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CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. CRAIG WESLEY CARPENTER

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND EXTENSION SPECIALIST

COMMUNITY ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

TEXAS AGRILIFE EXTENSION

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

MAY 12, 2017

Craig Wesley Carpenter Curriculum Vitae as of May 12, 2017 TOC

Craig Wesley Carpenter

Curriculum Vitae

Table of Contents

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION.................................................................................................... 1

II. EDUCATION............................................................................................................................. 1

III. EXPERIENCE .......................................................................................................................... 1

Current Position .......................................................................................................................... 1

Past Positions and Experience .................................................................................................... 2

IV. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES (100% Budgeted; 50% Time Spent)........................................... 3

Program Statement ...................................................................................................................... 3

Summary of Program Development, Implementation, and Evaluation ...................................... 3

Extension Presentations Summary .............................................................................................. 4

Extension Presentations .............................................................................................................. 5

Unsolicited Comments ................................................................................................................ 6

Program Impacts ......................................................................................................................... 6

Program and Organizational Support.......................................................................................... 7

V. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (0% Budgeted; 40% Time Spent) ................................................. 7

Summary of Major Accomplishments ........................................................................................ 7

Research Grants and Contracts Summary................................................................................... 8

United States Census Bureau Research Projects ........................................................................ 8

Research and Professional Presentations Summary ................................................................... 8

Research Presentations (12 total) ................................................................................................ 9

Role in Obtaining External Funding ......................................................................................... 10

VI. TEACHING ACTIVITIES (0% Budgeted; 5% Time Spent)................................................. 10

Program Statement .................................................................................................................... 10

Graduate Student Committee Involvement ............................................................................... 10

VII. SERVICE ACTIVIES (0% Budgeted; 5% Time Spent) ....................................................... 11

Journal Article Reviewer .......................................................................................................... 11

Reviewer for Miscellaneous Products ...................................................................................... 11

Service Roles ............................................................................................................................ 11

Professional Improvement Activities ........................................................................................ 11

United States Census Bureau Research Projects ...................................................................... 12

Professional Affiliations ........................................................................................................... 12

VIII. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS ........................................................................................... 13

Craig Wesley Carpenter Curriculum Vitae as of May 12, 2017 TOC

Grants and Contracts Summary ................................................................................................ 13

Funding Received – External Competitive ............................................................................... 13

IX. PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 14

Publications and Scholarly Work.............................................................................................. 14

Journal Articles – Refereed (1 total) ......................................................................................... 14

Center for Economic Studies Working Paper Series – Internal Review (2 total) ..................... 14

Journal Articles – Refereed, Submitted (4 total) ...................................................................... 14

Extension Publications (6 total) ................................................................................................ 15

Publications in Development (6 total) ...................................................................................... 15

Dissertation or Thesis (2 total) .................................................................................................. 16

X. PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS ....................................................................... 16

XI. APPENDIX............................................................................................................................. 17

Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Blog Posts (6 total) .............................................................. 17

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Texas AgriLife Extension Service

Texas A&M University System

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Craig Wesley Carpenter

Rank/Title: Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist –

Community Economics and Business Development

Department: Agricultural Economics

Campus Address: TAMU 2124

600 John Kimbrough Blvd., Suite 337

College Station, TX 77845

979.845.1941

[email protected]

Date of Appointment/Last Promotion: June 2016

II. EDUCATION

Ph.D. Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, 2016.

Areas of concentration: Economic Development, Econometrics and Statistics,

Applied Microeconomics.

B.A. Political Science, Economics and Business, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI,

2011. Program included year of study at the London School of Economics,

London, England.

III. EXPERIENCE

Current Position

Texas A&M University

Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Community Economics and Business

Development, College Station, TX. June, 2016-present.

Detailed Position Description:

Overall responsibilities include efforts to plan, develop, implement and evaluate curricula,

extension education programs, and applied research related to Community Economics and

Business Development affecting clientele. Educational program delivery includes developing

grant and contract proposals, extension and peer-reviewed publications, workshops, conferences,


electronic and mass media releases. Cooperation is expected with campus and district based

extension and research faculty, district extension administrators, county extension agents,

regional program leaders, and other specialists, as necessary in developing and delivering

nationally recognized programs.

Past Positions and Experience

Michigan State University

2011-2016 – Graduate Research Assistant, North Central Regional Center for Rural

Development, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan

State University, East Lansing MI. Review literature on immigration in the Midwest and

immigrant entrepreneurship in general. Publish reviews for regional, state, and

community development leaders. Examine the impact of immigrant entrepreneurship on

community development.

Albion College

2014-2015 – Visiting Instructor of Economics and Management, Principles of Microeconomics,

Intermediate Microeconomics, Economic Statistics, Albion, MI. Full time (3 and 3) Fall

2014 and Spring 2015 semesters. Created 12 lectures each week and delivered relevant

course materials for all grades. Responsible for grading and twelve hours of office hours

and student interaction per week.

Kalamazoo College

2010-2011 – Teaching Assistant, Principles of Economics, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo MI.

Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Spring 2011 quarters. Graded coursework and convened weekly

review sessions.

Other Experience

2010 – Intern, External Affairs, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI.

Researched and presented regulations on meaningful use of electronic medical records

subsidies. Compiled research and data for presentation to United States Senator Carl

Levin regarding grant funding from the NIH for the Perinatology Research Branch.

2010 – Microfinance Brigade Member, Global Brigades, Pajarillos, Honduras.

Interviewed villagers and discussed potential business plans. Created and presented

business plan to build grain silos so villagers could sell grain off-season and nearly

double their profit. Raised $1,000 for an annually renewing no interest loan to facilitate

the business plan

2009 – Intern, Texas Council on Economic Education, Houston, TX. Created curriculum on

“unbanked” immigrant. Analyzed post-conference knowledge gain by teachers.


2008 – Intern, Schulman and Associates, P.C., Detroit, MI. Researched lower court ruling and

precedent for appellate brief

2008 – Tutor, Woodward Elementary School, Kalamazoo, MI. Helped underprivileged students

with study skills and basic arithmetic concepts.

IV. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES (100% BUDGETED; 50% TIME SPENT)

Program Statement

Dr. Carpenter’s primary goal is to help communities and businesses organize, understand

research and local economic data, make informed decisions, and take action about community

and economic development issues. Thus his objective is to develop research-based educational

and data materials on local/regional economic and business development issues. His programs

underscore regional economic coordination, cooperation, and action, resulting from

understanding the regional context based on quantitative and qualitative data. His current and

future efforts include outreach through workshops, Extension publications, and online resources

related to local economic and business data, analysis tools, and business retention and expansion.

Dr. Carpenter’s primary appointment as an Extension Specialist guides most of his research

through the needs of Extension clientele and national best practices in Extension.

Summary of Program Development, Implementation, and Evaluation

Stronger Economies Together

In 2016, AgriLife’s Community Resources and Economic Development (CRED) team joined

Phase VI of the national USDA Stronger Economies Together (SET) program. The SET program

helps local community leaders from at least three counties to create a regional economic vision

and supporting goals based on local economic and demographic realities and opportunities.

Texas’s Phase VI region is the Texas Forest Country, formerly Deep East Texas, which includes

the Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto,

Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler counties. The SET process involves synthesizing large amounts of

economic data, presenting economic and community development information, and coaching the

regional teams in writing a plan, as well as providing feedback on plans written by regional

teams in other states. The region continues to refine and prepare to implement its economic

development plan, but with the plan almost complete, Dr. Carpenter had the opportunity to

present their regional economic development plan at the Texas Governor’s Small Business

Forum. See “Program Impacts” sub-section below for details on Dr. Carpenter’s contributions.

Community-Opportunity Matching Program, in development

Dr. Carpenter is the PI on an integrated (research and Extension) USDA-NIFA grant that began

funding in Spring 2017. This project uses confidential data from restricted-access government

databases to create algorithms that help researchers and practitioners more accurately estimate

rural business establishments, employment, and payroll using publically available data, which is

often complicated by disclosure issues in rural communities. The long-term goal is to spur rural

economic growth by focusing entrepreneurial and business development efforts on industries


with a high probability of success in the local area. Specifically, this project will examine which

types of businesses have a high probability to succeed or fail in a given county and industry

based the characteristics of the particular county and demographic, geographic, and socio-

economic characteristics of counties where that type of business is frequently found. Our models

will account for these characteristics and in turn examine which industries are smaller than

predicted (and thereby may have an opportunity to expand) and which industries are larger than

predicted (and thereby may be at risk or worthy of case studies determining factors accounting

for their success). Further, this project will create a mechanism through which rural decision

makers and economic development practitioners can understand opportunities and threats for

entrepreneurs in their area.

Business Retention and Expansion, in development

Dr. Carpenter completed the online course on Business Retention and Expansion from the

nationally renowned program at the University of Minnesota, becoming a certified coordinator in

Business Retention and Expansion. Business Retention and Expansion certifications are the mark

of a BRE professional and certify that one has the knowledge and experience to lead economic

development activities in his or her community. They represent professionals in the economic

development field from across the globe in order to educate, train, and promote best practices for

increasing economic activity and growth in both urban and rural areas. They promote and train

economic developers through a variety of workshops and conferences focused on both individual

as well as broad-based skills. Business retention and expansion refers to all community economic

development efforts aimed at helping local businesses survive and grow within the community.

Dr. Carpenter plans on developing numerous Extension publications explaining the business

retention and expansion process, while also creating an original train-the-trainers program.

Different versions may include the classic business retention and expansion, and an industrial-

cluster specific program.

Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (total page views 20)

Dr. Carpenter started a blog, Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (http://agrilife.org/eecosystem/),

on which he shares new research, Extension publications, and important meetings/events. On the

blog he also has an e-mail distribution list, which allows him to share his blog posts as an avenue

to announce important events and programs. Blog posts are listed in the appendix.

Extension Presentations Summary

Type Invited Volunteer or

Submitted

Total

International 0 0 0

National 1 2 3

Regional 0 1 1

State 1 1 2

Local 0 7 7

Total 2 11 13


Year Total Contacts

2016 1,295

2017

Total 1,295

Extension Presentations

National

1. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge. 2017. “Which Latino-owned Business

Grow?” Webinar presentation sponsored by the Southern Rural Development Center,

March.

2. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge. 2017. “Business Owner, Business, and

Regional Factors that contribute and Hinder Latino-Owned Business Survival.” Webinar

presentation sponsored by NCERA-216 multi-state research project, January.

3. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2016. “The Impact of Latino-Owned Business on Local

Economic Performance.” Webinar presentation sponsored by North Central Regional

Center for Rural Development, May. Accessible at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIKpCFL9ApU

Regional

4. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2011. “Latino Growth and Entrepreneurship in the Rural

Midwest.” Presented to the Regional Research Team: Helping Nonmetro Communities

and Underserved Entrepreneurs Grow Together, November.

State

5. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Ronald McDonald, Rebekka Dudensing, and John T. Cooper,

2016. USDA Stronger Economies Together, Texas Governor’s Small Business Forum &

Texas Forest Country Economic Summit. Lufkin, TX, November 9.

6. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2016. Entrepreneurship and Latino-Owned Business:

Opportunities for Extension? Texas A&M Agricultural Economics Extension Unit

Program Retreat, Montgomery, TX, July.

Intra-state Regional or Local Group Facilitation

7. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Rebekka Dudensing, Ronald McDonald. 2016. USDA Stronger

Economies Together, Session 5: Putting the Plan to Action. Lufkin, TX, December 15.

8. Cooper, John T., Ronald McDonald, Rebekka Dudensing, and Craig Wesley Carpenter.

2016. USDA Stronger Economies Together, Session 4: Finalizing the Plan. Lufkin, TX,

October 12.


9. Dudensing, Rebekka, Ronald McDonald, Craig Wesley Carpenter, and John T. Cooper.

2016. USDA Stronger Economies Together, Session 4 Preparation and SMART Goal

editing. College Station, TX via Zoom conference call, October 10.

10. Cooper, John T., Ronald McDonald, Rebekka Dudensing, Craig Wesley Carpenter, and

Jimmy Henry. 2016. USDA Stronger Economies Together, Session 3: Connecting

Capitals. Center, TX, September 14.

11. Dudensing, Rebekka, Craig Wesley Carpenter, Ronald McDonald, John T. Cooper, and

Jimmy Henry. 2016. USDA Stronger Economies Together, Session 1 & 2 Review.

Livingston, TX, August 16.

12. Dudensing, Rebekka, Craig Wesley Carpenter, Ronald McDonald, John T. Cooper, and

Jimmy Henry. 2016. USDA Stronger Economies Together, Session 2: Evidence Based

Planning. Nacogdoches, TX, July 19.

13. Dudensing, Rebekka, Craig Wesley Carpenter, Ronald McDonald, and John T. Cooper.

2016. USDA Stronger Economies Together, Session 1: Regional Data. Jasper, TX, June

24.

Unsolicited Comments

“Keep up the good work.” “I enjoyed the meeting.” “We have wonderful opportunities in reach,

just need to work together.” “Well structured and organized.” “Good session.” “Liked the

discussion on outcomes and how to consider being more effective.” “The process works.”

--Local community leaders and members after participating in meetings of the Texas Forest

Country Stronger Economies Together, Texas, 2016.

Program Impacts

Dr. Carpenter’s support and analysis of regional economic data and development plans has

helped secure grant funding for regional economic development planning, while simultaneously

generating awareness and understanding to best practices and avenues for supporting regional

industrial clusters. Highlights include:

The twelve county region of the Texas Forest Country, formerly Deep East Texas, is

developing and implementing a regional economic development plan to rebrand and

overcome long-standing economic decline and depopulation. The region continues to

refine and prepare to implement its economic development plan, but with the plan almost

complete, Dr. Carpenter had the opportunity to present their regional economic

development plan at the Texas Governor’s Small Business Forum. The SET process

involves synthesizing large amounts of economic data, presenting economic and

community development information, and coaching the regional teams in writing a plan,

as well as providing feedback on plans written by regional teams in other states.

The USDA Stronger Economies Together program combines two new paradigms of

regional economic development: industrial cluster analysis and coordinating rather than

competing. Among other positive reviews, 92.5% of participants in the Texas Forest

Country region indicated that Dr. Carpenter’s explanation and exploration of the region’s


demographic and industrial cluster data and trends was fairly useful or very useful (4 or 5

on a 5-point scale).

Program and Organizational Support

In pursuit of developing and delivering nationally recognized research programs, Dr. Carpenter

has applied as a principal investigator or co-PI for integrated (research and Extension) granted

projects and successfully securing funding from some of those applications. His proposals seek

to collaborate with Extension and Department faculty, while simultaneously bringing national

and interdisciplinary scholars to contribute to the design and development of innovative and

nationally recognized Extension and research programs.

V. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (0% BUDGETED; 40% TIME SPENT)

Summary of Major Accomplishments

Texas Federal Statistical Research Data Center. Designing a research project to

improve United States Census Bureau data related to ethnic entrepreneurship led to

improved internal Census microdata, two Center for Economic Studies discussion papers,

three submitted refereed journal articles, two working papers, and seven invited

presentations. Pursuant to leveraging his access and experience with the data, Dr.

Carpenter is the PI on an awarded grant of $500,000 to USDA-NIFA collaborating with

colleagues in Texas A&M AgriLife, Michigan State University, and Iowa State

University. The grant is a joint application to USDA, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the

U.S. Internal Revenue Service to fund the generation of publicly available county

summary measures on industrial establishment counts and employment. Such measures

have the potential for nationwide use in Extension programs, building Dr. Carpenter’s

national reputation. USDA has approved and funded the project, giving the proposal the

highest possible rating, putting it in the top 14% of proposals nationally.

Given the lengthy approval process and exclusive nature of using the confidential

microdata only available in Federal Statistical Research Data Centers, Dr. Carpenter is

developing multiple other proposals as a means to become an expert in the use of “big

data” and entrepreneurship. Specifically, proposals in development include an

examination of the survival, growth, and other dynamics of “vet-repreneurs” (veteran

entrepreneurs) from 1990-2012, as well as policy analysis using numerous Censuses of

Agriculture from 1964-1982. Dr. Carpenter hopes that this research builds on his current

work related to ethnic entrepreneurship using “big data.”


Research Grants and Contracts Summary

Type and Role

Since Last Promotion Career

Total dollars

to all PIs

Dollars allocated

to your program

Total dollars

to all PIs

Dollars allocated

to your program

External Competitive

PI $500,000 $323,736 $500,000 $323,736

Co-PI $26,400 $5,280 $26,400 $5,280

Total $526,400 $329,016 $526,400 $329,016

United States Census Bureau Research Projects

Project #TX1742 PI. United States Census Bureau, “Understanding Demand Thresholds

and Generating County-Level Estimates with Publicly-Available Methods.” Special

project housed in the Texas Federal Statistical Research Data Center to improve United

States Census Bureau data. 2017-2020.

Project #TX1320 co-PI. United States Census Bureau, “Local Credit Availability and the

Performance of Small and Young Businesses.” Special project housed in the Texas

Federal Statistical Research Data Center to improve United States Census Bureau data.

2014-2018.

Project #AT1215 PI. United States Census Bureau, “Immigrant Entrepreneurship with a

Focus on Latino Entrepreneurship.” Special project housed in the Atlanta Federal

Reserve to improve United States Census Bureau data. 2014-2017.

Special Sworn Status. Special Sworn Status individuals are subject to the same legal

obligations and penalties as regular United States Department of Commerce staff and are

able to access confidential Census Bureau data for which they have a need to know to

conduct their operations, research, etc. The Census Bureau gives Special Sworn Status to

individuals under Title 13, Section 23, only if confidential data are needed to undertake a

task that will contribute substantially to Census Bureau programs and only if the data can

be adequately protected. 2014-present.

Research and Professional Presentations Summary

Type Invited Volunteer or

Submitted Total

International 0 0 0

National 2 4 6

Regional 0 1 1

State 2 3 5

Local 0 0 0

Total 3 8 12


Research Presentations (12 total)

1. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2017. “Using Big Data in Research & Extension for

Community Economics and Business Development.” Texas A&M University,

Department of Agricultural Economics. College Station, TX, April.

2. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge. 2017. “Latino-Owned Business Employment

Growth and Impact.” W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Invited

presentation. Kalamazoo, MI, March.

3. Loveridge, Scott, and Craig Wesley Carpenter. 2017. “Survival and Impact of Latino-

owned Business.” Western Michigan University, Department of Economics. Kalamazoo,

MI, January.

4. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge. 2016. “Economic Growth and Latino-Owned

Businesses.” Minneapolis Federal Reserve. Invited presentation. Minneapolis, MN,

November.

5. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge. 2016. “Which Latino-Owned Businesses

Survive? A Comprehensive Picture from Restricted-Access U.S. Census Data.” Annual

North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International.

Minneapolis, MN, November.

6. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge. 2016. “The Impact of Employment by Latino-

Owned Businesses.” Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science

Association International. Minneapolis, MN, November.

7. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge. 2016. “Using Big Data in the Texas Federal

Statistical Research Data Center to Examine Latino-owned Business.” Department of

Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, Faculty Presentation Series. College

Station, TX, October.

8. Loveridge, Scott, Craig Wesley Carpenter. 2016. “The Impact of Latino-Owned Business

on Local Economic Performance and the Use of Federal Statistical Research Data

Centers.” Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State

University, Brown Bag Series. East Lansing, MI, October.

9. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge. 2016. “The Impact of Latino-Owned Business

Employment Share on Local Economic Performance: A Sector-Level Assessment Based

on Confidential Census Data.” Federal Statistical Research Data Center National

Research Conference. College Station, TX, September.

10. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge. 2015. “Application and Use of a Census

Research Data Center: Observations from a User.” Mid-Continent Regional Science

Association Annual Meetings. St. Louis, MO, May.


11. Loveridge, Scott, and Craig Wesley Carpenter. 2013. “Business Development and

Immigrant Country of Origin.” Presented at the Southern Economic Association annual

conference, Tampa, FL, November.

12. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Anil Rupasingha, Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, and Scott Loveridge.

2013. “Latino Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the United States.” Graduate Research

Symposium, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State

University, East Lansing, MI, March.

Role in Obtaining External Funding

In pursuit of developing and delivering nationally recognized research programs, Dr. Carpenter

has applied as a principal investigator or co-PI for integrated (research and Extension) granted

projects and successfully securing funding from some of those applications. His proposals seek

to collaborate with Extension and Department faculty, while simultaneously bringing national

and interdisciplinary scholars to contribute to the design and development of innovative and

nationally recognized Extension and research programs.

VI. TEACHING ACTIVITIES (0% BUDGETED; 5% TIME SPENT)

Program Statement

Dr. Carpenter endeavors to support students within the parameters of his Extension and Research

efforts. In pursuant to those efforts, Dr. Carpenter’s successful grant and funding applications

include funding for doctoral students and undergraduate student workers. His future work will

not only include advising these graduate students, but also advising undergraduate research

projects, providing technical assistance for research projects, counseling current and prospective

students, taking students to community development events, and conducting guest lectures. In

many cases, these teaching activities introduce students to Extension programs and/or the field of

community economic development. Support of Dr. Edward Rister’s Rural Entrepreneurship

program is mutually beneficial in terms of meeting entrepreneurs and related field experts to

network and discuss Extension activities, while provided support to undergraduate student

research projects. Ongoing support will lead to continued advising of undergraduate student

research projects.

AGEC 425: Rural Entrepreneurship undergraduate student mentor, 2017-present.

Graduate Student Committee Involvement


Degree Chair or Co-Chair Member Chair or Co-Chair Member

MS (Thesis) 0 0 0 0

MS (Non-thesis) 0 0 0 0

PhD 0 0 0 0


VII. SERVICE ACTIVIES (0% BUDGETED; 5% TIME SPENT)

Journal Article Reviewer

1. Applied Economics incorporating Applied Financial Economics. 2017.

Reviewer for Miscellaneous Products

1. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Small Grants Program, Referee.

February, 2017.

2. United States Department of Agriculture, Stronger Economies Together Phase V,

Regional Economic Development Plans. November, 2016.

3. National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Annual

Meetings papers, presentations, and abstracts. 2016.

4. North American Meetings of Regional Science Association International, session chair.

“Inequality in Specific Populations.” 2016.

Service Roles

University

1. Council of Principal Investigators, 2017-2020.

Competitive elected position on three-year term

1 of 2 representatives elected to represent Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Department

2. Rural Entrepreneurship (undergraduate course) Business Plan Judge, 2017.

Professional Improvement Activities

1. Mid-Continent Regional Science Association Annual Meetings

Toledo, OH – June 7-9, 2017

St. Louis, MO – May 27-29, 2015

2. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, Early Career Workshop

Vail, CO – May 31-June 1, 2017

3. North American Meetings of Regional Science Association International

Minneapolis, MN – November 9-12, 2016

4. National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals Meetings

Burlington, VT – June 26-29, 2016

5. Business Retention and Expansion International Online Course and Certification

College Station, TX – August-November, 2016

Business Retention and Expansion International, Certified coordinator.

Continuing education through four-month course from the nationally renowned

program at the University of Minnesota. Business Retention and Expansion

certifications are the mark of a BRE professional and certify that one has the

knowledge and experience to lead economic development activities in his or her

community. 2016.

6. Federal Statistical Research Data Centers Annual National Research Conference

College Station, TX – September 15, 2016


7. Residential Racial Segregation Conference

College Station, TX – September 16, 2016

8. Regional Economic Modeling, Inc. (REMI) Economic Development Conference

Ann Arbor, MI – July 23-24, 2015

9. Cambio de Colores Annual Meeting

Columbia, MO – June 13-15, 2012

10. Special Sworn Status. Special Sworn Status individuals are subject to the same legal

obligations and penalties as regular United States Department of Commerce staff and are

able to access confidential Census Bureau data for which they have a need to know to

conduct their operations, research, etc. The Census Bureau gives Special Sworn Status to

individuals under Title 13, Section 23, only if confidential data are needed to undertake a

task that will contribute substantially to Census Bureau programs and only if the data can

be adequately protected. 2014-present.

United States Census Bureau Research Projects

1. Project #TX1742 PI. United States Census Bureau, “Understanding Demand Thresholds

and Generating County-Level Estimates with Publicly-Available Methods.” Special

project housed in the Texas Federal Statistical Research Data Center to improve United

States Census Bureau data. 2017-2020.

2. Project #TX1320 co-PI. United States Census Bureau, “Local Credit Availability and the

Performance of Small and Young Businesses.” Special project housed in the Texas

Federal Statistical Research Data Center to improve United States Census Bureau data.

2014-2018.

3. Project #AT1215 PI. United States Census Bureau, “Immigrant Entrepreneurship with a

Focus on Latino Entrepreneurship.” Special project housed in the Atlanta Federal

Reserve to improve United States Census Bureau data. 2014-2017.

Professional Affiliations

1. American Economics Association (AEA), 2015-present

2. Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), 2014-present

3. Regional Science Association International (RSAI), 2015-present

4. Mid-Continent Regional Science Association (MCRSA), 2015-present

5. Texas Extension Specialists Association (TESA), 2016-present

6. Business Retention and Expansion International (BREI), 2016-present

7. National Association of Community Development and Extension Professionals

(NACDEP), 2016-present


VIII. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Grants and Contracts Summary

Type and Role


Total dollars

to all PIs

Dollars allocated

to your program

Total dollars

to all PIs

Dollars allocated

to your program

External

PI $500,000 $323,736 $500,000 $323,736

Co-PI $26,400 $5,280 $26,400 $5,280

Total $526,400 $329,016 $526,400 $329,016

Internal

PI $0 $0 $0 $0

Co-PI $0 $0 $0 $0

Total $0 $0 $0 $0

Other

Gifts and Gifts-in-Kind

$0

$0

$0

$0

Royalties to Program

$0

$0

$0

$0

Funding Received – External Competitive

Dates Title Sponsor Funding Share of

Funds

Collaborators

(*PI; Co-PI)

2017-

2020

Mapping Economic

Opportunity in Rural

America: Mining

Big Data for

Decision Making in

Business

Development

USDA-NIFA $500,000 $323,736

Craig Wesley

Carpenter;*

Rebekka

Dudensing; Scott

Loveridge; Linda

Niehm

2016-

2017

Stronger Economies

Together, Phase VI

USDA-Rural

Development $26,400 $5,280

Ronnie

McDonald;* John

Cooper; Jimmy

Henry; Rebekka

Dudensing; Craig

Wesley Carpenter;

Jamie Rae Walker;

and Kevin Andrews


IX. PUBLICATIONS

Publications and Scholarly Work

Type Since Last Promotion Career

Refereed/Peer-Reviewed 1 1

Editor-reviewed 0 0

Scientific Abstracts 0 0

Books 0 0

Chapters in Books 0 0

Research Agency Publ. 2 2

Extension Agency Publ. 5 5

Popular/Industry Articles 0 0

Dissertation or Thesis 2 2

Total 9 9

Journal Articles – Refereed (1 total)

1. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Scott Loveridge. 2017. “Immigrants, Self-Employment,

and Growth in American Cities.” Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy. Forthcoming.

Center for Economic Studies Working Paper Series – Internal Review (2 total)

1. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2016. “The Impact of Latino-Owned Business on Local

Economic Performance.” United States Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies,

Paper No. CES-WP-16-34. Accessible at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2817490 or

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2817490

2. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2016. “The Dynamics of Latino-Owned Business with

Comparisons to Other Ethnicities.” United States Census Bureau Center for Economic

Studies, Paper No. CES-WP-16-33. Accessible at SSRN:

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2817448 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2817448

Journal Articles – Refereed, Submitted (4 total)

1. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Scott Loveridge. 2017. “Differences between Latino-

Owned Businesses and White, Black, or Asian-Owned Businesses: Evidence from

Census Microdata.” Submitted.

2. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Scott Loveridge. 2017. “Factors Associated with Latino-

Owned Business Survival in the United States.” Submitted.

3. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Scott Loveridge. 2017. “Latino Business Contributions to

U.S. Growth Vary by Rurality.” Submitted.


4. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Scott Loveridge. 2017. “A Comprehensive Examination of

U.S. Employment Growth with Confidential Census Microdata on Latino-owned

Business.” Submission pending.

Extension Publications (6 total)

1. Dudensing, Rebekka, David P. Anderson, Dean A. McCorkle, Craig Wesley Carpenter,

and Daniel Hanselka. 2017. “Texas Food and Fiber Methodology,” Texas AgriLife

Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas,

November.

2. McCorkle, Dean A., Rebekka Dudensing, David P. Anderson, Craig Wesley Carpenter,

Dan Hanselka, Dean Ferguson, Jojo Estrada, and Doug Freer. 2016. “The Food and Fiber

System and Production Agriculture’s Contribution to the Texas Economy,” Texas

AgriLife Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas,

November. In development.

3. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, Scott Loveridge, Angela Callie and Christine Sorensen. 2015.

Update and revision of Justin Goetz. 2008. “Building Stronger Communities Series.”

Internal national agency training manual, United State Department of Agriculture – Rural

Development.

4. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2013. “How Rural Areas Can Adapt to Declining Rural Latino

Immigration.” National Agricultural and Rural Development Center Policy Brief

#8. August. Accessible at: http://nardep.info/uploads/Brief_Latino.pdf

5. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2013. “Trends in North Central Latino Demographics.” North

Central Regional Center for Rural Development Policy Brief. Accessible at:

http://expeng.anr.msu.edu/uploads/files/133/CarpenterLatinoDemographicsFinal.pdf

6. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2013. “Policy Options to Enhance Rural Development in the

Upper Midwest through Immigrant Entrepreneurship.” North Central Regional Center

for Rural Development Policy Brief. Accessible at:

http://expeng.anr.msu.edu/uploads/files/133/ImmigrantEntrepreneurship-FINAL.pdf

Publications in Development (6 total)

1. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Scott Loveridge. 2017. “Latino-owned Business:

Opportunities and Challenges.”

2. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Charles Tolbert. 2017. “Local Economic Effects of the

Decline in Local Ownership of Rural Banks.”

3. Carpenter Craig Wesley, and Charles Tolbert. 2017. “The Demise of Local Ownership of

Rural Banks and Creative Destruction in Rural America.”

http://nardep.info/uploads/Brief_Latino.pdf


4. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Rebekka Dudensing. 2017. “Getting the Community

Involved in Economic Development.” Texas AgriLife Extension Service, The Texas A&M

University System, College Station, Texas.

5. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, and Rebekka Dudensing. 2017. “Successful SMART Goal

Implementation.” Texas AgriLife Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System,

College Station, Texas.

6. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2017. “What is Business Retention and Expansion?” Target:

Texas AgriLife Extension Service, The Texas A&M University System, College Station,

Texas.

7. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2017. “Evaluating Progress and Implementation in Business

Retention and Expansion.” Texas AgriLife Extension Service, The Texas A&M University

System, College Station, Texas.

8. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2017. “Translating Data and Survey Results into SMART goals

for Business Retention and Expansion.” Texas AgriLife Extension Service, The Texas

A&M University System, College Station, Texas.

Dissertation or Thesis (2 total)

1. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2016. “Immigrants, Self-Employment, Ethnicity, and Growth

in the United States.” Dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a PhD in

Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. Scott Loveridge, Advisor. Department of

Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing,

MI, June. http://gradworks.umi.com/10/10/10107774.html.

2. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. 2011. “The Political Economy of Microfinance: Women’s

Empowerment?” Senior research thesis in fulfillment of the requirements for a senior

individualized project in Economics and Business. Department of Economics and

Business, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI, June.

X. PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS

1. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Dissertation Completion

Fellowship, Michigan State University. 1 of ~3 in PhD program. 2016.

2. Glenn and Sandy Johnson Dissertation Enhancement Fellowship, Department of

Agricultural,

Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University. 1 of 1 in PhD

program. 2015.

3. Irene & S. Kyle Morris Award for achievement in economics courses, Kalamazoo

College,


Department of Economics and Business. 1 of ~2 in College. 2008.

XI. APPENDIX

Your Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Blog Posts (6 total)

http://agrilife.org/eecosystem/

1. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. “Kauffman Foundation Report on Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

Importance.” May 5, 2017.

2. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Foundations: Education.” April 7,

2017.

3. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Foundations: Rural Health.”

March 22, 2017.

4. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. “CDI Texas 2017.” January 26, 2017.

5. Carpenter, Craig Wesley. “Hispanic and Latino-owned Businesses Increasingly

Important.” January 13, 2017.

6. Carpenter, Craig Wesley, “Welcome to the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Blog!” November

2, 2016.

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