Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Davis, 1997.
    Macroeconomics, Economic History, Public Economics, International Economics, Sports Economics, Health Economics, Real Estate Economics
M.A., Economics, University of California, Davis, 1992.
B.A., Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1989.

Humboldt State University, Associate Professor of Economics, 2004 to present

Director, Humboldt Economic Index, 2003 to present

Chair, Economics Department, 2006 to present

American Medical Association, Research Economist, 2005-2006

Center for Population Economics, University of Chicago, Visiting Researcher, 2004 to 2005

Humboldt State University, Assistant Professor of Economics, 1998 to 2004

Founding Chair, Economics Department, 2003 to 2004 

Director, International Studies Program  2002 to 2003

    Classes taught:
    American Economic History,
    Intermediate Macroeconomics,
    Money and Banking,
    International Economics (M.A./MBA),
    Development,
    International Studies,
    Contemporary Topics,
    Senior Capstone,
    Economic Education

University of California, Davis, Instructor, summer 2007
    Public Economics

University of California, Berkeley, Instructor, summer 1999
    Financial Economics

Bates College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, 1997 to 1998
    Topics in Public Economics,
    Intermediate Macroeconomics,
    International Finance,
    Principles of Macroeconomics

Institute for Governmental Affairs, U. of California, Davis, Graduate Statistician/Data Analyst, 1994 to 1997
    Econometric and programming consultant using SAS, SPSS, and STATA in Unix/Windows environments.

University of California, Davis, Teaching Assistant, 1989 to 1994
    Economic History,
    Graduate Microeconomic Theory,
    Public Economics,  
    Money and Banking,
    International Economics,
    Principles of Macroeconomics,
    Principles of Microeconomics

President McCrone Promising Faculty Scholars Award, HSU, 2004.

Sabbatical Leave (competitively awarded), HSU, 2004-2005.

Ray Beaumont Award for best overall contribution to the Department of Economics, UC Davis, 1994.

Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honor Society, 1988.

Economic Impact and Retention Plan for Healthcare Providers in Del Norte County, $35,000 contract funded by the Del Norte County Board of Supervisors, 2006.

Humboldt Economic Index, $5,000 contract funded annually since 2003.

Humboldt State University Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Grant, 2006-2007.

Humboldt State University Foundation Grant, 2004.

Humboldt State University Foundation Grant, 1999.

Ethanol and Competition in a Rural Gasoline Market: A Descriptive Case Study of Eureka, California, with Lara Remke, Northwest Journal of Business and Economics, forthcoming.

Performance When It Counts? The Myth of the Prime-Time Performer in Professional Basketball, with David Berri (CSU Bakersfield), Journal of Economic Issues, September 2005, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 798-807.

Generational Accounting and the Saving Rate Decline, 1960-2000, Public Budgeting and Finance, March 2005, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 46-65.

The NBA and the Influx of International Basketball Players, with Steve Perez and Mark Siegler (CSU Sacramento), Applied Economics, June 2004, vol. 36, issue 10, pp. 1009-1020.

The Characteristics of Countries with Generational Account Imbalances, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, March 2003, vol. 5, issue 1, pp. 39-57.

Study Guide for The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, seventh edition, by Frederic Mishkin, Addison Wesley Longman, 2003.

Humboldt Economic Index, <www.humboldt.edu/~indexhum>, monthly since 2003.

Fiscal Redistribution by Age and Generational Inequality in the Twentieth Century, Humboldt State University Digital Scholar Working Paper #189, submitted for journal review 2007.

Technophysio Evolution:  Did Medical Technology Advance Where it Was Most Needed? with Mark Guglielmo (U of Chicago Center for Population Economics), in progress.

Zoning and Housing Prices in Humboldt County, in progress.

Economic Impact of Healthcare Providers in Del Norte County, 2007.

Is There a Housing Bubble in Humboldt County? The Housing Market in a Rural California Region, 1989-2004, with Soren Messner-Zidell, Humboldt State University Digital Scholar Working Paper #190, 2005.

Frugal Elderly, Spendthrift Young, and Liquidity Constraints:  Revisiting the Fall in U.S. Saving Rates, manuscript, 1999.

Household Saving, Public Intergenerational Transfers, and Liquidity Constraints, 1900-1990, dissertation, University of California, Davis, 1997.  Committee:  Peter Lindert (Chair), Steve Sheffrin, Greg Clark.

Social Science History Association, Annual Meeting, 2005.

American Medical Association, Center for Health Policy Research, 2005.

Western Economic Association Annual Conference, 2004.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2002.

Western Economic Association Annual Conference, 2000.

Western Economic Association Annual Conference, 1999.

Western Economic Association Annual Conference, 1998.

Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas, 1998.

Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1998.

Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1998.

Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1997.

The All-UC Group in Economic History, Fall 1995 Conference.

Brown Bag Seminar Series, University of California, Davis, 1994-96.

Professor, Foundation for Teaching Economics, Economics and Leadership Program, 2004-2006.

Textbook Proposal Review of The Economics Encounter by Mateer and Clifford, Thomson, 2005.

Textbook Review of Principles of Economics, first edition, by Leeds, von Allmen, and Schiming, Addison Wesley Longman, 2004.

Textbook Review of Macroeconomics, second edition, by Colander and Gamber, Prentice Hall, 2004.

Textbook Review of The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, seventh edition, by Frederic Mishkin, Addison Wesley Longman, 2002.

External Program Reviewer, Sonoma State University Economics, 2007.

Journal Referee for Public Budgeting and Finance, 2005.

Discussant for Arthritis: Changes in its Prevalence During the 19th and 20th Centuries, by Paula Canavese and Robert Fogel, Illinois Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2004.

Discussant for How Much are Consumers Willing to Pay for Family Planning? by Ndola Prata, Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, 2000.

Discussant for Social Security and Retirement, by Michael Vanderhart, Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, 1998.

Research Assistant for What Limits Social Spending? by Peter Lindert, Explorations in Economic History, January 1996, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 1-34.

Research Assistant for A British Food Puzzle, 1770-1850, by Gregory Clark, Michael Huberman, and Peter Lindert, Economic History Review, 1995, vol XLVIII, issue 2, pp. 215-237.

Report to The Cliometrics Society, The All-UC Group in Economic History, Fall 1993.

Research Assistant for Truth Versus Precision, by Thomas Mayer, Edward Elgar Publishing, 1993.

Member, Economic History Association, Illinois Economic Association, Midwest Economics Association, Social Science History Association, Southern Economic Association, All—UC Group in Economic History.

Member, Provost Academic Program Prioritization Task Force, 2007 to 2008.

Member, Personnel Committee, College of Professional Studies, 2007 to 2009.

Member, University Budget Review Task Force, 2007.

Author, Economics Department Diversity Assessment, 2007.

Author, Economics Department Curriculum Assessment Review, 2007.

Chair, Personnel Committee, Department of Economics, 2004 to 2005.

Author, Economics Department General Education Program Review, Spring 2004.

Chair, College Student Affairs Committee, 2000 to 2002.

Member, CSU System-Wide Committee on Learning Outcomes Assessment in Economics, 1999 and 2000.

Coordinator, Economics Program.  Economics Program budget and staffing for the former School of Business and Economics, 2002 to 2003.

Member, Undergraduate Education Focus Group, HSU Strategic Planning Committee, Fall 2003.

Job Search Committees:
   Competitive Intelligence Research Specialist, 2008
   Director of Student Financial Aid, 2007
   Computer Technician, 2003
   Football Defensive Backs Coach, 2001
   Economics Faculty, 2001
   Football Defensive Coordinator, 2000
   Computer Technician, 1998

Curriculum Development and Revision to Major:
    Economics, 2002
    MBA, 2000
    Business, 1998
    MA in Globalization, 1999

Faculty Member and Advisor for Masters of Arts in Social Science (Globalization) program, and undergraduate program in International Studies, 1998 to 2004.

Website Designer (content) and Webmaster, former School of Business and Economics, 2001.

Member, Teacher Credentialing and Early Adoption of New Specifications, History/Social Science Committee, 2002.

Participant, Well-Educated Teacher Symposium on Democracy and Education, 2000.

California State and Federal Employee's Credit Union #20 Board of Directors, Challenges for Lending in 2008, April 23, 2008.

Eureka  Rotary, The Humboldt County Economy in 2008, March 31, 2008.

Economics Panel Discussion, Recession and the Economy, March 12, 2008.

Eureka  Old Town Rotary, Humboldt County Economy, 2007, November 6, 2007.

Humboldt Economic and Land Plan, The Effect of Zoning on Building, April, 2007.

HSU Business Partners Meeting, Humboldt Economic Index, February, 2007.

Redwood Region Economic Development Commission Board of Directors, Ten Years of Change in the Humboldt County Economy, June 28, 2004.

Community Lecture, Ten Years of Change in the Humboldt County Economy, June 10, 2004.

HSU New Student Presentation, Sports Economics:  Who is the Most Valuable Player?, April 17, 2004.

HSU Faculty Panel Discussion, State of the Union Address, January 29, 2003.

HSU International Week Global Issues Series, International Banking and Debt, November 18, 2002.

League of Women Voters of Humboldt County, International Trade in Historical Perspective, September 29, 2001.

HSU German Club Public Lecture, The Euro and the New Germany, October 14, 2000.

Community Access Cable TV Broadcast, WTO Panel Discussion, February 22, 2000.

HSU M.A. Program in Globalization’s Colloquium Series, International Capital Flows, December 4, 1998.

HSU Mathematics Department Colloquium Series, The Fall in U.S. Saving Rates, October 1, 1998.

Eureka Reporter, Selling a House After the Bubble Burst, May 1, 2008.

North Coast Journal, House Poor: Is the North Coast in Sync with the Nation's Subprime Mortgage Crisis? April 10, 2008.

KIEM Television, Oil Prices and SUV Purchases, March 5, 2008.

KIEM Television, Gasoline Prices, February 25, 2008.

Eureka Times Standard, Humboldt, Del Norte Counties Receive Housing Money, February 11, 2008.

Eureka Times Standard, A Question of Stimulus, January 26, 2008.

Eureka Times Standard, Local Experts Debate the State of Humboldt's Housing Market, December 10, 2007.

KHUM Radio, County Housing Market, November 29, 2007.

KIEM Television, New Housing Data, October 18, 2007.

KIEM Television, Internet Outage Impact, October 11, 2007.

KIEM Television, Housing Prices, October 10, 2007.

Eureka Reporter, Housing Prices to Fall 40 Percent? October 9, 2007.

KHSU Radio, Inside HSU, October 5, 2007.

Humboldt State News Online, HSU Spotlights Redwood Real Estate Economics, September 17, 2007.

Nevada Appeal, State to Give More Money to First-time Homeowners, September 1, 2007.

Eureka Times Standard, School Opens Up, Enrollment Down, August 26, 2007.

KIEM Television, Humboldt County Unemployment, May 23, 2007.

Eureka Reporter, Home Sales Increase Leads to Drop in Affordability, May 22, 2007.

Eureka Times Standard, Colleges a Huge North Coast Economic Force, April 29, 2007.

Daily Triplicate, Plan Released to Recruit, Keep Doctors, April 13, 2007.

Daily Triplicate, Plan to Recruit Doctors Almost Ready, March 5, 2007.

Eureka Times Standard, Boom Sparks "Rent vs. Own" Debate December 15, 2006.

Eureka Times Standard, Housing Prices Drop, Buyers Market on Horizon? August 10, 2006.

Eureka Times Standard, State Sales Tax Up, Local Sales Tax Down, June 25, 2006.

Eureka Times Standard, Are Local Tourism Impacts Overestimated? May 14, 2006.

Eureka Reporter, County Redevelopment: A Long Term Strategy, May 7, 2006.

Eureka Times Standard, Housing Bubble About to Burst?, October 20, 2005.

Eureka Reporter, Housing Affordability Still Going Down, October 16, 2005.

North Coast Journal, The End of the Boom? Humboldt's Housing Prices May Skyrocket No More, October 13, 2005.

Eureka Times Standard, Flatlining: Local Anesthetics, August 31, 2005.

North Coast Journal, Ups and Downs at the Pump, November 11, 2004.

Eureka Times Standard, Costco Was Key In Lowering Gas Prices, Study Indicates, November 10, 2004.

Eureka Reporter, Retail Jobs Expected to Continue Increasing in County, June 16, 2004.

Eureka Times Standard, Humboldt Economy Takes a Tumble, January 17, 2004.

KIEM Television, The Index of Economic Activity of Humboldt County, December 11, 2003.

KIEM Television, The Index of Economic Activity of Humboldt County, November 7, 2003.

Eureka Times Standard, Local Economy Brightened in August, October 9, 2003.

Sacramento Bee, Eureka Chafes at High Gas Prices, August 30, 2003.

Eureka Times Standard, The Humboldt County Economy, August 7, 2003.

KIEM Television, The Humboldt County Housing Market, July 7, 2003.

KIEM Television, The Index of Economic Activity of Humboldt County, July 1, 2003.

KHUM Radio, Economic Impact of Terrorist Attacks, September 12, 2001.

The Lumberjack, Free Trade Area of the Americas, April 4, 2001.

KIEM Television, China and the WTO, May 26, 2000.

KVIQ Television, The Internet and The Local Economy, December 13, 1999.

KHSU Radio, World Trade Organization, November 30, 1999.

KHSU Radio, Status of Local Economy, November 1, 1999.

KVIQ Television, Investing The Social Security Trust Funds in The Stock Market, January 20, 1999.