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| McKibben Demographic research was established in 1989. It has successfully completed more than 200 projects for school districts, planners, and developers as well as provided expert testimony in a number of cases. Our numbers are growing. The numbers are growing because we provide cost-effective services and products on tight timelines, catering to exact client specifications. We specialize in: Small area population projections and estimates. School district demography. Enrollment projections. Boundary modifications and redistricting. Demographic profiles. Environmental scans. |
| Dr. Jerome McKibben, Senior Demographer Dr. Ronald Cossman, Demographer Kathryn Bryan, GIS Specialist Thomas Bryan, Demographer Mark Meyer, Field Researcher |
| MDR President, Dr. Jerome McKibben, pictured above with his son Mack, has an extensive professional and educational history including: Dr. McKibben is currently the President and Senior Demographer of McKibben Demographic Research. He specializes in school district population and enrollment projections, boundary modifications and redistricting, demographic analysis and migration. He has successfully completed over 200 schools district projects with populations ranging in size from 5,000 to 650,000 people. His current research projects included the development of demographic methodologies for non-traditional populations, race and ethnic composition and the effect of household composition changes on small area population estimates. Dr. McKibben has published articles in such journals as Population Research and Policy Review, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, American Demographics and Voprosy Statistiki. He is the author of 2 chapters in the recently published text The Methods and Materials of Demography; Race and Ethnic Composition and Urban/Rural Classification. In addition to his work in school district demography, Dr. McKibben has also been a Fulbright Scholar, has testified before the U.S. Senate on census undercount issues and been a Visiting Professor at Helsinki School of Economics. He has also been a long time active member in both the Population Association of America and the Southern Demographic Association, Including serving of the Applied Demography and School District Demography committees. Education Ph.D. Sociology/Demography, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 1990 MA Sociology, Syracuse University, New York, 1982 BA Sociology & History, State University of New York at Geneseo, 1981 Employment 1989-Pres. Demographic/Statistical Consultant, McKibben Demographic Research 2002-2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Eastern Connecticut State University 1992, 1994 Visiting Assistant Professor, Helsinki School of Economics and Business 1996, 1999 Administration, International BBA and MBA Programs: 2001, 2003 (various 3 week modules) 1999-2000 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fitchburg State College 1994 - 1998 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Univ. of Southern Mississippi 1988-1993 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University at Indianapolis 1985-1986 Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Toledo, Toledo Ohio: Statistics Professional Awards Fulbright Scholar - German Studies Seminar, International Migration and National Identities; Berlin, Germany. June 2002. Published Articles “Racial and Ethnic Composition.” pp. 175-189 in Methods and Materials of Demography, Second Edition. Edited by Jacob Siegel and David Swanson. 2004 “Population Distribution - Classification of Residence.” pp. 105-123 in Methods and Materials of Demography, Second Edition. Edited by Jacob Siegel and David Swanson. Co-authored with Kimberly Faust. 2004 Book Review of Thomas Sowell's Conquests and Cultures: An International History. International Migration Review, Vol.34, No. 2, Summer 2000. “The Baby Boomlet's Role in Future College Enrollment.” American Demographics, June 1999. Co-authored with Michael Gann and Kimberly Faust. “Teaching Statistics to Non-Specialist: A Course Aimed at Increasing Both Learning and Retention.” pp. 159-166 in L. Pereira-Mondoza, L. Kea, T. Kee and W. Wong (Eds.) Statistical Education - Expanding the Network: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Teaching Statistics. International Association for Statistical Education. Voorburg, Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. 1999. Co-authored with David Swanson. “Marital Dissolution: Divorce, Separation, Widowhood, Annulment.” The Handbook of Marriage and Family, Second edition. Edited by Suzanne Steinmetz, Marvin Sussman, and Gary Peterson. 1999. Co-authored with Kimberly Faust. “Teaching Statistics to Non-Specialists.” Voprosy Statistiki. 1997. Vol.7, Number 2: pp. 77- 81. Co-authored with David Swanson. (In Russian). “Linking Substance and Practice: A Case Study of the Relationship Between Socio-Economic Structure and Population Estimation.” Journal of Economic and Social Measurement. 1997. Vol. 23, Number 2: pp. 135-148. Co-authored with David Swanson. “The Impact of Policy Changes on Forecasting for School Districts.” Population Research and Policy Review. 1996. Vol. 15, No.5: pp. 527-536. Indiana State and County Population Projections with Analysis of Social and Family Trends 1990-2030. Family Research Center , School of Liberal Arts, Indiana Univ. at Indianapolis, July 1993, co-authored with Mike Gann, Kimberly Faust, and Suzanne Steinmetz. “Indiana Demographic Changes: 1990 and Beyond.” School of Public and Environmental Affairs Review. 1990. Vol. 11 No. 2: pp. 3-6. “The Effect of Population Statistics on Federal Funds Distribution.” Indiana Business Review 1989. Vol. 64 No. 1: pp.8-16. co-authored with Ronald Prevost. Indiana County Population Projections 1985-2020. Indiana State Board of Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 1988 “Comparison of 'Ratio' and 'Difference' Correlation Methods for Estimating County Population in Indiana.” Population and Society Research Center, Bowling Green State University, January, 1986 “Ohio’s Population in the Year 2000.” Ohio Cities and Villages. 1985, August: pp. 9-11, co- authored with L. Mortezo, R. Prevost, D. Swanson, K. Wright, “Testing Consistency in Administrative Records Using the Index of Dissimilarity.” Applied Demography. 1985. Vol. 1 No. 2. Professional Conference Papers (Referred) "Measuring the Effect of the 'Truth in Sentencing' Law on the Amount of Inmate Time Served in Massachusetts". Presented at the annual meeting of the American Criminology Society. San Francisco, CA November 2000. "Integrating Qualitative Trends into Prison Population Forecasts." Presented at the ICPSR Workshop - Criminal Justice Data: Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Studies. Ann Arbor, MI June 2000 “Patterns of Elderly Healthcare Needs in Mississippi, 1990-2020: An Early Test Case of the Age Wave.” Presented at the annual meetings Population Association of America, Chicago, April 1998. Co-authored with Kimberly A. Faust and Michael A. Gann. "The Age Wave is Already Here: Rural Aging in Mississippi, 1990-2010." Presented at the Southern Demographic Association Meeting, Orlando FL, September 1997 "Teaching Statistics to Non-Specialists in an Intercultural Setting: Addressing Issues of Understanding and Retention in a Modern Learning Environment." Presented at the International Sociology Association 04 Conference, Joensuu, Finland, June 1997. Co- authored with David Swanson. "Birth and Cohort Dynamics in the East South Central Region: Implications for Public Service Planning." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 1997. Co-authored with Kimberly Faust and Michael Gann. "Effects of Migration on the Spatial Aspects of the Baby Boomlet." Presented at the Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting, Memphis TN., October 1996. Co- authored with Michael Gann. "A Computer-Based Curriculum for Service Courses in Statistics." Presented at the International Conference on Statistical Education, St. Petersburg Russia, July 1996, co- authored with David Swanson. "Regional Differences in the Baby Boomlet." Presented at the Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting, Richmond Va., October 1995, co-authored with Michael Gann "Administrative Record Modifications and Their Effect on School District Enrollment Forecasts." Presented at the Fifteenth International Symposium on Forecasting, Toronto Canada, June 1995 "The Relationship Between Economic Structure and the Ratio-Correlation Method of Population Estimation." Presented at the Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta Georgia, October 1994, co-authored with David Swanson "The Evaluation of Alternative Ratio-Correlation Methods for Estimating County Populations in Post-Industrial Indiana: Unweighted, Weighted and Inversely Weighted Models." Presented at the American Statistical Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 1993, co-authored with David Swanson "Nonmetropolitan Turnaround in Indiana: The Rural Renaissance Revisited." Presented at the Midwest Conference on Small Cities and Towns, Kalamazoo, MI, April 1992 "The Effects of Population Statistics of Federal Funds Distribution." Presented at the Conference on Applied Demography, Bowling Green, OH, October 1988, co-authored with Ronald C. Prevost "Evaluating the Accuracy of County Population Estimates Using the Reverse Demographic Accounting Method." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 1988 “Generalization of Pittenger's Migration Topologies: Implications for Sub-national Forecasts." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Boston, 1985. |
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