Welcome

I am a retired Associate Professor of Economics. While I worked at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, I taught labor economics and maritime business economics (as well as a rotation of the micro and macro principles courses). My main research interests have been labor and public economics.

I completed my Ph.D. in economics at the University of Kentucky, and my dissertation used portfolio theory to analyze the impact of human capital accumulation on the variance of annual earnings. I am also a graduate of New College of Florida (B.A., General Studies), the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (B.S., Marine Transportation), and the University of North Florida (MBA). Early in my career, I spent several years at sea and in port operations. After moving "shore side", I was a transportation analyst for one of the companies I had sailed with, and then I moved on to work as a consultant at a firm that specialized in legal economics, private equity valuation, and mergers and acquisitions. After 15 years of industry and consulting experience, I returned to academics to study for my Ph.D.