Western New England College 1215 Wilbraham Rd Springfield, MA 01119 Office phone: (413) 782-1776 Education University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Ph.D. Economics. Summer 2003 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, M.A. Economics. Spring 2000 University of Texas-Austin, American Economic Association Summer Program. Summer 1996 University of Puerto Rico- Río Piedras, Graduate Program in Economics. Spring 1996 University of Puerto Rico- Río Piedras, B. B. A. Economics & Finance (with Honors). Spring 1993 Dissertation The Effectiveness of Tax Incentives in Attracting Investment: The Case of Puerto Rico. Committee: Dr. Robert Pollin (Chair), Dr. Gerald Epstein and Dr. Bernard Morzuch. Teaching Experience Assistant Professor, Fall 2003-Present. Department of Economics, Western New England College. Springfield, MA. Undergraduate courses taught: Principles of Macro and Micro, Development, Globalization and Economic Policy, International Economics, International Monetary, International Trade, Intermediate Microeconomics, Latinos and Latinas in the U.S., Money and Banking, and Political Economy (Honors Program) Graduate (MBA) Courses Taught: BUS 650: The Changing Social, Political, Legal and Ethical Environment of Business, and BUS 690: Globalization Issues. Instructor, Fall 1998-Spring 2003. Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Courses Taught: Intermediate Macro and Micro, International Economics, and Development, Teaching Assistant: Summer 1998. Econometrics, American Economic Association Summer Program. University of Texas-Austin. Research and Teaching Interests Research: Development, International, Globalization, Latin America, Macroeconomics, and Regional/Urban Teaching: Development, Econometrics, International, Globalization, Latin America, Micro/Macroeconomics, and Money & Banking Research Experience Research Assistant: Foreign Direct Investment in Puerto Rico. Spring 1999. Political Economy Research Institute. University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Junior Researcher: Cost Assessment of the Dengue Outbreak in Puerto Rico. Spring 1996 Centro de Investigaciones Socio-Económicas, San Juan, PR. Funded by the World Health Organization.
Research Assistant: Measuring Productivity in Puerto Rico. Spring 1996. Unit of Economic Research. Department of Economics. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. Research Assistant: An Econometric Model for the Puerto Rican Economy. Fall 1993. Unit of Economic Research. Department of Economics. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. Honors and Awards Graduate Course Development Grant. BUS 690: Globalization Issues. Western New England College, Spring 2005. Undergraduate Course Development Grant. EC 390: Latinos and Latinas in the US. Western New England College, Summer 2004. Chair s Award for Superior Teaching. Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Fall 2002 Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Travel Grant. University of Massachusetts, Fall 2002 Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Fall 2002-Spring 2003 Political Economy Research Institute Dissertation Fellowship. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Fall 2002 Honorable Mention List. Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship Program, Spring 2002 Dorothy D. Compton Fellowship. Institute for the Study of World Politics. Washington, D.C. Fall 1999-Spring 2001 Graduate School Scholarship. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Spring 2000 American Economic Association Pipeline Project Travel Grant. University of Colorado-Denver, July 6-8, 2001. American Economic Association Pipeline Project Travel Grant. University of Texas-Austin, July 14-15 2000. American Economic Association Travel Grant. AEA/ASSA Conference Boston, MA, January 7-9 2000 Graduate School Diversity Scholar Fellowship. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Fall 1996-Spring 1998 American Economic Association Scholarship. University of Texas-Austin, Summer 1996 Associations American Economic Association, Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Puerto Rican Studies Association. 2
Refereed Publications (With Michael Meeropol, forthcoming) A Critique of Rubinism : Did Reduced Budget Deficits and the Brief Experience With Surpluses Cause the Economic Successes of the 1990s? Proceedings of the 11 th Presidential Conference William Jefferson Clinton the New Democrat from Hope. Hofstra University Globalization and Inequality: Some Remarks 2005. Equal Opportunities International 24(1), pp. 24-37. Notes on New Keynesians 1998. Essays and Monographs #86. Unit of Economic Research. Department of Economics, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. Ruta Alterna a la Medición de la Productividad. Economic Essays, Spring-1996, pp. 55-73. Economic Association of Puerto Rico. Working Papers On the Effectiveness of Tax Incentives. Revising to resubmit to the journal Local Economy. Tax Incentives and Firm Location Decisions: An Application with Poisson Regression. Submitted to the Journal of Policy Reform. Tax Incentives and Regional Employment: The Case of Puerto Rico. Submitted to the Journal of the International Society of Business Disciplines Letters to the Editor Bilingual Universities in the United States. Letters to the Editor, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 6, 2002. Compromise Still Possible on Social Security Plan. Letters to the Editor, Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA. March 27, 2005. New Bankruptcy Law Hurts Many Americans. Letters to the Editor. Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA. April 17, 2005. Taxing Drivers by Mile Could Beat Energy Crisis. Letters to the Editor. Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA. May 29, 2005. Magazines On Freakonomics, Roe v. Wade, and John Roberts, Jr. Monthly Review Magazine. July 28, 2005. Superman and a New Progressive Strategy! Monthly Review Magazine. August 14, 2005. 3
TV and Newspapers Job Outlook for Teens. WGGB-TV 40 (ABC), Springfield, MA. March 12, 2004. Income Tax Returns. WGGB-TV 40 (ABC), Springfield, MA. March 26, 2004. OPEC Cuts Oil Flow. WGGB-TV 40 (ABC), Springfield, MA. March 31, 2004. Labor Report. WGGB-TV 40 (ABC), Springfield, MA. Springfield, MA. April 2, 2004. Merger between Kmart and Sears. WGGB-TV 40 (ABC), Springfield, MA. May 24, 2004 Terror Threat. WWLP-TV 22 (NBC), Springfield, MA. August 2, 2004. Crude Oil Prices. WWLP-TV 22 (NBC), Springfield, MA. August 4, 2004. Consumer Confidence. WWLP-TV 22 (NBC), Springfield, MA. August 16, 2004. War changes WMass, World, by William Freebairn, The Republican, Springfield, MA. September 15, 2005 The Latino Factor. The Watercooler with Susan Kaplan. WGBY (PBS), Springfield, MA. October 26, 2005 Economic Outlook 2006: The Groundhog Day Economy, by George O Brien, Business West: The Business Journal of Western Massachusetts, Springfield, MA. December 12, 2005. Poverty. The Watercooler with Susan Kaplan. WGBY (PBS), Springfield, MA. January 18, 2006. Legislature, Employers Struggle with Insurance Issue, by Stan Freeman, The Republican, Springfield, MA. February 5, 2006. Puerto Rico Voting Could be Different, by Natalia Muñoz, The Sunday Republican, Springfield, MA. March 5, 2006. Customized Textbooks (With Edwin D. Dolan, and David Lindsey) Understanding Microeconomics (1 st edition, 2005). Horizon Textbook Publishing, Redding, CA. (With Edwin D. Dolan, and David Lindsey) Understanding Macroeconomics (2 nd edition, 2006). Horizon Textbook Publishing, Redding, CA. (With Maureen Burton, and Raymond Lombra) The Financial System and the Economy-Principles of Money and Banking (2006). Thomson/Southwestern. Conference Presentations (With Michael Meeropol) A Critique of Rubinism : Did Reduced Budget Deficits and the Brief Experience With Surpluses Cause the Economic Successes of the 1990s? In the session Domestic Economic Policy of the 11 th Presidential Conference William Jefferson Clinton the New Democrat from Hope. Hofstra University. November 10-12, 2005. 4
Foreign Investment, Education and Unemployment in Puerto Rico. In the session Development in the Caribbean. Canadian Council of Area Studies Learned Societies Conference Furthering the Globalization Debate: Cross Regional Comparisons. Montréal QC, Canada. April27-May 1, 2005. Puerto Rico: From Poorhouse of the Caribbean to Poorhouse of the U.S. In the session State and Society in 20th Century Caribbean. Congress of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference Latin America and the Caribbean: Independence and Interdependence. University of Guelph, Canada. October 28-31, 2004. The Impact of Globalization on Engineers in the U.S. Western New England College s Engineering School Seminar. Springfield, MA. October 6, 2004 Investment Incentive Programs in Puerto Rico. In the session Labor Standards and Foreign Direct Investment. Allied Social Science Associations Conference. Washington, DC. January 3-5, 2003 Tax Incentives, Firm Location and Job Expansion: The Case of Puerto Rico. In the session Determinants of Change: Domestic and International Factors. Congress of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference Latin America: Between Representations and Realities. Université du Québec à Montréal. October 24 to 26, 2002 Navigating the Pipeline. Fourth Annual Joint American Economic Association Summer Program and Pipeline Project Conference. University of Colorado-Denver. July 7, 2001 Productividad desde otra Perspectiva. Paper presented at the XIII Annual Assembly of the Economic Association of Puerto Rico. Spring 1996. Committee Service: College Service Faculty Senate s Human Relations Committee (2003-Present) President s Diversity Task Force (2003- Present) Hiring Committee, Department of Economics (2003-2004) Ad Hoc Committee on Latino Recruitment and Issues (2004-Present) Subcommittee of the Diversity Task Force on Race Issues (2005-Present) Program Organizer: Latinos in the Media. Presentation and discussion with Natalia Muñoz (News Columnist for The Republican), February 25. 2005. Education and Puerto Ricans in Springfield. Presentation and discussion with José Tosado (Springfield City Council) and Armando Feliciano (Director of Adult Education for Springfield Public Schools), February 28, 2005. 5
- Scientific Journals International Referee Reviewer - Managing in a Global Economy: Demystifying International Macroeconomics by John Marthinsen (Thomson South- Western Publishing) References 1. Dr. Robert Pollin Professor of Economics University of Massachusetts 940 Thompson Hall Amherst, MA 01103 TEL: (413) 577-0126 EMAIL: pollin@econs.umass.edu 2. Dr. Gerald Epstein Professor of Economics University of Massachusetts 916Thompson Hall Amherst, MA 01103 TEL: (413) 545-4815 EMAIL: gepstein@econs.umass.edu 3. Dr. Bernard Morzuch Professor of Resource Economics University of Massachusetts 213 Stockbridge Hall Amherst, MA 01103 TEL: (413)545-5718 EMAIL: morzuch@resecon.umass.edu 4. Dr. Michael Meeropol Professor and Chair Department of Economics Western New England College 1215 Wilbraham Rd Springfield, MA 01119 TEL: (413) 782-1252 EMAIL: mameerop@wnec.edu 6