Curriculum Vitae

This page is intended to give a more concise description of my academic and private consulting endeavors. This is an ongoing work in progress:

Mark P. Schneider

Research Associate,
Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR)
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA 30302-4036, U.S.A
mschneider @ gsu.edu

Education

  • Associate in Science in Culinary Management, Valencia College (Orlando, Florida); 2000
  • Bachelor of Economics, University of Central Florida; 2003
  • Bachelor of Finance, University of Central Florida; 2003
  • Master of Arts in Applied Economics, University of Central Florida; 2005
  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Cape Town, 2019

Work Experience

Academic

  • Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Central Florida; August 2003 – April 2005
  • Research Associate and GIS Specialist, United States Environmental Protection Agency Project, “A Consistent Framework for Valuation of Wetland Ecosystem Services Using Discrete Choice Methods.” EPA Grant Number: R831598, Principal Investigator: J. Walter Milon, University of Central Florida; April 2005 – December 2007.
  • Research Assistant and GIS Specialist, National Science Foundation, “Cognition in Natural Environments: Using Simulated Scenarios in Complex Decision Making Experiments,” Human and Social Dynamics Program, Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, NSF Project Number: 0527675, Principal Investigators: Stephen M. Fiore, Glenn W. Harrison, Charles E. Hughes, Elisabet Rutström and Eduardo Salas; April 2006 – September 2009.
  • Research Associate and GIS Specialist, Florida Hurricane Alliance, “Socio-Economic Evaluation of Hurricane Evacuation Response.” Project 10-04, Principal Investigator: J. Walter Milon, University of Central Florida; June 2007 – January 2010.
  • Senior Researcher and Recruitment Coordinator, United States Federal Highway Administration, “Behavioral Sciences Approach to testing, Validating and Establishing Best Practices for Alternative Highway Revenue Collection: Experiments on Driving Under Uncertain Congestion Conditions and the Effects on Traffic Networks from Congestion Pricing Initiatives,” FHWA Cooperative Agreement: DTFH61-09-H-00012, Principal Investigators: Glenn W. Harrison, Essam Radwan, Elisabet Rutström and Ronald Tarr; 2009 – 2012.
  • Research Associate, Society of Actuaries, “Indices of Riskiness,” Principal Investigators: Glenn W. Harrison and Rich Phillips; 2012 – Present
  • Project Manager and Research Associate, “Research on Inflation Experiments,” Principal Investigators: Glenn W. Harrison and Elisabet Rutstrom; September 2013 – Present
  • Research Associate, Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk, Georgia State University; April 2010 – Present

Other / Consulting

  • Research Economist and Geographical Information Systems Specialist, The Balmoral Group, 2005 – 2008
    • 2004 Florida Motor Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Report.” (with Valerie Seidel), Florida Department of Environmental Protection, January 2007
    • “2005 Florida Motor Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Report.” (with Valerie Seidel), Florida Department of Environmental Protection, January 2007
    • “2006 Florida Motor Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Report.” (with Valerie Seidel), Florida Department of Environmental Protection, February 2007
    • “Strategic Resource Evaluation Study: Highway Construction Materials.” (with Valerie Seidel, Jerry Washington, and Paul Yacobellis), Florida Department of Transportation Contract No. BDG8Y, 2007
    • Initial GIS development for the “Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study for Gardenia Trail Phase II and Phase III”, Florida Department of Transportation Financial Project IDs 416111-1-22-01 and 415432-1-22-01, 2008.  Disclouser: this project was completed after my tenure at the Balmoral Group.
  • Consultant, “Georgia State University Chief Risk Officer Risk Index.” Risk Index Partners, LLC, July 2012 – Present

Publications

Authored / Co-Authored

    • “A Measure of Entrepreneurial Risk Preference and Optimism Using Field Experiments.” Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for Master’s degree. Maintained on the State University Libraries Council Electronic Theses & Dissertations; Spring 2005
    • “An Economic Analysis of the Effects of Land Conservation, Parks and Open Space on Residential Property Values in Orange County, Florida.” J. Walter Milon, David Scrogin, Mark Schneider, Valerie Seidel, and Patrick Walsh, 2006, Department of Economics, University of Central Florida.
    • “Review of Congestion Pricing Experiences.”  Vinayak V. Dixit, Rami C. Harb, Glenn W. Harrison, Donald M. Marco, M. Seph Mard, A. Essam Radwan, Elisabet E. H. Rutström, and Mark P. Schneider, DBEL Working Paper Series; July 2010

Special Thanks

Presentations

  • “Hedonic Analysis of Lake Water Quality in Orange County, Florida Utilizing a GIS Approach.” (with Patrick Walsh), Central Florida GIS Conference; September 2008, Orlando, FL. Presentation Slides.
  • “Hedonic Analysis of Lake Water Quality in Orange County, Florida Utilizing a GIS Approach.” (with Patrick Walsh), South Florida GIS Expo; September 2008, Palm Beach, FL. Presentation Slides.
  • “Highway Construction Materials: 5 Year Cost Outlook based on Florida DOT’s 14 Year Analysis.” (with Valerie Seidel and Paul Yacobellis), 1st International Conference on Transportation Construction Management; February 9-12, 2009, Orlando, FL.

Software

  • Productivity – Microsoft Office Suite; Evernote; assorted Google Products; MS Server 2008R2; WordPerfect
  • Statistical Packages – STATA; LimDep; SAS
  • Web / Creative – WordPress; Adobe CS5 & CS6: Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, After Effects, Soundbooth, Illustrator, InDesign; Adobe Acrobat
  • Geographic Information: ESRI ArcGIS and Spatial Analyst Extension; Google Earth