This is my 27th year teaching in Gilbert Public Schools. I graduated from Simpson College with a Bachelor's of Arts degree in History. I later earned Master's Degrees in Education (History) in 2000 and Educational Leadership in 2002. I was a National Board Certified Teacher 2006-16.

For the 2019/20 school year I am teaching Economics and AP Macroeconomics.

My office hours hours are 7:00-7:25 AM, my lunch/prep hour (5th hour), and after school by appointment.I can reached via email (check your syllabus), I can also be reached via phone at 480-984-8947 (press # and then say my first and last name. This will take you to my voicemail), Please use Infinite Campus to assess my email address for electronic communication (or ask your student).

Foundations of Economics- The foundations of economics are the application of basic economic concepts and decision-making skills. This includes scarcity and the different methods of allocation of goods and services.

Microeconomics - Microeconomics examines the costs and benefits of economic choices relating to individuals, markets and industries, and governmental policies.

Macroeconomics - Macroeconomics examines the costs and benefits of economic choices made at a societal level and how those choices affect overall economic well being.

Global Economics - Patterns of global interaction and economic development vary due to different economic systems and institutions that exist throughout the world.

Personal Finance - Decision making skills foster a person’s individual standard of living. Using information wisely leads to better informed decisions as consumers, workers, investors and effective participants in society.

AP Macroeconomics is an introductory college-level macroeconomics course. Students cultivate their understanding of the principles that apply to an economic system as a whole by using principles and models to describe economic situations and predict and explain outcomes with graphs, charts, and data as they explore concepts like economic measurements, markets, macroeconomic models, and macroeconomic policies.

Unit 1 Basic Economics - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost and the Production Possibilities Curve, Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade, Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium, Disequilibrium, and Changes in Equilibrium.

Unit 2 Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle - Circular Flow and GDP, Limitations of GDP, Unemployment, Price Indicies and Inflation, Costs of Inflation, Real v. Nominal GDP, and Business Cycles.

Unit 3 National Income and Price Determination - Aggregate Demand, Multipliers, Short-run Aggregate Supply, Long-Run Aggregate Supply, Equilibrium in the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model, Changes in the AD-AS Model in the Short Run, Long-run Self-Adjustment, Fiscal Policy, Automatic Stabilizers, The Phillips Curve, Economic Growth

Unit 4 The Financial Sector - Financial Assets, Nominal vs Real Rates, Definition, Measurement, and Functions of Money, Banking and the Expansion of the Money Supply, The Money Market, Monetary Policy, The Loanable Funds Market.

Unit 5 - Open Economy - International Trade and Finance - Balance of Payments Accounts, Exchange Rates, The Foreign Exchange Market, Effect of Changes in Policies and Economic Conditions on the Foreign Exchange Market, Changes in the Foreign Exchange Market and Net Exports, and Real Interest Rates and International Capital Flows.

The best way to contact me is email via Infinite Campus.