EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Economics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, May 2005
• M.A. in Economics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, May 2000
• B.S. (Cum Laude) with Honors in Economics, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, May 1998 (Minors in Mathematics and Urban Planning and Development)

• Primary: Public Finance, Urban & Regional Economics
• Secondary: Spatial Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, and Political Economy

• Associate Professor of Economics, Northern Illinois University, 2011-Present
• Assistant Professor of Economics, Northern Illinois University, 2005-2011
• Research Assistant Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy, 2004-2005
• Instructor, Department of Economics, Saint Louis Community College, 2000-2004
• Instructor, Department of Economics, University of Missouri at Saint Louis, Summer 2004.
• Instructor, Department of Economics, Washington University, 2000-2003
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Washington University, 2000-2003

• "Zoning and the Distribution of Locational Rents: An Empirical Analysis of Harris County, Texas" with Eric Helland, Land Economics, 78(1), 28-44
• "All Together Now? An Empirical Study of Voting Behaviors of Homeowner Associations
• Members in St. Louis County" Review of Policy Research, 23(6), 1199-1218
• "Finding the Missing Premium: An explanation of home values within residential community associations" Land Economics, 84(2), 188-208
• “Impact of Positive Property Tax Differentials on the Timing of Development” Regional Science and Urban Economics, 39(6), 739-748.
• "Effectiveness of RCA Institutions to Limit Local Externalities: Using Foreclosure data to Test Covenant Effectiveness" with W. H. Rogers, Land Economics

• "A Note on Potential Competition and Public Sector Performance" 
• "Responsiveness of Residential Capital Investment to Property Tax Differentials" Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper
• "Impact of Controlled Choice on Housing Values: A study of school choice in Rockford, Illinois" (with T. Batson).

• Impacts of RCA Provision and Property Tax Rebates on Welfare
• Obesity and Unemployment Duration (with V. Wilcox-Gök)

• Free-riding within RCAs
• ‘Death Spiral’ and impact of subdivision age in RCAs
• Fiscal Illusion and Residential Renters

• “Effectiveness of RCA Institutions to Limit Local Externalities”

• “Positive Tax Differentials and the Survival of Vacant Land”

• “The Effects of Tax Rebates to Residential Community Associations on the Provision of Public Goods and Welfare”

• “Estimating the Direct and Spillover Effects of Residential Community Associations on Residential Home Values: An Empirical Study of Home Values in Saint Louis County, Missouri.”

• “All Together Now? An Empirical Study of Voting Behaviors of Homeowner Associations Members in St. Louis County”

• “Foreclosures and their impact on the Neighborhood”

• “Effectiveness of RCA Institutions to Limit Local Externalities”

• Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Lincoln Fellowship, 2010, $30,000 Awarded
• Dissertation Fellowship, Washington University, 2003-2004
• Participant in George Mason University's Public Choice Outreach Conference, 2003
• University Fellowship, Washington University, 1998-2003
• Honors in Writing, Ball State University, 1998
• Undergraduate Research Grant, Ball State University, 1997-1998

• Undergraduate / Graduate Student Association Advisor, 2005 – Present
• Undergraduate Committee, 2006 – Present
• ODE / Honors Society Advisor, 2008 – Present
• Placement Director, 2008 - Present
• Super Executive Committee, 2011-Present
• Chair Search Committee, 2011
• Public Finance Job Search Committee, 2006 & 2007
•  Library Committee, 2005 - 2007

• Tammy Batson – Dissertation Committee Co-Chair (defended)
• Huyen Nguyen – Dissertation Committee Member
• Shishu Zhang – Dissertation Committee Member (defeneded)
• Debbie Hedger – Dissertation Committee Member

• Principles of Microeconomics (Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011).
• Intermediate Microeconomics (Spring 2007, Spring 2008)
• Public Finance [Graduate/Undergraduate Course] (Fall 2006, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Fall 2009)
• Taxation [Graduate Field Course] (Fall 2005, Spring 2007, Fall 2008), Fall 2011
• Public Finance Graduate Seminar (Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2011)
• Public Revenue Analysis and Financial Mangement [PSPA 611] (Fall 2010, Summer 2011)

last updated: May 26, 2011