Angela K. Dills Curriculum Vitae, May 2020

Western Carolina University Cell: (864) 314-9143 College of Business/Forsyth 224A [email protected] Office: (828) 227-3329 website: angeladills.com

Professional experience and activities

Current: Gimelstob-Landry Distinguished Professor of Regional Economic Development, Western Carolina University Trustee, Southern Economic Association (2019-2022) Editorial Board member, Eastern Economic Journal (2013-current) Editorial Board member, of Education Review (2014-current) Fellow, EdChoice (2020) Advisory Board Member, Education Freedom Institute (2019-current)

Previous: Associate Professor (2012-2016; with tenure 2014-2016), Providence College Assistant Professor (2010-2012), Providence College Associate Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, Providence College (2013-2016) Visiting Lecturer in Economics, Wellesley College (2009-2010) Assistant Professor of Economics, Mercer University (2007-2009) Assistant Professor of Economics, Clemson University (2002-2007)

Research and Teaching Interests

Primary Fields: Public Economics, Labor Economics Special Interests: Economics of Education, Economics of Crime, Health Economics

Scholarly Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

22. “Does Compulsory Schooling Affect Innovation? Evidence from the ” with Corey DeAngelis, forthcoming, Social Science Quarterly. Working paper at Reason Foundation: https://reason.org/wp-content/uploads/compulsory- schooling-affect-innovation-evidence.pdf Working paper at EFI: EFI WP: http://efinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/EFI- WP_CompulsorySchoolingInnovation_DillsDeAngelis_10-2020.pdf Our op-ed in the Washington Examiner: “Let Mass Home Schooling Unleash Innovation,” May 21, 2020, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/let-mass-homeschooling-unleash- innovation

21. “Is School Choice a Trojan Horse? The Effects of School Choice Laws on Homeschool Prevalence” with Corey DeAngelis, 2019, Peabody Journal of Education, 94(3). (Symposium: “New Frontiers in Research and Practice on Homeschooling”)

20. “Class Size, Learning, and Knowledge Decay,” with Kevin Belanger, Rey Hernandez, and Kurt Rotthoff, Eastern Economic Journal, April 2019, 45(2): 301-320.

19. “The Interstate Highway System and Educational Attainment,” with Rey Hernandez, Empirical Economic Letters, November 2018, 17(11).

18. “Ride-sharing, vehicle crashes, and crime” with Sean Mulholland, Southern Economic Journal, April 2018, 84(4); 865-91. Winner of the Georgescu-Roegen Prize for best paper in the 2018 Southern Economic Journal.

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Discussed in Hult, John, “Could Uber cut DUI arrests in Sioux Falls?” June 5, 2016, Argus Leader, http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/06/02/could-uber-cut-dui-arrests-sioux- falls/85248578/ Discussed on Ballotpedia, “Verbatim fact check: Do ridesharing services reduce drunk driving and related fatalities.” February 15, 2017. https://ballotpedia.org/Verbatim_fact_check:_Do_ridesharing_services_reduce_drunk_driving_an d_related_fatalities%3F Summarized by Cato Research Brief in Economic Policy No. 120: https://www.cato.org/publications/research-briefs-economic-policy/ride-sharing-fatal-crashes- crime Op-ed in the News-Press: “Leave the Driving to Uber: Here’s Why,” with Sean Mulholland. https://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/11/01/leave-driving-uber-heres- why/1846868002/

17. “Classroom Diversity and Academic Performance,” Economic Inquiry, January 2018: 304-316.

16. “Effects of State Contraceptive Insurance Mandates,” with Anca Grecu, Economics and Human Biology, February 2017, 24: 30-42.

15. “Knowledge Decay Between Semesters,” with Rey Hernández and Kurt Rotthoff, Economics of Education Review, February 2016, 50: 63-74.

14. “Religiosity and State Welfare,” with Rey Hernández, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, August 2014, 104: 37-51 (special issue on Economics, religion, and culture). Also NBER WP#19169. Discussed in “Study: Catholic sex-abuse scandals boosted Democratic rolls,” Washington Examiner, July 1, 2013. http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2532565

13. “Catholic Schools, Competition, and Public School Quality,” with Juliana F. Carratini, Sean E. Mulholland, and Rachel B. Sederberg. Economics Letters, 117(1), October 2012, 334-336.

12. “Negative Publicity and Catholic Schools,” with Rey Hernández, Economic Inquiry, 50(1), January 2012, 143-152.

11. “Recess, Physical Education, and Elementary School Student Outcomes,” with Hillary Morgan and Kurt Rotthoff (special issue on Education and Health), Economics of Education Review, 30(5), October 2011, 889-900.

10. “More Choice, Less Crime,” with Rey Hernández, Education Finance and Policy, 6(2), Spring 2011.

9. “A Comparative Look at Private and Public Schools’ Class Size Determinants,” with Sean E. Mulholland, Education Economics, 18(4), December 2010, 435-454.

8. “Social Host Liability and Under-aged Drunk-driving Accidents” Journal of Health Economics, 29(2), March 2010, 241-249. Quoted on the topic “Fewer teens drink at parties in communities with ‘social host laws’” Reuters, October 29, 2014. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/10/29/fewer-teens-drink-at-parties-in- communities-with-social-host-laws.html Summarized for the New York Times’s Room for Debate on June 17, 2010 as “Making Hosts Responsible”: roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/should-parents-be-jailed-when-kids- drink/?_r=0#angela

7. “Teacher Attitudes and Teacher Knowledge in Economic Education,” with Dennis Placone, Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research, 9(3), 2008, 15-28.

6. “Course Scheduling and Academic Performance,” with Rey Hernández, Economics of Education Review, December 2008, 27, 646-654. Discussed in “Late to Rise Seems to Make Students Wise,” Chronicle of Higher Education, Tuesday, December 16, 2008, Today’s News, by David Glenn. http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/12/8694n.htm Discussed in “Sleepy youths have science on side,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, December 29, 2008, by Maureen Downey. http://www.ajc.com/search/content/opinion/stories/2008/12/29/learned.html Discussed in “No More 8 a.m. Classes,” InsideHigherEd.com, February 17, 2016 https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/02/17/university-decides-eliminate-8-am- classes

5. “Transfer College Quality and Student Performance,” with Rey Hernández, Eastern Economic Journal, 34(2), April 2008, 172-189. Also, CHERI working paper #98 Discussed in “Tough Questions for Transfer Students,” Inside Higher Education, December 4, 2006 by Paul D. Thacker (http://insidehighered.com/news/2006/12/04/outcome)

4. “The Effect of Alcohol Prohibition on Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from Drunkenness Arrests,” with Mireille Jacobson and Jeffrey A. Miron, Economics Letters, February 2005, 86(2), 279-294. Reprinted in John H. Cawley and Donald S. Kenkel, eds., The Economics of Health Behaviours, June 2008.

3. “Does Cream-Skimming Curdle the Milk? A Study of Peer Effects,” Economics of Education Review, February 2005, 19-28.

2. “Do Parents Value Changes in Test Scores? High Stakes Testing in Texas,” Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 3: No. 1, Article 10, 2004.

1. “Alcohol Prohibition and Cirrhosis,” with Jeffrey Miron, American Law and Economics Review, Fall 2004, Vol. 6(2), 285-318. Also NBER WP#9681, May 2003.

Other academic publications

“Academic Calendar” entry for the SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education, Miriam E. David and Marilyn J. Amey, editors. (2020)

“The Effect of State Marijuana Legislations: An Update,” with Sietse Goffard and Jeffrey Miron Chapter 2 in Marijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane, Jonathan H. Adler, editor. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2020. Reviewed by Mallinson, Daniel J. (2020) in Publius: the Journal of Federalism. doi:10.1093/publius/pjaa013

Review of Robinson, Gerard & English Smith, Elizabeth (Eds.). (2019). Education for Liberation: The Politics of Promise and Reform Inside and Beyond America’s Prison. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Journal of School Choice.

“Introduction to the Symposium on the Extended Effects of the Affordable Care Act” with Reagan Baughman and Dhaval Dave. Eastern Economic Journal, Jan 2019:1-6 and co-editor of this special issue.

“Dills, A. K., & Redford, A. (2018). The Fiscal Cost of Enforcing Marijuana Possession Prohibition in Alabama. Alabama’s War on Marijuana: Assessing the Fiscal and Human Toll of Criminalization. Alabama: Alabama Appleseed & Southern Poverty Law Center. http://www.alabamaappleseed.org/wp- content/uploads/2018/10/COM_Decriminalization-of-Marijuana_WEB-FINAL.pdf

Dose of Reality: The Effect of State Marijuana Legalizations” with Sietse Goffard and Jeffrey Miron. September 2016. Cato Policy Analysis No. 799: https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa799.pdf Discussed in Bagri, Neha Thirani. “What Happens to Marijuana Use when States Legalize it?” September 28, 2016, Quartz. http://qz.com/794153/what-happens-to-marijuana-use-when-states- legalize-it/ Discussed in NORML. “Report: Marijuana Legalization Has Had “Minimal” Adverse Impact On Health” September 29, 2016, The Daily Chronic. http://www.thedailychronic.net/2016/62797/report-marijuana- legalization-minimal-adverse-impact-health/ Our Op-Ed in the Boston Herald, “Experience Shows Little Impact on Safety,” October 24, 2016. http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2016/10/dills_goffard_and_miron_experience_shows_little_i mpact_on_safety Our blog post for Cato, “Common Myths About Marijuana Legalization,” November 4, 2016. https://www.cato.org/blog/common-myths-about-marijuana-legalization Also in Newsweek: “Seven Common Myths About Legal Marijuana,” November 12, 2016. https://www.newsweek.com/seven-common-myths-about-legal-marijuana-518564

“Government Policy and Tuition in Higher Education” with Rey Hernandez and Nathan Hale. Dec. 2013. White paper for the Mercatus Center: http://mercatus.org/publication/government-policy-and-tuition- higher-education

“Sexual Violence Against Women and Labor Market Outcomes,” with Joe Sabia and Jeff DeSimone. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings. May 2013, 103(3): 274-278.

“What do Economists Know about Crime?” with Jeff Miron and Garrett Summers, in The Economics of Crime: Lessons for & from Latin America, Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky, eds., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Also NBER WP#13759, January 2008.

Working Papers and Work in Progress

“The Effects of School Choice on Mental Health” with Corey DeAngelis (resubmitted) Discussed in “Research and Commentary: School Choice Leads to Better Mental Health for Students,” The Heartland Institute, November 15, 2018 by Tim Benson (https://www.heartland.org/publications- resources/publications/research--commentary-school-choice-leads-to-better-mental-health-for- students) Discussed in “Why Teen Suicide is Lower in States that have more School Choice,” Foundation for Economic Education, November 14, 2018 by Kerry McDonald (https://fee.org/articles/why-teen- suicide-is-lower-in-states-that-have-more-school-choice/)

“Does Telehealth Save Lives? Evidence on the Effect of Telehealth Parity Laws on Mortality Rates,” with JJ Chen (under review)

“Sincerely held beliefs: Evidence on how religious exercise affects public school enrollment” with Doug Norton (in progress)

“Public Transfer Payment Timing and Traffic Fatalities,” with Melanie Guldi (in progress)

“The Effects of Marijuana Liberalization: Evidence from Monitoring the Future,” with Jeff Miron and Sietse Goffard, NBER Working Paper #23779.

“The Interstate Highway System and Birth and Death Rates,” with Rey Hernandez

“Trends in Socio-Economic Status and Academic Achievement”

“A Comment on the Donohue and Levitt (2006) Reply to Foote and Goetz (2005)” with Jeff Miron

“The Effects of Schooling on Parental Time in Education Production,” with Jeff DeSimone

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, , 2003 M.A. in Political Economy, Boston University, 2000 B.A. in Economics and Spanish, University of Virginia, 1996, with distinction

Grants

UNC System Office Award, $86,830 for UNCA’s “Working Smarter and Harder: Advising and Registration for Timely Graduation”, 2019-2021. Charles Koch Foundation, $57,500 for “The Effects of Regulation on School Choice Participation: Experimental Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample of Private Schools” with Corey DeAngelis, Lindsey Burke, and Patrick Wolf, 2019-2020. WCU’s College of Business Summer Research Grant, 2020, $5000. WCU’s Center for the Study of Free Enterprise, Summers 2017, 2018 ($5000/summer). Charles Koch Foundation for Spring 2011 Guest Speakers. Renewed for 2011-2016 school years. Mildred McAfee Horton Faculty Award Fund, $3,000, 2009, for “Medical conferences and deaths,” Clemson’s College of Business and Behavioral Science, Summer Mini-Grant, 2006, $3,000 National Council on Economic Education (co-PI Dennis Placone), 2005-2006, $24,999 Clemson University Department of Economics Research Grant Seed Money, 2005, $2,000

Awards

2018 Georgescu-Roegan Prize, best academic article, Southern Economics Association Excellence in Research Award, WCU College of Business, Spring 2017 Clemson’s National Scholars Program Award of Distinction (for student mentoring), 2007 Voted Fourth Best Assistant Professor in the Tiger’s Reader’s Poll, Fall 2003

Research Presentations

2019-2020: Southern Economic Association in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; International Conference on School Choice and Reform in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Western Economic Association (virtual) 2018-2019: Southern Economic Association in Washington, DC; Florida Gulf Coast University; Eastern Economic Association in New York, NC; Association of Education Finance and Policy in Kansas City, MO; ASHEcon in Washington, DC 2017-2018: Lilly Conference on Teaching in Asheville, NC; Southern Economic Association in Tampa, FL; Eastern Economic Association in Boston, MA; ASHEcon in Atlanta, GA. 2016-2017: Southern Economic Association in Washington, DC; Eastern Economic Association in New York, NY; Association of Private Enterprise and Education in HI 2015-2016: discussant at Southern Economics Association in New Orleans, LA; Eastern Economic Association in Washington, D.C.; IHS & Texas Public Policy Foundation Conference on the Economics of Education; 2014-2015: Southern Economics Association in Atlanta, GA; discussant and chair at ASSA meetings in Boston, MA. 2013-2014: University of Colorado-Denver; Southern Economic Association in Tampa, FL; Public Choice Society Meetings, Charleston, SC; West Virginia University; IHS & Mercatus Center Conference on “Healthcare Policy and the Regulatory State”. 2012-2013: SEA, New Orleans, LA; National Bureau of Economic Research conference on Religion and Culture, Eastern Economic Association, New York, NY 2011-2012: Association of Education Finance and Policy, Boston, MA; Eastern Economic Association, Boston, MA; discussant at SEA, Washington DC 2010-2011: SEA, Atlanta, GA 2009-2010: SEA, San Antonio, TX; Wellesley College brown bag seminar; discussant at IZA’s second annual conference on the economics of risky behaviors, Stone Mountain, GA.

2008-2009: Latin American meeting of the Econometric Society/Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2007-2008: SEA, New Orleans, LA (2); ASSA, New Orleans, LA 2006-2007: SEA, Charleston, SC (2); Lafayette College; Wake Forest University; Drew University; Fairfield University; Cornell College; Clemson School of Education; Mercer University; University of Colorado – Denver; AEFA, Baltimore, MD 2005-2006: APPAM, Washington, D.C.; SEA, Washington, D.C. (2); Rutgers University – Camden; Baruch College (CUNY); Clemson University Brown Bag Lunch 2004-2005: University of Georgia; Clemson University Brown Bag Lunch; Appalachian State University; Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA (2); ASSA Meetings, Philadelphia, PA; University of South Florida; AEFA, Louisville, KY 2003-2004: Clemson University Brown Bag Lunch; SEA, San Antonio, TX; Clemson University; University of South Carolina; AEFA, Salt Lake City, UT; AERA, San Diego, CA 2002-2003: Appalachian State University 2001-2002: Clemson University; Santa Clara University; UC-San Diego; Bureau of Labor Statistics; Louisiana State University; University of Guelph; CNA Corporation.

Other Writing

Testimony in Support of the Marijuana Regulation, Control, and Taxation Act (S510/H 5777), April 2015

“Embrace the ‘green economy’” op-ed for Providence Business News, Feb. 22-28, 2016, p. 29.

Professional service

Referee 2016-current: AERA Open, American Journal of Criminal Justice, Contemporary Economic Policy, Eastern Economic Journal, Economics of Education Review, Economic Inquiry, European Economic Review, Institute for Humane Studies, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Insight, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Private Enterprise, Journal of Primary Prevention, Political Economy in the Carolinas, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Social Science Quarterly, Southern Economic Journal 2010-2016: Journal of Sports Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Economic Bulletin, Education Finance and Policy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Labor Research, Economics of Education Review, Journal of School Choice, Southern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Journal, MIT Press, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Social Science Journal, Education Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Housing Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy, American Law and Economics Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Mackinac Center for Public Policy 2009-2010: Education Economics, Springer Books, Journal of Population Economics, The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy 2007-2009: Contemporary Economic Policy, Journal of School Choice, Southern Economic Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Economic Inquiry 2002-2007: American Economic Review, The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economics of Education Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Human Resources, Labour Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Public Choice Public Talks/Speaking Engagements: School Choice panel, University of Louisville, April 2020 (postponed) “Creativity and Economic Wellbeing”, Jubilee Professional, February 2019 “Ride-Sharing, Fatal Crashes, and Crime: Uber and the Social Good,” Florida Gulf Coast University, Fall 2018; The College of New Jersey, April 2019; Acton Lecture Series, September 2019; Truman State University, October 2019; Bridgewater State University, November 2019. “Prohibitions,” Berry College, October 2016; University of New Haven, November 2018 “Gender Wage Gaps,” James Madison University, October 2017; Christopher Newport University, January 2017; Truman State University, October 2019 “Baptists and Bootleggers” Clemson University, October 2013 “School Choice” presentation to the Free State Project, Spring 2012

Students for Liberty Northeast Regional Conference, Fall 2012 “Higher Education and the 2012 Election”, College Board’s Institute on Financial Aid, Fall 2012 “2008 Financial Crisis”, First Presbyterian Day School, October 2008 Guest Lecturer Seton Hall University’s Economics and Liberty class: 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 DWC Colloquium “Hooked: The Stories Behind Drug Use In Western Culture”, Spring 2016 External Engagement: North Carolina Data Dashboard, project lead (2017-current) Presented with students Tyler Tarbet and Mitchell Roberts to the Board of Trustees (June 2018). Presented to the MountainWest Partnership (June 2018), Rotary Club of Franklin-Daybreak (July 2018), Rotary Club of Sylva (August 2018), Homegrown Leaders (May 2019) Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity: School Choice Essay Contest Judge, Summer 2013; Prepared estimates for proposed RI school tax voucher (2013-2014). Workforce Education Advisory Group at Southwestern Community College (2016-current) CSWEP Mentoring Program Mentor for CeMENT Regional Workshop, November 2015 Mentor for AEA breakfast meeting, January 2015 Taught Learn Liberty Academy program “War on Drugs: America’s Longest War” Feb-March 2013 Faculty Member: Acton University, June 2018, June 2019 Foundation for Economic Education, Summer 2014 Institute for Humane Studies: “Freedom, Tolerance, and Civil Society” June 2007, June 2008; “Liberty and Society” March 2009; “Liberty in Education” July 2010; “Liberty and Current Issues” Summer 2012; “Markets and Morality” September 2017 Koch Summer Fellows Program on School Choice, July 2014 “School Choice” Liberty Forum, February 2012, February 2016 Foundation for Teaching Economics, Economics for Leaders, July 2008 BB&T Economics Summer Camp for High School Students: 2005, 2006, 2007 Research Committee Member, Georgia Council on Economic Education, 2008-2009 Consulting: Alabama Appleseed, cost of enforcing marijuana prohibitions in Alabama, Summer 2018 ZX Ventures, Spring 2018 Providence Children’s Museum salary estimates, Summer 2012. TheRackesGroup predicting South Carolina teacher retirements, Summer 2007

Department and College Service

Western Carolina University College of Business Collegial Review Committee (2020-2023), elected Co-chair, Campus Theme Steering Committee: “Defining America”, 2018-2019 University Curriculum Committee (2017-2020) Search Committee, College of Business Dean (Spring 2018-November 2018) Department EMPM Collegial Review Committee (2016-2020) Academic Engagement Group (March 2018-current) Independent study for Ann Bennett (Summer 2017; Econometrics)

Providence College College-wide: First Year Experience Committee, Fall 2015 Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) Advisory Committee, 2013-2016 Academic Advisor Committee, 2012-2016 Undeclared Student Advisor, 2011-2016 Chair, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Advisory Group, Fall 2013 CCC Social Science and Fine Arts Sub-committee, 2012 MAPS evaluator (Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, then became part of CTE duties)

Book Groups (then became part of CTE duties): Co-discussion leader, CEL student-faculty book group, Fall 2013: What the Best College Students Do. Discussion leader for CTE book group, Fall 2011 Participant, Student Engagement Seminar, 2010-2011

Economics Department Search committee, 2012-2014, 2015-2016. Organized economics book club with student, Jacob O’Neill, 2012-2013, con’t 2013-2014 Peer teaching evaluator, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016 Capstone committee, 2012 Revived departmental newsletter, 2010-2016, incorporating into departmental website Departmental Core Curriculum Committee, 2010-2016 Successfully prepared proposals for ECN 101 and ECN 102 to fulfill Social Science requirement, for ECN 424 to fulfill the Civic Engagement proficiency, for new capstone course to fulfill Writing II and Oral Communications proficiencies Faculty mentor for internship students Arman Organisian (with Jeffries Fall 2012); Michael Cirrotti (with RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity, Spring 2013); Greg McQuaid (with Capital Good Fund, Fall 2012); Steven Costa (with Mohegan Sun, Summer 2012) Faculty member for independent studies Michael Cirrotti (Spring 2014; Econometric Models); George Copley and Michael Nowosadko (Fall 2015, Stadiums and Trade)

Mercer University Co-Chair, SSBE Faculty Committee, 2008-2009 Participating Faculty Member, Center for the Teaching of America’s Western Foundations (AIM Fund grant recipient for 2008-2009) Presentation for prospective students, Spring 2009

Clemson University: “2020 Plan” ad hoc committee (Fall 2004) Econometrics Comprehensive Committee (Spring 2003-Spring 2006) Faculty Recruiting Committee (2004-2005) Faculty Advisor for the Club Water Polo Team (Spring 2004-Spring 2007) Faculty Advisor for Phi Sigma Pi Honor Fraternity (Fall 2004-Fall 2005)

Workshops & Professional Development

Participant and Discussion Moderator: Education Academy, January 2020

Participant: The Eudaimonia Institute’s North Carolina Health Economics Colloquium, November 2019 Mercatus Center’s “A Free Society and the Academy: A Summit on Building University-Based Research Centers,” Summer 2018 EdChoice ““Working Toward a New K12 Education Accountability Ecosystem,” April 2018 LEAD: WNC, Fall 2016 Homegrown Leaders training, Fall 2016 IHS workshop on academic leadership, Fall 2015 Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) colloquium “What So Proudly We Hail: American Civic Education through Literature,” 2015 DWC faculty book group. Spring 2013: Democracy in America; Fall 2013: Newton’s Principia; Spring 2014: Xenophon; Summer 2014: The Magic Mountain; Fall 2015: The Five Books of Moses; Spring 2016: The Debate on the Constitution; Summer 2016: Middlemarch CTE faculty book group. Spring 2016: Carol Dweck’s Mindset

Liberty Fund Colloquia and Socratic Seminars. “Free Market Environmentalism” 2003; “Liberty, Responsibility, and Bioethics” 2005; “Responsibility and Liberty in Deirdre McCloskey’s The Bourgeois Virtues” 2007; “Rights, Responsibilities, and Freedom: The Contributions of Armen A. Alchian” 2007

Community Service

Appalachian Women’s Museum, Dillsboro, NC, board member (Sept 2017-March 2019). Secretary (2018) Rotary Club of Franklin Daybreak, member (January 2018-). Public Image chair (2018-2019). Administrative chair and President-Nominee (2019-2010) French-American School of Rhode Island, FASRI Fund parent co-chair for Maternelle (2013-2015)

References: Susan Averett, Lafayette College; Rey Hernandez-Julian, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Jeffrey A. Miron,

Courses Taught:

Principles of Microeconomics Intermediate Microeconomics Microeconomics (Honors Principles) Economics of Less-Developed Regions Principles of Macroeconomics Seminar on Markets and Morality Econometrics Business Quantitative Analysis Advanced Econometrics Law and Economics Economics of Education (BA, MA/BA, PhD) DWC Colloquium on “Stickin’ it to the Man: Economics Senior Capstone Struggles among Capital, Labor, and Labor Economics Government” Labor Economics for Non-Majors MBA Applied Microeconomic Analysis Health Economics MBA Applied Data Analysis Managerial Economics