Ph.D., Public Policy
UMBC Department of Public Policy
University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

     Dissertation (under Donald F. Norris)
     Suburban Crossroads:
     An Analysis of Socioeconomic Change in Baltimore's First-Tier
     Suburbs, 1970 to 2000

M.P.P., Public Policy
UMBC Department of Public Policy
University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

     Capstone (under Donald F. Norris)
     Suburbs in Transition:
     An Analysis of Suburban Decline and Policy Alternatives for
     Metropolitan Baltimore

B.S.C., Communication Studies
Cum Laude and Departmental Honors in Political Science
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

     Thesis (under Juliet F. Gainsborough)
     From Government to Governance:
     The Politics of Regional Cooperation