At
IUP, I am active in a variety of ways:
- In
Fall 2004, I became tenured and was promoted from Assistant Professor
to Associate Professor (my vita).
- I
enjoy regularly teaching
principles of economics, experimental economics, public finance,
international
trade, information economics, and intermediate microeconomic theory.
- I
additionally
have enjoyed teaching high
school
students as part the IUP Summer (Honors) Progam in Economics
several
years.
- Beginning
in
Fall 2003, I serve as Co-Director for the IUP
Center for Economic Education, affiliated with EconomicsPennsylvania
and the National Council on Economic
Education.
- I
serve on
the University Senate and as
Chair
of the Library and Educational Services Committee.
- I
have served on
the IUP Interfaith
Council.
- I
have been
a member of the Asian Studies
Committee.
- During
the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 academic years,
I served on the Educational Offerings subcommittee for the Middle
States
accredidation review.
- During
the 2004-2005 academic year, I served on the ad hoc Information
Resources Task Force.
- I
am
a member of the Department of Economics Curriculum Committee and have
served as committee chair in the past.
- I
participate
in Economics
Club events including regular meetings, Dinner at the J's, and
speaking seminars (often returning Department of Economics alumni) on
campus and at Saint
Vincent College. In the past we have traveled to New
York City to tour the NYSE and to Washington,
D.C. to tour the Federal Energy
Regulatory
Commission and the Federal
Reserve Bank (I even got to sit in Alan Greenspan's chair in the
Board
of Governors Boardroom!). One year we ran one or more concession
stands at nine Altoona
Curve baseball games as a fundraiser.
- I
have presented
my own research at the Southern
Economic Association, Midwest
Economic Association, Pennsylvania
Economic Association, Public
Choice Society, and Society
for the Scientific Study of Religion meetings.
- The
other Dr.
Jozefowicz and myself have taken students
to present their own research at the Midwest
Economic Association, Pennsylvania
Economic Association, and Southern
Economic Association annual conferences in various years.
Students
have also presented their research on campus at IUP as part of the Sigma
Xi Research Day in the spring.
- Graduation
is always a celebrated time for myself and IUP students!









