EDUCATION:

PH.D., ECONOMICS,  Indiana University, Bloomington, 1997

            Primary Area of Expertise:  International Economic Development Policy

            Dissertation:  Endogenous Sustainable Growth   (Robert A. Becker, chair)

            Graduate Fields of Specialization:  Economic Theory, International Trade and Finance,

            Public Finance (minor)

M.S., MATHEMATICS,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1987

            Thesis:  Classification of Finite Reflection Groups  (Ancel C. Mewborn, chair)

            Completed Doctoral Course Requirements.

B.A., MATHEMATICS, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 1983

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

Associate Professor of Economics and Department Chair, Rubel School of Business,

            Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY (2004-)

Assistant Professor of Economics, Rubel School of Business, Bellarmine University,

            Louisville, KY (2000-2003)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA  (1999-2000)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA  (1997-1999)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,

            Terre Haute, IN (1994-1996)

Associate Instructor of Economics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1990-1994)

Graduate Instructor of Mathematics, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,

            NC (1985-1989) 

Instructor of Mathematics and Science,  Sea Pines Abroad College Preparatory High School,

            Faistenau bei Salzburg, Austria, (1983-1985)

 

Graduate Courses Taught:

M.B.A.: (Bellarmine University) Aspects of Firm Strategy and Structure,

Monetary Policy, Developed International Trade and Finance Curriculum for MBA

Economics: (Northeastern University) International Development: Policy Analysis for Lesser Developed Countries, Statistical Inference, Environmental Economics, Microeconomic Theory

 

Undergraduate Courses Taught:

Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory, Econometrics, Statistics, Public Finance and Regulation, Environmental Economics, International Trade and Finance, Research Seminar in Policy Analysis of LDCs, Principles of Macro and Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (including a calculus based version), Game Theory, History of Economic Thought, Finite Mathematics (probability), Basic Linear Algebra, Integral Calculus (II), Differential Calculus (I) and Business Calculus. 

 

Undergraduate Research Advisor: 

Supervised Honors Thesis (2001):  The Importance of Credit in the Rural Development of Appalachia

Supervised Undergraduate Research Presentations:

The National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington, KY,  Spring, 2001

The Eastern Economics Association, New York, February, 2003, Washington DC, 2004, and New York, 2005; Two students’ articles were published in Issues in Political Economy.

Secondary Courses Taught:

Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Geometry, Physics, Computer Science, and Economic Principles.