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Troy D. Mix, AICP - Bio

Assistant Policy Scientist

mix@udel.edu e-mail
302-831-4926 phone/voice-mail
302-831-4934 fax

DGS Annex | University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware 19716-7380

Education | Research and Professional Interests | Experience | Professional Memberships and Committee Participation | Honors and Awards | Recent Courses Taught | Selected Presentations | Selected Publications

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MPA, University of Delaware 2004, State and Local Management

BA, University of Pittsburgh 2002, Political Science (summa cum laude)

go to top of pageResearch and Professional Interests

local and regional economic development, comprehensive planning, broadband policy and infrastructure, fiscal impacts of development, geographic information systems (GIS)

go to top of pageExperience

2008-present
Assistant Policy Scientist, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware

2005-2008
Policy Specialist II, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
 
2004-2005
Planner, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware
 
2003-2004
Intern, Office of State Planning Coordination (Dover, Delaware)
 
2002-2003
Research Assistant, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware

go to top of pageProfessional Memberships and Committee Participation

Sussex Economic Development Action Committee (SEDAC)

American Planning Association (APA)

American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)

Delaware Association for Public Administration (DAPA)

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United Alumni for Urban Affairs Student Award, 2004

Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society of Public Affairs and Administration, 2004

go to top of pageRecent Courses Taught

UAPP 655—GIS Applications in the Public & Nonprofit Sector (co-instructed with Andrew Homsey)

go to top of pageSelected Presentations

“Broadband in Delaware: Opportunities and Challenges for Economic Development,” presented at the annual Delaware Institute for Local Government Leaders (DILGL), Rehoboth Beach, Del., October 30, 2008.

“Critical Long Term Budget Policy Issues: Research and Policy Ideas Discussion with Academics,” Little Rock, Ark., April 11, 2008. Panel participant at the spring meeting of the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO).

“Charting Livable Delaware’s Progress,” presented at the annual Delaware Geographic Information Systems (GIS) conference hosted by the Delaware Geographic Data Committee, Dover, Del., April 23, 2008.

“An Interactive, GIS-based Model for Projecting Consumer Spending in New Castle County, Delaware,” presented with Andrew Homsey at Towson University’s annual Geographic Information Sciences conference (TUgis), Towson, Md., March 19, 2007.

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"Revitalizing Public Service in the First State," PA Times, Vol. 32 No. 4, April 2009, p. 15.

“Fiscal Impacts of Development: Literature Review and Discussion,” Project Manager and Principal Drafter, IPA, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., July 2008.

“Greater Georgetown Area Comprehensive Market Analysis,” Project Manager and Principal Drafter, IPA, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., April 2008.

“Report of the Cabinet Committee on State Planning Issues to the Governor and the 144th General Assembly,” Principal Drafter and Researcher, prepared for the Delaware Office of Management and Budget, Dover, Del., January 2008.

“Town of Odessa Comprehensive Plan,” Project Manager and Principal Drafter, IPA, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., October 2006.

“Delaware Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy - Final CEDS Process” and “Delaware Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy - Final CEDS Summary,” Drafting Coordinator, IPA, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., August 2006.

“Town of Middletown Comprehensive Plan,” Principal Drafter, IPA, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., November 2005.