UNIVERSITY FACULTY RESUME March 2013

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1 I. Personal Information: UNIVERSITY FACULTY RESUME March 2013 Darshak Patel Assistant Professor of Economics, Tenure-track 22 Business Administration, Martin, TN Country of Citizenship: Kenya U.S Visa: H-1B II. Educational Credentials: Ph.D., Economics, University of Kentucky (UK), August 2011 Dissertation Thesis: Analysis of Two-Year Colleges: Transfer, Retention and Graduation M.S., Economics, UK, December 2008 M.A., Economics, University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), May 2007 Master s Thesis: Creative Destruction in the Pharmaceutical Industry B.S., Economics, UTA, December 2004 III. Employment History: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Tennessee, Martin, Department of Accounting, Finance, Economics and Political Science, Martin, TN, August 2012 Current. Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Roanoke College, Department of Business Administration and Economics, Roanoke, VA, September 2011 August Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Kentucky, Department of Economics, Lexington, KY, August 2007 August 2011 Graduate Research Assistant. Center for Business and Economics Research, University of Kentucky, Department of Economics, Lexington, KY, January 2009 August 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Economics, Arlington, TX, January 2006 May 2007 IV. Scholarly Activity: A. Publications: Darshak Patel and Michael R. Ward, Using Patent Citation Patterns to Infer Innovation Market Competition, Research Policy. 40(6) (July 2011)

2 Kentucky Community & Technical College System Project Evaluation of the Kentuckian Works Program. Policy Report (Research Assistant). The Economic Impact of the Proposed University of Tennessee Martin Shooting Complex, (with Glenna Sumner) B. Working Papers: Teaching Principles of Micro Economics using ESPN 30for30 series, (with Abdullah Al-bahrani) Making the Leap: Timing Analysis of Transfers from Two Year Colleges to Four Year Colleges An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Student Earnings and Postsecondary Retention, (with Christopher Jepsen) A Competing Risk Model on Student Schooling Choices C. Presentations: Panel Discussant on Teaching Undergraduate Economics University of Kentucky Teaching Workshop, Lexington, April 2013 Guest speaker for Dr. Koch s POSC International Relations Class, University of Tennessee, Martin, March 2013 Colleges to Four Year Colleges. Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Columbus, March 2013 Chair: Midwest Economic Association Annual Meeting: Session 3G: Industrial Organization II, March 2013 Guest Speaker on Game Theory for a Macro-Economics Class, University of Kentucky, Lexington, October 2012 Jepsen, Christopher & Darshak Patel. An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Student Earnings and Postsecondary Retention. Southern Economic Association Meetings, Washington, November 2011 Colleges to Four Year Colleges. Southern Economic Association Meetings, Atlanta, November 2010 Jepsen, Christopher & Darshak Patel. An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Student Earnings and Postsecondary Retention. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Boston, November 2010 Colleges to Four Year Colleges. Kentucky Economic Association, Frankfort, October 2010 Colleges to Four Year Colleges. University of Kentucky, Lexington, October 2010

3 Patel, Darshak & Michael R. Ward. Empirical Tests for Creative Destruction in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Workshop on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition Policy (IIPC). Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC). Tilburg, Netherlands, December 2008 D. Awards and Research Grants: Patel, Darshak & Michael R. Ward. Learning from Patent Citations. Mercatus Center at Gerorge Mason University Tilburg, Netherlands; Dates: 3/13-6/13; Amount: $4,500 Patel, Darshak & Michael R. Ward. Empirical Tests for Creative Destruction in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Workshop on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition Policy (IIPC). Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC). Tilburg, Netherlands; Dates: 4/08-10/08; Amount: 15,000 : PI: Michael R.Ward Kentucky Opportunity Fellowship, UK, Max Steckler Fellowship, UK, Lawrence F. Ziegler Scholarship, UTA, 2006 Outstanding Freshmen Scholarship, UTA, E. Work in Progress: Where to Begin Post-Secondary Schooling? Community-Colleges or Four-Year Colleges: Evidence from Administrative Data from Kentucky Learning from Patent Citations, with Michael R. Ward V. Faculty and Teaching Development Activities A. Courses Taught Spring 2013 International Economics (ECO-321) Section 1: Evaluation: XX/4.00/Response rate: XX% Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO-201) Section 3: Evaluation: XX/4.00/Response rate: XX% Section 5: Evaluation: XX/4.00/Response rate: XX% Fall 2012 Principles of Microeconomics (ECO-202) Section 1: Evaluation: XX/4.00/Response rate: XX% Principles of Macroeconomics (ECO-201) Section 5: Evaluation: XX/4.00/Response rate: XX% Section 6: Evaluation: XX/4.00/Response rate: XX%

4 Spring 2012 Principles of Microeconomics (ECO-121) Section A: Evaluation: 4.77/5.00;Response rate: 96.15% Section B: Evaluation: 4.53/5.00;Response rate: 96% Competition, Monopoly and Public Policy (ECO-257) Evaluation: 4.65/5.00;Response rate: 75% Fall 2011 Principles of Microeconomics (ECO -121) Section A: Evaluation: 4.56/5.00;Response rate: 90% Section B: Evaluation: 4.26/5.00;Response rate: 84% Section D: Evaluation: 4.40/5.00;Response rate: 92% Summer 2010 Introduction to the Economics of Business (B&E 223) Section 410: Evaluation: 4.0/4.0;Response rate: 88.9% Summer 2009 Intermediate Microeconomics (ECO 401) Section 20: Evaluation: 3.6/4.0;Response rate: 73.7% Fall 2008 Principles of Microeconomics (ECO 201) Section 402: Evaluation: 3.2/4.0;Response rate: 75.0% Summer 2008 Principles of Microeconomics (ECO 201) Section 22: Evaluation: 3.7/4.0;Response rate: 41.2% B. Textbooks Luke M. Froeb, Brian T. McCann, Michael R. Ward, Managerial Economics: A Problem-Solving Approach, South-Western College Publishers, 3rd Edition, forthcoming. (Wrote Test Bank Questions for Chapters 1 to 15), C. Conferences and Workshops Lily Conference on College and University Teaching, Greensboro, March 2012 University of Kentucky Teaching Workshop, Lexington, April 2009, 2010, 2013 Coordinator, Graduate Student Workshop, University of Kentucky, Graduate Studies Committee, Economics Department, University of Kentucky,

5 VI. Public Service/University Service/Consulting Activity A. Professional Societies and Other Relevant Activities Member, Southern Economic Association Member, Midwest Economic Association Referee, Contemporary Economic Policy B. Public Service / University Service Member, Departmental Undergraduate Committee, UTM, Member, College Undergraduate Committee, UTM, Economics Club, Advisor, Roanoke College, Spring 2012 Generate Guidelines for Independent Study and Honors Research, Business Administration and Economics Department, Roanoke College, Fall 2011 Cultural Event Organization Committee (Diwali), Roanoke College, 2011 University of Kentucky Class Talk, October 2011 Premier Academy High School Speech on Education, Nairobi, Kenya, August 2010 VII. References Available upon request