PAMELA S PERLICH, PhD

Pamela Perlich, Ph.D.  works as a Senior Research Economist in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah, joining BEBR in 2000. Before joining the BEBR, she worked for seven years in the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget concentrating on long-term economic and demographic projections. In addition, she is Adjunct Professor, currently teaching in the Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, College of Architecture + Planning. She has taught in the Urban Planning Program (originally in the Geography Department) since 1998. She was selected the Professor of the Year (2011) for the College of Architecture + Planning. Pamela specializes in Utah demographics, applied regional economic studies, and economic and demographic modeling.

Recent publications include:

• Census 2010: A First Look at Utah Results (with John C. Downen)
• Salt Lake City: Census 2000 Atlas (with John C. Downen)
• The Structure and Economic Impact of Utah’s Coal Industry, with Michael T. Hogue and John C. Downen
• Utah’s Demographic Transformation: A View Into the Future
• Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation: Economic Impact on Utah - 2007 and Beyond
• Salt Lake County's Unique Demographics: Implications for the Aging Populations
• Utah's Place in the Macro-Demographics of the U.S. in the 20th Century
• Long Term Demographic Trends Impacting Higher Education in Utah
• Immigrants Transform Utah: Entering a New Era of Diversity
• Commuting Patterns in Utah: County Trends for 1980, 1990, and 2000
• Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Impacts of Closing Hill Air Force Base: A Statewide and Regional Analysis (with Jan Crispin)
• The Coming Boom in Utah's School Age and College Age Populations: State and County Scenarios (with T. Ross Reeve)
• Utah Minorities: The Story Told by 150 Years of Census Data

Pamela is a member of the Utah Population Estimates Committee, and is the University's primary contact with the Bureau of the Census through the State Data Center program. She serves as Chair of the Board for the Utah Council for Economic Education and is a member of the Envision Utah Steering Committee. She serves on Governor Herbert’s Education Excellence Commission as well as his Women’s College Task Force. She is also on the Advisory Board of Zions Bank Women’s Financial Group. At the University she is a faculty in the Graduate Certificate in Demography and a member of the Center on Aging. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Utah and B.S. in Economics and Business from the University of Tulsa.  Her hometown is Tulsa, Oklahoma and she relocated to Utah in 1986.