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Curtis Seltzer, Ph.D.
Land Consultant
1467 Wimer Mountain Road
Blue Grass, Virginia 24413-2307
540-474-3297
540-474-3311 FAX
curtisseltzer@htcnet.org

EDUCATION:

Peabody High School, Pittsburgh, PA, 1963.
Oberlin College, B.A., 1967. Dean’s List. Public-speaking awards.
Columbia University, M.Phil., 1975. Regents’ Scholarship.
Columbia University, Ph.D., 1977. Political Science.
University of Virginia, Graduate-level writing courses, 1990-1991.
Various CLEs and arbitration/mediation seminars since mid-1980s.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1. Land Consultant.1997 to present.
Compensation is based on a percentage of the gross selling price or an hourly rate.

2. Real-estate investor. 1970 to present.

3. Arbitrator/Mediator. 1984 to present.
Cases involve labor or commercial disputes.

4. Writer. 1975 to present.
How to Be a DIRT-SMART Buyer of Country Property.
February, 2007. Infinity Publishing. 750 pages.

Columnist for The Recorder,
1992-1995; lst place, 1993; 3rd place,
1994, Virginia Press Association.

Speechwriter, 1984 and 1988 presidential primaries;
1976 West Virginia gubernatorial primary.

Columns and articles in the following publications: News-Leader (Staunton,VA); The Recorder (Monterey, VA); Virginia Business; Richmond Times-Dispatch; Washington Monthly; Working Papers; Columbia Journalism Review; Washington Post; Le Monde; Financial Times of London; Nation; among others. Articles have been syndicated by the Washington Post and USEPA.

5. Policy Consultant. 1977-early 1990s.
Expertise includes energy policy, labor aspects of energy production, environmental aspects of energy production and consumption, economic development in rural communities; occupational health and safety. Public-sector clients included:

Congressional Office of Technology Assessment; U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; White House Task Force on Workplace Health and Safety; Appalachian Regional Commission; State of West Virginia, Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, among others. Private-sector clients included National Association of Home Builders; Mountain Association for Community Economic Development; law firms; and corporations.

6. Academic Teaching and Research.
Adjunct Professor,
Shepherd College, Petersburg, WVA, 1994-1996.

Adjunct Associate professor of Political Science
Blue Ridge Community College, Weyers Cave, VA, 1990.

Senior Research Associate,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, 1986-1987.

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science
Marshall University, Huntington, WVA, 1977.

Adjunct Instructor Political Science,
West Virginia Institute of Technology, Montgomery, WVA, 1974-1976.

Instructor of Political Science, Coordinator, Title III Programs,
West Virginia State College, Institute, WVA, 1971-1973.

Instructor of Writing
Staten Island Community College, CUNY, Staten Island, NY, 1970-1971.

Adjunct Instructor of Political Sociology
Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CT, 1971.

Instructor of Political Science,
Franconia College, Franconia, NH, 1969-1970.

Graduate research assistant at Columbia University to political science professors,
Alan Westin, Christopher Wright and Bruce L.R. Smith, 1967-1969.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. “Moral Dimensions of Occupational Health: The Case of the 1969 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act,” in Ronald Bayer, ed., The Health and Safety of Workers: Case Studies in the Politics of Professional Responsibility (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988). National Science Foundation through the Hastings Center.

2. “Labor Projections for the U.S. Copper Industry, 1985-2005,” in Copper: Technology and Competitiveness (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 1988).

3. Economic Development in Virginia’s Coal Counties: Strategies for the Future (Blacksburg, VA: VPI&SU, 1987).

4. Economic Development in Virginia’s Coal Counties: Interviews with Southwest Virginia Business and Political Leaders (Blacksburg, VA: VPI&SU, 1987).

5. “Tracking Private-Sector Investment Decisions in Southwest Virginia: A Research Design,” Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, VPI&SU, November, 1987.Appalachian Regional Commission.

6. Coal Employment: Trends and Forecasts, 1975-1995 (Berea, KY: MACED, 1986).Ford Foundation.

7. The Coal Industry After 1970: Cost Internalization, Good Works, and Public Planning for Development (Berea, KY: MACED, 1986). Ford Foundation.

8. Industry Perspectives on Development: Transcripts of Interviews with Coal Industry Leaders (Berea, KY:MACED, 1986). Ford Foundation.

9. Fire in the Hole: Miners and Managers in the American Coal Industry (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1985).

10. “Prospects of Sub-Saharan Coal Development,” in The African Energy Handbook (Washington, D.C.: African Development Group, 1982).

11. “A Survey of Workers’ Occupational Health and Safety Rights Under Federal Law and Union Contracts,” in Proceedings of the University of Wisconsin’s Conference on Workplace Safety and Health (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, 1982).

12. “The UMW: Need Past Be Prologue?” in Robert Engler, ed., America’s Energy (New York: Pantheon, 1981).

13. “Western Coal Transportation,” in An Assessment of Development and Production Potential of Federal Coal Leases (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 1981; currently in print through Princeton University Press).

14. Status Report on the Chinese Coal Industry (Washington, D.C.: (U.S. Department of Energy/KAI, Inc, 1981).

15. Surveying and Analyzing the Field of Employee Rights Related to Occupational Disease (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Labor, 1979). ASPER/DOL. NTIS #: PB298747/AS.

16. The Implications for Labor of Synthetic Fuel Development (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Secretary, 1980).

17. Occupational and Environmental Health Issues of Coal Production, Combustion and Synthetic Fuels (Washington, D.C.: Appalachian Regional Commission, 1979).

18. Co-author, The Direct Use of Coal: Problems and Prospects of Production and Combustion (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 1979; currently in print through Princeton University Press).

19. “Occupational and Environmental Health Problems in Coal Mining,” in Proceedings of the University of Pittsburgh’s Symposium on Energy and Human Health (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1979).

20. “Two Conclusions About Cows and Some Thoughts About Appalachian Economics,” in Proceedings: Appalachia Looks at its Future, J. Paxton Marshall, ed. (Blacksburg, VA: VPI&SU, Cooperative Extension Service, 1978).

21. Coal Mine Health and Safety (Washington, D.C.: White House Task Force on Workplace Health and Safety, 1977).

22. Coal Miner’s Health (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 1977).

23. “The United Mine Workers of America and the Coal Operators: The Political Economy of Coal in Appalachia, 1950-1973,” 2 Vols. (Columbia University, Ph.D. dissertation, 1977.)

24. The Politics of Grammar: A Parts Catalog and Repair Manual (New York: Staten Island Community College, 1971).

25. “From Survival to Freedom: The State of Graduate Education in Political Science,” (New York: Assembly on University Goals and Governance of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1971).

26. “Darien, Connecticut High School’s Student Culture, (New York: Columbia University Teachers’ College, 1969).

27. Technical Self-Development in Urban Neighborhoods (New York: Columbia University, Institute for the Study of Science and Human Affairs, 1968).

28. Graduate research assistant for The Implications for Planning of Neighborhood Power and Control (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Columbia University’s, Institute for Urban Environment, School of Architecture, 1968).

REVIEWS:

An American Homeplace, by Donald McCaig, Appalachian Journal, Summer, 1993.

Where the Sun Never Shines: A History of America’s Bloody Coal Industry, by Priscilla Long, Appalachian Journal, Spring, 1991.

Digging Our Own Graves: Coal Miners and the Struggle Over Black Lung Disease, by Barbara Ellen Smith, Appalachian Journal, Fall, 1988.

Coal in Appalachia, by Curtis Harvey, Appalachian Journal, Spring, 1981.

Deschooling Society, by Ivan Illich, Yale Review of Law and Social Policy, Autumn, 1971.

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Director, Energy Program, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C. 1980-1981.

Own and operate cattle farm, 1983-present.

Owned and operated Blue Grass Bed & Breakfast, 1985-1995.

One of four owners, Highland Meadows, LLC, 1997-2001.

MISCELLANEOUS:

Director, Board of Directors, Children’s Brain Research Fund/Children’s Brain Research Clinic, Washington, D.C., 1982-1989.

Director, Board of Directors, Augusta Center for Mediation, 1990-1991.

Licenses: Virginia Class A Residential Contractor.

West Virginia Department of Mines, Permit of Apprenticeship—Underground Coal Mining, 1976.

Married to Melissa Ann Dowd, Attorney. One daughter, Molly.