Rod Hissong Ph. D.
School of Urban and Public Affairs
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas 76019
Education
Ph. D., Rice University 1989.
M.S., Iowa State University 1978.
B.S., Iowa State University 1974.
Experience
Acting Dean, School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington, fall semester 2004.
Associate Dean, School of Urban and Public Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington. 2001 to present.
Associate Professor of Urban Affairs, University of Texas, Arlington. 1993-Present.
Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs, University of Texas, Arlington. 1988-1993
University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. Instructor of Economics. August 1984-May 1987.
Harris County Adult Probation Department, Research and Planning. Research Associate. November 1984-March 1985, October 1985-August 1988.
Allied Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas. A multi-bank holding company. Economist and financial analyst. 1981-1984.
Instructor of Economics at University of St. Thomas. 1980.
Full time Fellowship graduate student of Economics at Rice University. 1978-1981.
Research Associate for Southwest Center for Urban Research, Houston, Texas. 1979-1980.
Teaching assistant, academic advisor, and instructor at Iowa State University. 1974-1978.
Professional Associations
Urban Affairs Association
University Awards
Faculty Development Leave, Fall Semester 2000
Charter Member of Academy of Distinguished Teachers, 1996
Teaching Experience
URPA 5303 Urban Economic Theory
URPA 5312 Urban Economic Policy
URPA 5324 Urban Public Finance
URPA 5329 Financial Management in the Public and Non-Profit Sectors
URPA 5392 Economic Theory for the Public Administrator
URPA 5395 Financial Evaluation of Local Government
URPA 5345 Evaluations Research
URPA 5348 Cost Benefit Analysis
URPA 6301 Theoretical Foundations of Urban Affairs
URPA 6346 Advanced Data Analysis
University Service
Chair of Faculty Hearing Panel that considered appeal of tenure process and decision of two professors in Biology Department, 2003.
Member of Graduate Recruitment Advisor Board 2001 to present.
Member of College of Business Administration Dean Search Committee 1997-
1998.
Member of Department of Criminal Justice Faculty Search Committee 1997-1998
Vice Chair of Faculty Senate, 1998-1999.
Chair of Faculty Senate, 1996-1998.
Chair Elect of Faculty Senate, 1995-1996.
Vice Chair of Faculty Senate, 1994-1995.
University of Texas System Faculty Advisory Council to the Chancellor, 1995-
1998.
Chair of Ad Hoc Faculty Senate Committee on Post Tenure Review Policy, 1996-
1997.
Chair of Intercollegiate Athletics Task Force, 1996.
Graduate Assembly Committee on Graduate Students, 1993-1998.
Ad Hoc University Governance Committee, 1993-1994.
Research Enhancement Program Advisory Committee, 1990-1996.
Equity Committee of Faculty Senate, 1991-1994,1995-1996.
Ethics Committee of Faculty Senate, 1990-1991, 1993-1994.
President Advisory Committee of Faculty Senate 1994 to present.
Self-study Student Development Committee in conjunction with Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools Accreditation, 1994-1996.
School of Urban and Public Affairs Service
Ph. D. Graduate Advisor and Director of Ph.D. Program, 1991- Present.
School of Urban and Public Affairs Senator on Faculty Senate. 1990- 1996.
Chair of School of Urban and Public Affairs Curriculum Committee. 1991.
Graduate Studies Committee for School of Urban and Public Affairs, 1989-
Present.
Graduate Studies Committee of Masters of Public Administration, 1994 - present.
Community Service
Addressed Arlington City Town Hall meeting regarding local economic
development incentives. August 2001.
Conducted seminar for Certified Public Manager certification program addressing
public finance. July/August, 1999.
Addressed Bastrop, Texas Economic Development Corporation.
Presented results of “Economic Development Programs in Major Texas Cities: Change in Structure, Policy and Impact,” by Taebel, D. Hissong, R. and Daniel, T., September 1998.
Panel discussant for Tarrant County Together Economic Development Committee. Presentation on tax incentives, abatements and credits, July 1998.
Analysis of Property Tax Abatement Policies of Texas Urban Counties. Results presented to Conference of Urban Counties of Texas, May 1998.
Analysis of Exit Interviews of Former Teachers of Castleberry Independent School District, River Oaks, Texas July 1997.
Program Moderator of and Presenter at The Mayors’ Council of Tarrant County Community Economic Development Workshop, June1997.
Evaluation of economic development program for City of DeSoto, 1996.
Consultant to Tarrant County 911. Evaluate effectiveness of new programs. 1993.
Conducted housing survey for low-income neighborhood in Mansfield, Texas for City of Mansfield in conjunction with Bank One, Texas NA affordable housing financing project.
Member of Bank One, Texas, NA. Community Advisory Board. 1992 to 1995.
Provided comparison of tax burden and fiscal stress of Hutchinson County to other Texas Panhandle Counties to the Honorable David Willard, County Judge of Hutchinson County. June 1992.
Addressed Texas Teen Court Association on topic of evaluation of Arlington Teen Court program. 1991.
Provided City of Plano with forecasts of 1992 sales tax receipts. 1991.
Participant in Leadership Arlington. 1991-1992.
Interviewed on "UTA Today" news program by Donna Darovich on Teen Court Research. 1991.
Addressed the Governor's Task Force on Revenues regarding the tax reform in Texas. 1991.
Appeared on KDTN’s "The McCuistion Program" which discussed the financing of the proposed Texas' Ranger Stadium. 1990.
Graphical analysis for Arlington Planning Survey for City of Arlington, Texas. 1990.
Addressed Strategic Planning Committee of Arlington Human Services Project concerning the North Texas economy. Remarks were to be incorporated into their program planning. 1990.
Provided statistical evaluation of Teen Court Arlington for City of Arlington. 1990.
Contributing analyst on report forecasting enrollment trends for Dallas Community College District. 1989.
Conducted a quality of housing stock survey for the Neighborhood Housing Services of Fort Worth in the Polytechnic area of Fort Worth. July 1989.
Addressed Young Men of Arlington on the economic impacts of the Super Conducting Super Collider on Arlington.1988.
Professional Activities
Referee paper, “Early Measurement of the Impact of a Tax Increment Financing Zone: The Corpus Christi Experience,” submitted to Municipal Finance Journal, 2005.
Moderator for, “Local Government,” panel at Urban Affairs Association Annual conference, 2005.
Presented, “Economic Development Policies of Texas Cities,” at Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference 2004 with Theresa Daniel.
Presented “The Impact of Retail sales and Use Tax for Local Economic
Development- Ten Years Later,” at Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, 2001.
Co-presenter of, “The Impacts of Federal Devolution on Texas and California
Cities: Administrative Opportunity or Threat To Social Justice?” at Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference, 2000.
Moderator for, “Local Public Goods and Privatization,” panel at Urban Affairs
Association Annual Conference, 1998.
Moderator for, “Addressing the Employment Problems of Immigrants,” at
Reforming Welfare In Texas, Conference sponsored by University of Texas at
Arlington, School of Social Work and School of Urban and Public Affairs, 1997.
Moderator for “Minority entrepreneurship and the Inner City,” panel at Urban
Affairs Association Annual Conference, 1996.
Presenter of, “Municipal Level Economic Development: How Effective are the
Efforts of Medium-sized Texas Cities?” at Urban Affairs Association Annual
Conference, 1995.
Presenter of “Overcoming the Barriers of Inclusive Public Expenditures,” at Urban
Affairs Associations Annual Conference. 1993.
Presenter of “Economic Development of Inner City Neighborhoods,” at Economic
Development Conference hosted by University of Texas - San Antonio.
January 1993.
Principle investigator for North Texas Highway Districts of "Texas Department of
Transportation Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Capacity Study” Funded by
Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation Grant No.
502XXA4004. June 1992- August 1993.
Presenter of “The Changing Influence of the Local Economy of Municipal
Budgets,” at the 1992 Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference.
Presenter of "Teen Court - Is it an Effective Alternative To Activities: Traditional
Sanctions?" at the 1991 Urban Affairs Association Annual Conference. April
1991.
Presenter of "Tax Abatements as an Economic Development Tool: Pros and Cons,"
at the 1990 Texas Conference on Local Economic Development. August 1990.
Co-presenter of "America's Cities and the 1980's: The Legacy of the Reagan Years"
at the 1990 Urban Affairs Associations Annual Conference. April 1990.
Publications
Li, Jianling, Hissong, R. and Cole, R., “State-of-the-Practice in Toll Financing: Implications for Texas,” Technical Report 0-4433-2, Research Project No. 0-4433. Texas Department of Transportation. 2005.
Daniel, Theresa, Hissong, R. and Grohe B., “Economic Development in Smaller Cities,” in Texas Town & City. Texas Municipal League, April 2004.
Daniel, Theresa, Hissong, R. and Grohe B., “Economic Development in Large Texas Cities: Ten Years After,” in Texas Town & City. Texas Municipal League, March 2004.
Hissong, R., “The Efficacy of Local Economic Development Incentives,” in Financing Economic Development in the 21st Century. Edited by Sammis B. White, Richard Bingham, and Edward W. Hill. Armonk, New York. M.E. Sharpe 2003.
Hissong, R., Tax Increment Finance Symposium, Editor. Municipal Finance Journal,
Spring, 2001.
Arvidson, E., Cole, R. and Hissong, R., “Tax Increment Financing in Texas: Survey
and Assessment,” in Tax Increment Financing and Economic Development:
Uses, Structures and Impact, edited by Johnson, C., and Man, J. Albany: SUNY
Press. 2001.
Hissong, R., “An Analysis of Texas Local Economic Development Strategies and
Employment Growth” Report for The Center for Economic Development
Research and Service. Institute of Urban Studies, School of Urban and Public
Affairs, University of Texas at Arlington. 2001.
Cole, R., Hissong, R., and Arvidson, E., “Devolution: Where’s the Revolution?”
Publius, Vol. 29, No. 4, 2000.
Taebel, D., Hissong, R. and Daniel T., “The Public Financing of Professional Sports
Arenas – Who Should pay and Who Benefits?” Texas Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1. June 1999.
Taebel, D. Hissong, R. and Daniel T., “Economic Development Programs in Major
Texas Cities: Change in Structure, Policy and Impact.” May 1998.
Hissong, Rod, “An Analysis of Tax Capacity and Tax Effort of Texas
Counties 1980-1993,” Published by SUPA Center for Economic Development
Research and Service. 1997.
Thompson, Wilbur, R. Hissong, J. Kunde, H. van Gelder, and S. Wyman, “The
Economic Development of the Fort Worth-Arlington Area: An Occupational-
Functional Approach,” Technical Report 95-15. Center for Economic
Development Research and Service, School of Urban and Public Affairs,
University of Texas at Arlington. 1995.
Hissong, Rod and G. Wheeler, "Economic Transition of Texas Cities and the Impact
On Probationary Services,” Texas Probation, fall 1992.
Hissong, Rod, "Teen Court - Is it an Effective Alternative To Traditional
Sanctions?” Journal for Juvenile Justice and Detention Services, Vol. 6, No. 2,
Nov. 1991.
Wheeler, Gerald and R. Hissong, "Transferability of Probation Risk Assessment
Instruments: A Case for Caution," Evaluation and Program Planning, Vol. 13,
1990.
Wheeler, Gerald and R. Hissong, "Economic Sanctions and Criminal Justice:
Dilemma For Human Services?” Justice Systems Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1 1990.
Cole, Richard, D. Taebel, and R. Hissong, "America's Cities and the 1980's: The
Legacy of the Reagan Years", Journal of Urban Affairs, Vol. 12, No. 4 1990.
Wheeler, Gerald R., A. Rudolph, R. Hissong, "Do Probationers' Characteristics
Affect Fee Assessment, Payment and Outcome?" Perspectives, Volume 13, No.
3, 1989.
Wheeler, Gerald R., R. Hissong, T. Macan, and M. Slusher, "The Effects of Probation
Service Fees on Case Management Strategy and Sanctions," Journal of Criminal
Justice, Vol. 17, No. 1, January 1989.
Wheeler, Gerald R. and Rodney V. Hissong, "A Survival Time Analysis of Criminal
Sanctions for Misdemeanor Offenders: A Case for Alternatives to
Incarceration," Evaluation Review, Vol. 12, No.5, October 1988.
Wheeler, Gerald R. and Rodney V. Hissong, "Effects of Criminal Sanctions on
Drunk Drivers: Beyond Incarcerations," Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 34, No.
1, January 1988.
Wheeler, G., M. Slusher, R. Hissong, and C. Holmes, "Differential Classification and
Supervision of Probationers: Is There an Effect on Outcome?" Research Paper
for grant provided by the National Institute of Corrections, U.S. Department of
Justice. 1986.
Ongoing Research and Teaching
Analyzing the impact of local economic development efforts in Texas over the last fifteen years using panel data estimation techniques.
Developing an urban economics course from the perspective of New Institutional Economics.