Selected publications

• Cause for Pessimism
  An indicator of colleges that face major financial challenges. 

• Here There Is Danger
  Four signs that a higher ed institution is on the path toward unrecoverable failure.

• The Utility of Simulations in the Social Sciences

Opening chapter in the book Simulations and Student Learning.

• Using Experimental Research to Test Instructional Effectiveness

Testing whether instructional method or academic major is associated with student empathy.

• None of Our Business

Undergraduate business programs at New England colleges lack curricular internationalization. 

• Civic Engagement – A Problem in Search of a Solution?

Student-faculty community partnerships might not be worthwhile given the inconvenience

they entail and the difficulty in determining whether they have the effect intended.

• Piloting a Networked Curriculum

A flipped classroom design in an undergraduate course resulted in a 50% reduction in the use of physical classroom space and a 25% savings in instructor compensation without a loss in student learning. 

• Lost in Non-Translation: Politics of Misrepresenting Arabs
  The few translated Arabic novels that have made their way into American classrooms perpetuate negative stereotypes.

• Do Role-Playing Simulations Generate Measurable and Meaningful Outcomes?

Participation in a role-playing simulation had no observable effect on students' exam scores, but was associated with lower teaching evaluations.

• "No Responsibility and No Rice": The Rise and Fall of Agricultural Collectivization in Vietnam
  State reforms of collectivized agriculture in Vietnam failed. Once farmers could produce for the free market, Vietnam's agricultural output skyrocketed. 

• Regional Geographic Influence on Two Khmer Polities

The same territorial tradition was present in both the ancient empire of Funan and the modern state of Democratic Kampuchea.