Tel: +1 404-894-6111, Fax: +1 404-894-0069, e-mail: jan.youtie@edi.gatech.edu
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Jan Youtie, Principal Research Associate, Economic Development Institute, and
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, GA 30332-0640 USA Tel: +1 404-894-6111, Fax: +1 404-894-0069, e-mail: jan.youtie@edi.gatech.edu |
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Biographical Sketch - Jan Youtie
Jan Youtie is a principal research associate at Georgia Tech's Economic Development Institute and adjunct associate professor in Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy. She specializes in applied research in economic development, manufacturing modernization, and telecommunications policy areas. She has been a principal investigator in studies sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Aspen Institute, the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technologies, the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, and the Georgia Office of Planning and Budget. Dr. Youtie has been appointed to serve as a member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership Ninth Year Review Panel. Recent publications include Telecommunications Strategy for Economic Development (Greenwood Publications), and "Tracking Customer Progress" and "Coordinating Industrial Modernization Services: Impacts and Insights from the U.S. Manufacturing Extension Partnership" (Lang Rosen Gold Award Winners) in the Journal of Technology Transfer.
Economic development; industrial modernization programs; telecommunications policy; technology transfer; market analysis; evaluation research; survey design, administration, and analysis; service quality research; statistical analysis/modeling; focus groups
Major Reports and Publications
Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie "Teaching with Internet and Multimedia Technologies: Insights from an Online Seminar on Industrial Modernization." Journal of Planning Education and Research. Forthcoming 2000.
Jan Youtie, "Field of Dreams Revisited: Economic Development and Telecommunications in LaGrange, Georgia" Economic Development Quarterly, v. 14, n. 2, May 2000, 146-153.
Jan Youtie, Barry Bozeman, Philip Shapira, "Using an evaluability assessment to select methods for evaluating state technology development programs: the case of the Georgia Research Alliance," Evaluation and Program Planning, 22, 1999, 55-64.
Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, "Evaluating Industrial Modernization: Methods, Results, and Insights from the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Alliance," The Journal of Technology Transfer, v. 23, n. 1, Spring 1998.
Robert Springfield and Jan Youtie "Evaluation of Industrial Modernization Programs: The Field Agent's Perspective," The Journal of Technology Transfer, v. 23, n. 1, Spring 1998.
Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, (Guest Editors) Theme Issue, Contrasting Perspectives on the Evaluation of Industrial Modernization, The Journal of Technology Transfer, v. 23, n. 1, Spring 1998.
Jan Youtie and Philip Shapira, "Tracking Customer Progress in a Manufacturing Extension Alliance." The Journal of Technology Transfer, v. 22, n. 2, 1997.
Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, "Coordinating Industrial Modernization Services: Impacts and Insights from the U.S. Manufacturing Extension Partnership." The Journal of Technology Transfer, v. 22, n. 1, 1997 (Lang Rosen Gold Award Winner).
Philip Shapira, Gordon Kingsley, and Jan Youtie, "Manufacturing Partnerships: Evaluation in the Context of Government Reform" Policy and Program Evaluation, v. 20, n. 1, 1997.
Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, "Towards a Benefit-Cost Methodology for Assessing Manufacturing Extension Program Impacts." Proceedings Technology Transfer Metrics Summit - Technology Transfer: How Do We Know What Works? Technology Transfer Society, June 1997.
William Read and Jan Youtie, Telecommunications Strategy for Economic Development, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 1996.
Philip Shapira, Jan Youtie, J. David Roessner, "Evaluating Industrial Modernizatization Programs: Issues, Practices, and Strategies," Research Policy, v. 27, n. 2, 1996.
Jan Youtie and William Read, "Regulatory Reform and the Promise of New Telecommunications Infrastructure in New Jersey," The Information Society, v. 12, n. 4, 1996.
Art Brown and Jan Youtie, "Using GIS to Support Marketing and Business Development Efforts by Small Manufacturers," Phoenix, AZ: Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 16-18, 1996.
William Drummond and Jan Youtie, "Assessing Technical Institute Facilities," Business Geographics for Educators and Researchers, Proceedings. Chicago, IL: Association of American Geographers and GIS World, Inc., May 30, 1996.
Philip Shapira and Jan Youtie, "Assessing GMEA's Impacts: Towards a Cost-Benefit Methodology," paper presented at the Technology Transfer: How Do We Know What Works Conference on Measurement and Evaluation, May 1, 1996.
William Read and Jan Youtie, "Policy Strategies Along the Information Superhighway" Policy Studies Review, v. 14, n. 1/2, Spring/Summer 1995.
William Read and Jan Youtie, "Telecommunications and Economic Development: Assessing Public Strategies" Industrial and Corporate Change, v. 4, n. 4, 1995.
William Read and Jan Youtie, "LaGrange, Georgia's Field of Dreams: Economic Development and Telecommunications in a Rural Area" Economic Development Review, Winter 1995.
Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira, J. David Roessner, Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide: Volume 1 Regional Needs Assessment Approaches, The Aspen Institute, 1995.
Jan Youtie, Philip Shapira, J. David Roessner, Manufacturing Assistance Program Needs Assessment Guide: Volume 2 Firm-Level Approaches, The Aspen Institute, 1995.
William Read and Jan Youtie, "Texas Telecom Corridor" Economic Development Review, Spring 1994.
William Read and Jan Youtie, "Public versus private enterprise: the lessons of high-tech Singapore" Intermedia, November/December 1993.
William Read and Jan Youtie, "Information Superhighways" Research Horizons Fall, 1993.
Jan Youtie, "Overcoming Obstacles to Commercializing University Research," Technology Transfer Society Conference, 1992.
Jan Youtie, "Assessing Science and Technology Centers," Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 1992.
Robert and Company and A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service Comprehensive Plan: Canton, Georgia, 1992 (Merit Award).
Jan Youtie, "Public Opinion in the Exurbs," A.L. Burruss Institute Monograph Series, 1991.
Jan Youtie, "Marketing the Local Option Sales Tax," A.L. Burruss Institute Monographic Series, 1991.
Jan Youtie, "You Know You're Doing Public Service Survey Research When...," Advanced Computing and Information Technologies Conference, 1991.
Jan Youtie, "Whatever Happened to Culture Follow-Through?" Bank Marketing, Spring, 1990.
Allen Lipis and Jan Youtie, "The Economics of Image Processing and Standardization," Image Forum, 1990.
Allen Lipis and Jan Youtie, Small Business Lending Opportunities, U.S. League of Savings and Loan Associations, 1985.
Allen Lipis, Thomas Marschall, and Jan Youtie, Electronic Banking, Wiley, 1985.
Jan Youtie and Thomas Marschall,"Microcomputers in Banking," Southern Banker, Winter, 1984.
Thomas Marschall and Jan Youtie, "No Longer a Toy: Integration Should be Pursued but the End is What the Micro is All About," ICP Banking Software, Winter 1984.
"Public Intervenors and the Public Airwaves: The Effect of Interest Group on FCC Decisions" in Communications Policy and the Political Process, edited by John J. Havick, Greenwood, 1983.
"Compatibility and Conflict: the Impact of Comprehensive Land Use Planning on Zoning Decisions," Southern Political Science Association, 1980.
| PhD - Political Science & Research Methods/Statistics | Emory University | 1981 |
| MA - Political Science | Emory University | 1979 |
| BS - Political Science | Emory University | 1977 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Principal Research Associate, EDI Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Policy Senior Research Associate, EDI |
1998 - Present 1997 - Present 1992 - 1998 |
| Kennesaw State College | Assistant Director, A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service | 1990 - 1992 |
| Bank Earnings International | Vice President | 1982 - 1990 |
| First Atlanta | Marketing Officer | 1982 |
| Electronic Banking, Inc. | Senior Research Associate | 1981-1982 |
| 2000 | EDA Midwest Regional Meeting, Chicago, IL |
| 1999 | American Evaluation Association, Orlando, FL |
| 1999 | Modernization Forum, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 1999 | EDA Southeast Regional Meeting, Boca Raton, FL |
| 1998 | Southern Technology Council, Atlanta, Ga |
| 1998 | American Industrial Extension Alliance, Atlanta, GA |
| 1997 | American Evaluation Association, San Diego, CA |
| 1997 | CMC Asynchronous Learning Network, Instructional Design Workshop, Atlanta, GA |
| 1997 | MEP-SBDC Linkages Meeting, Keystone, CO |
| 1997 | Annual Meeting of the Technology Transfer Society, Denver, CO |
| 1997 | NIST-MEP/Cosmos Corporation Case Study Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD |
| 1997 | Identifying High Impact Projects, The Modernization Forum, St. Louis, MO |
| 1997 | Basic Economic Development Course, Atlanta, GA |
| 1997 | Advanced Telecommunications and Economic Development, Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology, Atlanta, GA |
| 1996 | Coordinating Industrial Modernization Services, Technology Transfer Society Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH |
| 1996 | Assessing Technical Institute Facilities, Business Geographics for Educators and Researchers, Chicago, IL |
| 1996 | Towards a Cost-Benefit Methodology for Assessing Manufacturing Extension Program Impacts, Engineering Research Foundation/Technology Transfer Society Conference on Evaluation and Measurement, Santa Fe, NM |
| 1996 | Market Development for Small Manufacturers, The Modernization Forum, St. Louis, MO |
| 1996 | Anticipated versus Actual Results, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland |
| 1995 | Coordinating Industrial Modernization Services, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland |
| 1995 | Defense Dependent Manufacturers in Georgia: Size, Location, Problems, and Needs, Modernization Forum National Conference, Haines City, Florida |
| 1995 | Telecommunications Strategy and Economic Development, Telecommunications Infrastructure and the Information Economic, Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| 1995 | Telecommunications Strategy and Economic Development, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1993 | Winning with Telecommunications, Georgia Economic Development Association, Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 1993 | Telecommunications and Economic Development, Why Richardson, Texas? Urban Land Institute, Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 1993 | Telecommunications and Rural Economic Development, Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce, Dahlonega, Georgia. |
| 1992 | New Federal Laboratory Initiatives, Technology Transfer Society, 17th Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 1992 | Technology Transfer from Universities and State Government Initiatives, SINTEF Research Institute-Norway, Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 1992 | Georgia Manufacturers Survey, Habersham County Chamber of Commerce, Cornelia, Georgia. |
Selected Funded Research Projects, Grants, and Contracts
| 1999 | Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Innovative Local Economic Development Programs (PI and Project Manager: J. Youtie) |
| 1998 | Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, Assessing Library Facilities Needs (Co-PI: J. Youtie and Bill Drummond) |
| 1996 | National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Coordinating Manufacturing Service Provision in the United States (PI and Project Manager: P. Shapira; Co-PI: J. Youtie) |
| 1996 | National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Handbook for Conducting a Market Assessment (PI and Project Manager: J. Youtie) |
| 1996 | National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Evaluation of Industrial Modernization (PI and Project Manager: P. Shapira; Co-PI: J. Youtie) |
| 1999 1996 |
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Assessing Workforce Needs (Co-PI: J. Youtie and B. Drummond) |
| 1996 | Evaluation Plan for the Georgia Research Alliance (PI and Project Manager: B. Bozeman; Co-PI: J. Youtie) |
| 1995 | Ring Around Georgia Project: Economic Development Component, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (Project Manager: Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications Technology; PI (Economic Development Component): J. Youtie) |
| 1995 | National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, The Impact of NIST's MEP/TRP Programs on Industrial Modernization Service Provision in the United States (PI and Project Manager: P. Shapira; Co-PI: J. Youtie) |
| 1993 | Aspen Institute, Washington, DC Needs Assessment in Industrial Modernization (PI and Project Manager: J. Youtie; Co-PIs: P. Shapira and D. Roessner) |
| 1993 | National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Assessment of Evaluation Best Practices (PI and project Manager: P. Shapira; Co-PIs: J. Youtie, D. Roessner) |
| 1992 | NASA Southern Technology Applications Center, Marketing Plan for RTTC-Related Services in Georgia (PI and Project Manager: J. Youtie) |
| 1991 | Comprehensive Plan, Canton, Georgia (Robert and Company and A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service). |