University Service:

            (2003- ) Chair, Department of Economics, Bellarmine University

            (2001- ) Chair, AACSB Undergraduate (Accreditation) Curriculum Committee,

                        Rubel School of Business, Bellarmine University

            (2005)  Faculty Council President-elect

            (2004-) Faculty Affairs Faculty Handbook Subcommittee, Bellarmine University

            (2003- ) Undergraduate Educational Affairs Committee, Bellarmine University

            (2003- ) Rubel School of Business MBA Committee, Bellarmine University

            (2003-2004) Faculty Affairs Committee, Bellarmine University

            (2002-03) Bellarmine University Faculty Development Committee

            (2002-03) Bellarmine University Salary and Benefits Committee

            (2002-05)  Bellarmine University Wyatt Scholarship Selection Committee

            (2000-03)  Honors Council, Bellarmine University

            (1998-99) Member of Ad Hoc Committee on Software Implementation: charged with the

                        standardization of software used in undergraduate and graduate statistics and

                        econometrics courses, Dept. of Economics, Northeastern University.

Consulting:

• Economic Consultant, (1998-2000); contributor to Asian Development Bank team investigating policy reform of rural credit markets in South Asia, Asian Development Bank, Manila, and the Philippines.
• Schwingenschlügel Fabrik, Salzburg, Austria, (1985-1986); developed prototype software for calculating the precise measurements required for cutting and welding tractor-trailer containers.

 

Professional Service:

            (2004-) Board Member, Kentucky Economic Association

            (2003)  Reviewer, International Economics,  J. Gerber, Addison-Wesley

            (2001)  Manuscript Referee, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

            (2000)  Manuscript Referee, Journal of Transportation Economics and Policy

            (1998)  Reviewer, Sustainable Development:  Economics and Policy, P.K. Rao, Blackwell Publishers

            (1998)  Reviewer, Principles of Economics, G. Mankiw, The Dryden Press

            (1995)  Reviewer, Economics, Eleventh Edition,  R. Lipsey et al.., Harper Collins Publishers; also

                        contributed discussion questions for this edition.

Opinions:

            "Tax Game is Changed," A commentary on issues of fairness and efficiency with respect to state

                        and local property taxes,  The Keene Sentinel,  Keene, NH, May 20, 1999.

            "Commission Should Compromise," A commentary on property rights and resource management, 

                        The Cape Codder, Orleans, MA, July 11, 1997.

Seminar Speaker:

            Departments of Economics: 

            (2000)  Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA

            (1997-1999)  Northeastern University, Boston, MA

            (1999)  Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC

            (1998)  Bates College, Lewiston, ME

            (1992-1997)  Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

            Departments of Mathematics:

            (1999)  "Philosophy + Mathematics = Economics?"  Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA

           (1998)   "Mathematics  and Political Economy: Sustainability with Intertemporal Justice,"

                        Keene State College, Keene, NH

 

Conference Discussant/Session Chair, (1997-2004) Annual Meetings of the Eastern Economic

            Association/Kentucky Economics Association