Contact CSSD
Mailing address:
B101 Highlander Hall
Riverside, CA. 92521
Tel. (951)-827-7830
Fax: (951) 827-2619
CSSD Staff
Anil B. Deolalikar
Director
anil.deolalikar@ucr.edu
951.827.4537
Anil B. Deolalikar is Professor of Economics and Associate Dean of Social Sciences in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) at UCR.
Dr. Deolalikar also serves as Director of the CHASS Public Policy Initiative that launched plans for establishing a School of Public Policy at UCR. The new professional school, approved by the UC Regents in September 2008, plans to conduct research and train future policy-makers in a range of social-policy issues, including those related to population growth, environmental policy and immigration.
Dr. Deolalikar’s research is focused on the analysis and evaluation of public policies in the area of economic reforms, education- and health-sector reform, and sustainability. He has conducted his research in a number of countries in Asia, Africa and Europe.
Dr. Deolalikar has been a Professor of Economics at UCR since 2002. He previously was a Professor of Economics and of International Studies at the University of Washington – Seattle, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, and Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvard University. He also has held visiting appointments at the World Bank.
He earned a Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in Economics at Harvard University in 1977, a diploma in Economics from Cambridge University (U.K.) in 1978 and a Ph.D. in Economics at Stanford University in 1981. He was a postdoctoral research fellow in economic demography at Yale University in 1980-81.
Juliann Allison
Associate Director
Juliann.allison@ucr.edu
951.827.4582
Juliann Allison is Associate Director of the Blakely Center and Associate Professor of Political Science at UCR. She received her Ph.D from the University of California, Los Angeles and joined the UCR faculty in 1997.
As Associate Director, Dr. Allison seeks to strengthen ties between the Center and UCR's faculty by aiding research efforts, finding funding for graduate students and their research and identifying faculty members interested in the Center's research projects.
Her teaching interests include international political economy and environmental politics. Her research efforts have been supported by the California Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation.
Dr. Allison's recent publications include: Creating Distributed Generation Policy to Improve Air Quality: "Can We Have Our Cake and Eat it Too?" Energy Policy Journal (forthcoming, written with former Center Director James Lents); "Information and International Politics: an Overview," in Technology, Development and Democracy: International Conflict and Cooperation in the Information Age. Albany: SUNY Press (2002); and Technology, Development and Democracy: International Conflict and Cooperation in the Information Age, ed. Albany: SUNY Press (2002).
Rick Burnham
Assistant Director
rick.burnham@ucr.edu
951.827.4103
Rick Burnham is the Center's Assistant Director. He has more than 25 years' experience as a business writer and editor for newspapers in California and Michigan, including nearly 15 years with The Press-Enterprise in Riverside. He has written for regional and national magazines, including California Builder, Road & Track, Westways and Parenting. He received a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Central Michigan University and was a Herbert J. Davenport Fellow in Business and Economics at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He also has completed several college courses in real estate, technology and telecommunications.
Shayna Conaway
Finance, Outreach & Extramural Funds Administrator
shayna.conaway@ucr.edu
951.827.7830
Shayna Conaway joined CSSD in 2004 as the Finance and Event Manager. Before joining the Center, she worked as a Financial Analyst in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Dean's Office at UCR where she assisted with the financial management of CSSD from its inception. Prior to coming to Riverside, Shayna worked in mortgage banking finance. She received her B.A. degree from California State University, Fresno in 1992.
Judy Swineford
Office Administration & Project Support Specialist
judysw@ucr.edu
951.827.7945
Judy Swineford is the Center's Contract Manager. Before joining CSSD in May 2004, Swineford worked for the College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology at UCR and for the South Coast Air Quality Management District. She has conducted field measurements and data review for the Southern California Ozone Study, worked in the Environmental Policy Studies group developing emission inventories, identifying and evaluating new and emerging air pollution control technologies, and researching alternatives in solid waste transport. Swineford has a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Management from the University of La Verne.
