouthCoast Chamber for One SouthCoast Chamber Strategic Planning Process
- $ 93,882 awarded by Vineyard Wind for Vineyard Wind 1 LLC - Contract Agreement with UMass Dartmouth
Research
Research interests
- Economic Sociology
- Regional Science
- Economic development
- Housing Policy
- Demographics
Dr. Michael Goodman is Executive Director of Economic Development & Community Partnerships and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Prior to assuming this role he served as Senior Advisor to the Chancellor following 18 months of service as Acting Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. This followed six years of service as Executive Director of the Public Policy Center, two terms as Faculty Senate President, and six years as Chair of the Department of Public Policy.
A leading analyst of the Massachusetts economy, he has authored or co-authored over fifty professional publications on a wide range of public policy issues including regional economic development and housing policy as well as demographic and other applied social science research topics.
Throughout his career he has served as a principal investigator on over $14 million in external grants and contracts from a diverse array of public and private sources.
Professor Goodman currently serves as Co-Editor of MassBenchmarks, the journal of the Massachusetts economy published by the UMass Donahue Institute in cooperation with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He is also an active and longstanding member of several boards and community based organizations including:
- The Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) Economic Advisory Board
- The New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Advisory Board
- Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (Gubernatorial appointee)
- Innovation Index Advisory Committee Member – Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
- One SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
- Community Advisory Board member - Rhode Island NPR (The People's Radio)