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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
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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.”
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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
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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.
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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
Since Last Promotion Career
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
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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
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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
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VIII. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
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
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
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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.
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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.”
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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,
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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.