What do universities actually do?
With universities all over the United States under fire from the Trump administration, there appears to be mass confusion by non-academics about what universities do. This post is meant as a plain language explainer of the kinds of things that research-intensive universities do.
For many academics, 40%+ of their time is spent on activities that can fall into the category of 'creating'. With this in mind, what do academics need to be successful creators? How can departments better support them in this role?
I have a niche problem. I have a key light in my office that I want to control via a macOS shortcut rather than the light's app. It turns out that's easy but also not easy.
Working papers
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Christopher B. Goodman. "Demand Shocks & Special Districts: Evidence from Chinese Import Shocks,” Working paper.
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Christopher B. Goodman and Suzanne M. Leland. "Creative Destruction? Examining Special District Dissolution by Service Area."
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Christopher B. Goodman. "Overlapping Jurisdictions and Residential Segregation by Race”
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Christopher B. Goodman. “Patterns in Special District Creation and Dissolution”
Current courses
On sabbatical
- Spring 2025