What are those wiggly lines?
Those wiggly lines are actual and estimated London Underground passenger figures around the July 2005 terror attacks:
Prager, F., G.R. Beeler Asay, D. Von Winterfeldt, and B. Lee. (2011). Exploring Reductions in London Underground Passengers following the 2005 Bombings. Risk Analysis, 31(5), 773-786.
I have published these two books:
Martin, C.A. and F. Prager (2019) Terrorism: An International Perspective. Sage, London.
Rose, A., F. Prager, Z. Chen, S. Chatterjee, with D. Wei, N. Heatwole, and E. Warren (2017). Economic Consequence Analysis of Disasters – The E-CAT Software Tool. Springer, Singapore.
I’m really proud of the work Dr. Jose Martinez and I have done to build the South Bay Economics Institute over the past 10 years.
Research and Consulting rooted in the South Bay community
I’ve worked on bringing a total of $4.6 million to CSUDH since joining.
South Bay Economics Institute:
$200,000 from the California Learning Lab to study the use of AI to support integrated career planning in classroom settings (PI).
$800,000 from the California Air Resources Board to study telecommuting impacts on travel behavior, climate change, and land use (PI).
$1,866,311 from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control for a study on the Cannabis Industry in South Bay Los Angeles (Principal Investigator: Dr. Anthony Samad, Dymally Institute, CSUDH, Co-PI, Dr. Rama Malladi, CBAPP, CSUDH).
$300,000 from the CSU Transportation Consortium for four separate grants on topics such as telecommuting, warehousing and housing, and parking cash-out (three as Co-PI, one as PI).
$101,500 from the Los Angeles World Trade Center and the CSUDH President’s Office to conduct a survey of foreign-owned businesses (Co-PI).
$45,000 from the South Bay Workforce Investment Board for a report on the impact of Blockchain on the South Bay economy (Co-PI).
$21,250 from the CSUDH University Village Housing Development Project to survey faculty and staff about housing issues (Co-PI).
Additional projects:
$300,000 from the California Air Resources Board to study Parking Cash-Out policy (PI).
$1,000,000 from the US Department of Homeland Security to develop the CSUDH Homeland Security Initiative for research and improving career pathways for diverse students to the homeland security enterprise (Co-PI).
Teaching
Student Fellows program – hiring students to gain hands-on research experience
SBEF Student Research Competition
Economics classes across multiple departments at the College of Business Administration and Public Policy
Community Outreach
Cultivating Entrepreneurship in your Communities conference – Organization and Presentations
Annual South Bay Economic Forecast – Planning and Presentations
County of Los Angeles 2nd District Economic Forum – Presentation
SelectLA Investment Summit - Presentations
Collaborations with South Bay Workforce Investment Board, South Bay Cities Council of Government, County of Los Angeles 2nd District Economic Development, Economic Development departments at numerous South Bay cities, CSUDH Entrepreneurial Institute, CSUDH Innovation Incubator