I am a senior lecturer at Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana. I joined Indiana University in 2002 with my primary responsibilities centered on teaching undergraduate classes. I teach economic principles for both introductory microeconomics and/or macroeconomics for 4 sections of 100 to 350 students each. I also regularly teach a two-course sequence of advanced undergraduate public sector economics and a course in Money and Banking.  I retired from United States Marine Corps Reserve at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel after serving in numerous leadership and hierarchical managerial positions. I served in both the active and reserve components of the Marine Corps from 1982 to 2014.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interests are focused on exploring the efficacy of various pedagogical components of course design and overall program learning design. In particular, I am interested in developing new or modifying existing course components and then assessing those components’ impact on student achievement in the context of a particular course and/or program of study. In the same line, I am interested in program evaluation and the development of more reliable assessment measures that are practical and informative to both administrators and instructors. In addition, I have interests in studying the efficiency of both taxation and asset markets.

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

“Teaching and Learning Alternatives to a Comparative Advantage Motivation for Trade” with William E. Becker Jr., The American Economist, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2016.

“The Distributional Efficacy of Collaborative Learning on Student Outcomes," with Kim Huynh and with David Jacho-Chávez, The American Economist, Vol. 60, No. 2, 2015

Won the “Michael Szenberg Prize for the Best Article Published in The American Economist” during 2015

“The Distributional Efficacy of Collaborative Learning Recitation Sessions on Student Outcomes” with Kim Huynh and with David Jacho-Chávez, In 2010 JSM Proceedings, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 4406-4418

“The Efficacy of Collaborative Learning Recitation Sessions on Student Outcomes” with Kim Huynh and with David Jacho-Chávez, American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 100 (May 2010): 287–291

“Teaching Microeconomics in Wonderland” with B. Peter Pashigian, Journal of Economic Education, Volume 38, Number 1, Winter 2007

“Asymmetric Stationarity in National Stock Market Indices: a MTAR Analysis” with Ike Mathur, Journal of Business, November issue (vol. 79, no. 6), 2006