Editing Brock Blomberg

{{Short description|American macroeconomist}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Brock Blomberg
| image               = Brock Blomberg.jpg
| alt                 = Brock Blomberg
| caption             = Blomberg in 2015
| order               = 8th
| title               = President of [[California Institute of Integral Studies]]
| term_start          = September 1, 2021
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = Judie Wexler;<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Presidents |url=https://www.ciis.edu/ciis-presidents-integral-education |website=California Institute of Integral Studies |access-date=17 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=CIIS Welcomes New President Dr. Brock Blomberg |url=https://www.ciis.edu/news/ciis-welcomes-new-president-dr-s-brock-blomberg }}</ref>
| order1              = 
| title1              = 17th President of [[Ursinus College]]
| term_start1         = June 1, 2015
| term_end1           = August 31, 2021
| predecessor1        = [[Bobby Fong]]
| successor1          = [[Robyn E. Hannigan]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1967|03|21}}
| birth_place         = [[El Paso, Texas]], U.S.
| website             = {{URL|https://www.ciis.edu/presidents-office}}
| module              = {{Infobox academic | child=yes
  | thesis_title       = Essays in political economy: A macroeconomic and econometric approach
  | thesis_url         = https://www.proquest.com/docview/304213492/
  | thesis_year        = 1995
  | doctoral_advisor   = Louis Maccini
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  | discipline         = Economics
  | sub_discipline     = 
  | workplaces         = {{plainlist|
* [[Wellesley College]]
* [[Claremont McKenna College]]
* [[Ursinus College]]
* [[California Institute of Integral Studies]]
}}
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| education           = [[University of Tampa]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Johns Hopkins University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[PhD]])
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'''Stephen Brock Blomberg''' (born March 21, 1967) is the 8th president of [[California Institute of Integral Studies]].<ref name="announcement">{{cite web| title=CIIS Welcomes New President Dr. S. Brock Blomberg|url=https://www.ciis.edu/ciis-news-and-events/blog/new-president|publisher=ciis.edu|access-date=2021-07-20}}</ref> An internationally known scholar and former President of [[Ursinus College]], Blomberg is best known in academia for his work on the economics of [[terrorism]].

==Early life and career==
Blomberg was born in [[El Paso, Texas]], the son of an Army officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/rdschool/discover/mckenomics/march2004.pdf |title=March 2004 |access-date=2015-01-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216065300/http://claremontmckenna.edu/rdschool/discover/mckenomics/march2004.pdf |archive-date=2010-12-16 }}</ref> He graduated from the [[University of Tampa]] [[Latin honors|magna cum laude]] with a [[Bachelor of Science]], then received his [[Master of Arts]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degrees in economics from [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Snyder |first1=Susan |title=Ursinus taps a political economist as next president |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/campus_inq/Ursinus-taps-political-scientist-as-next-president.html |access-date=August 26, 2019 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=April 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wills |first1=Brendan |title=Ursinus College names economist Brock Blomberg its 17th president |url=https://www.thereporteronline.com/news/ursinus-college-names-economist-brock-blomberg-its-th-president/article_2a076efe-0a31-505f-a014-326d4803100d.html |access-date=August 26, 2019 |date=May 1, 2015 |work=[[The Reporter (Lansdale)|The Reporter]]}}</ref> From 1995 to 2003, Blomberg served on the economics faculty of [[Wellesley College]]. In fall 2003, he joined the economics department at [[Claremont McKenna College]], and in June 2010, he became the Dean of the [[Robert Day School]] of Economics and Finance at Claremont McKenna.

== President of Ursinus College ==
Blomberg served as president of [[Ursinus College]] from 2015 to 2021. Under his stewardship, the college raised more than $107 million in gifts from a single comprehensive campaign and completed a $29 million Innovation and Discovery Center with two award-winning venues. He also lead the institution through its first campus master plan in nearly a generation and launched the college's Institute for Inclusion and Equity to coordinate programming and dialogue around diversity and social justice. A number of controversies arose during Blomberg's tenure as president of Ursinus. In April, 2016, Terry Winegar, who had served as interim president prior to Blomberg's appointment, was fired from his position as dean of the college. Winegar then sued Blomberg and Ursinus, claiming age discrimination.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://whyy.org/articles/ursinus-dean-62-claims-college-fired-him-because-of-age/|title=Ursinus dean, 62, claims college fired him because of age|author=Bobby Allyn|date=2016-12-14|newspaper=[[WHYY-FM]]|accessdate=2018-06-08}}</ref> Winegar alleged a pattern of firing employees nearing retirement age. In September, 2016, offensive tweets by board chairman Michael Marcon were circulated on campus, but Blomberg claimed the board supported Marcon's leadership.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20160906_Ursinus_College_controversy_erupts_over_board_chairman_s_tweets.html|title=Ursinus College controversy erupts over board chairman's tweets|author=Susan Snyder|date=2016-09-06|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]|accessdate=2018-06-08}}</ref> Marcon subsequently resigned from his position.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20160909_Ursinus_board_chair_steps_down_over_controversial_tweets.html|title=Ursinus board chair resigns over controversial tweets|author=Susan Snyder|date=2016-09-09|newspaper=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]|accessdate=2018-06-08}}</ref> In 2017, Blomberg approached journalist [[Juan Williams]] about being Ursinus's commencement speaker. When faculty members learned about this, many opposed the selection, citing accusations of plagiarism and sexual harassment against Williams. Blomberg denied that a formal invitation was made, and Williams was removed from consideration.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/02/14/juan-williams-out-commencement-speaker-ursinus|title=Disinvitation Season Begins|author=Colleen Flaherty|date=2017-02-14|newspaper=[[Inside Higher Ed]]|accessdate=2018-09-22}}</ref>

== President of California Institute of Integral Studies ==
On September 1, 2021, Blomberg was named the president of California Institute for Integral Studies (CIIS).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesherald.com/2021/06/24/ursinus-college-president-brock-blomberg-stepping-down-planning-for-presidential-search-is-underway/|title=Ursinus College President Brock Blomberg stepping down, planning for presidential search is underway|last=Rovins|first=Donna|date=2021-06-24|newspaper=[[The Times Herald (Norristown, Pennsylvania)|The Times Herald]]|accessdate=2024-04-05}}</ref> He engaged the university community in articulating a vision for CIIS’ future through a strategic planning effort,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ciis.edu/presidents-office/strategic-initiatives|title=Strategic Initiatives - President's Office|website=California Institute of Integral Studies|date=23 June 2021|access-date=2024-04-05}}</ref> which includes new branding and state-of-the-art website, overhauling institutional systems and structures, elevating the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to its own division, and developing a university endowment.

== Publications ==
President Blomberg has published over 30 articles and book chapters in top economics journals such as the ''American Economic Review'', ''Journal of Econometrics'', ''Journal of Law and Economics'', ''Journal of Monetary Economics'', ''Journal of International Economics'', ''Journal of Public Economics'', and the ''Review of Economics and Statistics''. His research shows that terrorism has a statistically significant impact on the economy and that trade is particularly sensitive to attacks.

==Select works==
*{{cite journal |last1=Engel |first1=Rozlyn C. |last2=Blomberg |first2=S. Brock |title=Lines in the Sand: Border Effects, Economic Integration and Disintegration of Post-War Iraq |journal=Journal of Law and Economics |date=1 January 2008 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.1284044 |s2cid=152895792 |language=en}}
*{{cite journal |last1=Blomberg |first1=S. Brock |last2=Gaibulloev |first2=Khusrav |last3=Sandler |first3=Todd |title=Terrorist group survival: ideology, tactics, and base of operations |journal=Public Choice |date=11 October 2011 |volume=149 |issue=3–4 |pages=441–463 |doi=10.1007/s11127-011-9837-4|s2cid=16694081 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Blomberg |first1=S. Brock |last2=Hess |author2-link=Greg Hess |first2=Gregory D. |last3=Raviv |first3=Yaron |title=Where have all the heroes gone? A rational-choice perspective on heroism |journal=Public Choice |date=18 June 2009 |volume=141 |issue=3–4 |pages=509–522 |doi=10.1007/s11127-009-9467-2|s2cid=145253226 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Blomberg |first1=S. Brock |last2=Hess |first2=Gregory D |title=How Much Does Violence Tax Trade? |journal=Review of Economics and Statistics |date=November 2006 |volume=88 |issue=4 |pages=599–612 |doi=10.1162/rest.88.4.599|s2cid=15866513 |url=https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_fac_pub/103 |hdl=10419/18861 |hdl-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Blomberg |first1=S.Brock |last2=Hess |first2=Gregory D |last3=Orphanides |first3=Athanasios |title=The macroeconomic consequences of terrorism |journal=Journal of Monetary Economics |date=July 2004 |volume=51 |issue=5 |pages=1007–1032 |doi=10.1016/j.jmoneco.2004.04.001|s2cid=153863696 |url=https://www.cesifo-group.de/DocDL/cesifo1_wp1151.pdf }}
*{{cite report |last1=Asea |first1=Patrick |last2=Blomberg |first2=S. Brock |title=Lending Cycles |date=March 1997 |doi=10.3386/w5951 |url=https://www.nber.org/papers/w5951.pdf |publisher=National Bureau of Economic Research|doi-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Blomberg |first1=S.Brock |last2=Hess |first2=Gregory D. |title=Politics and exchange rate forecasts |journal=Journal of International Economics |date=August 1997 |volume=43 |issue=1–2 |pages=189–205 |doi=10.1016/s0022-1996(96)01466-3}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.ciis.edu/discover-ciis/our-story Our Story: CIIS' Presidents]
*[https://www.ursinus.edu/offices/presidents-office/ Ursinus College President's Office]
*{{cite web|title=Citations|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kov1hGkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao|publisher=[[Google Scholar]]}}

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