Curriculum Vitae

Eric J. Heikkila Professor School of Policy, Planning, and Development University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626 USA Tel: 1-213-821-1037 Fax: 1-213-740-1801 Email: heikkila@usc.edu http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~heikkila

Fields

Fields of Interest:	Economic, geographic, and cultural aspects of urbanization Methodological and modelling issues pertaining to urbanization
Languages:	French, Mandarin, Finnish, Spanish, Cantonese, Japanese, Indonesian (in rapidly increasing order of incompetence)

Education

1986	Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Dissertation Topic: Housing Demand and Taxation
1979	Master of Arts, cum laude, Department of Economics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1978	Bachelor of Arts, Triple major in Mathematics, Economics and Political Science; Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Academic Appointments

2004 – present	Professor, School of Policy, Planning, and Development; University of Southern California
1992 – 2003	Associate Professor, School of Policy, Planning, and Development; University of Southern California
1986 – 1992	Assistant Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Southern California

Visiting Appointments

Fall 2000	Visiting Senior Fulbright Scholar with Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
Summer 1994	Visiting Faculty, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, Canada
Fall 1993	Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Professional Appointments

Current	Editorial Board member: Planning Theory and Practice (founding Board member), Environment and Planning B, Journal of Architecture and Planning Research, Singapore Economic Review
1999 - 2000	Director, University-wide Exposition on the Theme, "Southern California in the World & the World in Southern California" (SC/W), USC
1999 - present	Chairman, Board of Directors, LA - Vancouver Sister City Association
1991 – present	Part-time Consultant, Various Projects (including World Bank, UNDP, USAID)
1984 – 1986	Urban Planner, Planning Department, City Hall, Vancouver
1981 – 1984	Financial Research Analyst, Finance Department, City Hall, Vancouver

Pacific Rim Council on Urban Development

1989 – present	Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Directors, PRCUD
1989 – present	Executive Secretary (with two breaks, 1991 and 1995-96)
1998-1999	Executive Editor: PRCUD Kaohsiung Report (1998) PRCUD Long Beach Report (1999), PRCUD Malacca Report (2001), PRCUD Palembang Report (2002)
1988 – 1989	Chief Organizer, 1989 PRCUD Inaugural Conference, Los Angeles, USA